Education

B.S., University of Puget Sound (1991), Mathematics and Biology

Research Interests

Responsible for collection management activities, including accessions, specimen preparation, cataloging, specimen installations, loans, information requests, and assisting visitors. Interests in field work, specimen preparation, collection databases, web design, and computer graphics.

Recent Publications

Böhm, Monika, Collen, Ben, Baillie, Jonathan E. M., Bowles, Philip, Chanson, Janice, Cox, Neil, Hammerson, Geoffrey, Hoffmann, Michael, Livingstone, Suzanne R., Ram, Mala, Rhodin, Anders G. J., Stuart, Simon N., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Young, Bruce E., Afuang, Leticia E., Aghasyan, Aram, García, Andrés, Aguilar, Cé, Ajtic, Rastko, Akarsu, Ferdi, Alencar, Laura R. V., Allison, Allen, Ananjeva, Natalia, Anderson, Steve, Andrén, Claes, et al 2013. The conservation status of the world's reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157: 372-385. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.015

Sanchez, Cesar, Saucier, Jacob R., Benham, Phred M., Lane, Daniel F., Gibbons, Richard E., Valqui, Thomas, Figeroa, Sheila A., Schmitt, C. J., Sanchez, Cynthia, Schmidt, Brian K., Milenski, Chris M., Garcia Bravo, Antonio and Garcia Olaechea, Diego 2012. New and noteworthy Records from Northwestern Peru, Department of Tumbes. Boletín Informativo UNOP, 7(2): 18-36.

Schindel, David E., Stoeckle, Mark, Milensky, Chris, Trizna, Michael, Schmidt, Brian, Gebhard, Christina and Graves, Gary R. 2011. Project Description: DNA Barcodes of Bird Species in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA. ZooKeys, 152: 87-91. doi:10.3897/zookeys.152.2473

Beadell, Jon S., Covas, Rita, Gebhard, Christina, Ishtiaq, Farah, Melo, Martim, Schmidt, Brian K., Perkins, Susan L., Graves, Gary R. and Fleischer, Robert C. 2009. Host associations and evolutionary relationships of avian blood parasites from West Africa. International journal for parasitology, 39(2): 257-266.

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