David Velinsky, PhD

VP for Science; Department Head; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Fate and transport of chemical and other contaminants in water systems, especially in estuaries near urban centers.

Donald Charles, PhD

Senior Scientist, Phycology
Expertise: Ecology of freshwater diatoms and their use as indicators to assess current and past environmental conditions. Profile

Carol R. Collier, P.P., AICP

Senior Advisor for Watershed Management & Policy;
Director, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Program (ENSS), Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science

Expertise: Experienced leader in regional watershed management and policy.

Marina Potapova, PhD

Assistant Curator, Diatoms; Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Ecology and taxonomy of freshwater diatoms and their use to monitor human impacts.

Stefanie A. Kroll, PhD

Project Science Director, Acting Macroinvertebrate Section Leader, Patrick Center of Environmental Research; Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Watershed and stream ecology, aquatic macroinvertebrate ecology and as bioindicators, restoration ecology, human stressors on aquatic ecosystems, climate change.

Marie J. Kurz, PhD

Research Scientist & Biogeochemistry Section Leader, Patrick Center for Environmental Research; Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Hydro-bio-geochemical controls on the sources and cycling of solutes in freshwater ecosystems; Reciprocal interactions between ecosystem function and solute availability, transport and retention; Groundwater-surface water interactions; Linking catchment-scale patterns in solute and ecosystem dynamics to process understanding; (Adaptive) management of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.

Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD

Wetlands Section Leader, Patrick Center for the Environmental Research; Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science; Drexel University
Expertise:Wetlands Ecology, Global Change, Ecohydrology, Paleoecology, Spatial Analyses.

Roland Wall

Director, Patrick Center for the Environmental Research; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Urban Ecology, Coupled human-natural systems. Profile

Edward Daeschler, PhD

Associate Curator of Vertebrate Zoology; Associate Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Evolution of early tetrapods, including Tiktaalik roseae, and the collecting and describing of fossils.

Ned Gilmore

Collection Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology
Expertise: Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary fossils of eastern North America. Profile

Mark Henry Sabaj, PhD

Collection Manager, Ichthyology
Expertise: Catfishes, South American rivers and fishes, taxonomy and evolution. Co-principal of the global All Catfish Species Inventory. Profile

Jon Gelhaus, PhD

Curator, Entomology; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Systematics and ecology of worldwide crane flies. Leader of the Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey, including water quality research in Mongolia. Co-leader of New Jersey Pinelands (Pine Barrens) insect survey.

Jason Weintraub

Collection Manager, Entomology
Expertise: Biogeography, ecology, and evolution of worldwide butterflies and moths. Profile

Nathan Rice, PhD

Collection Manager, Ornithology;
Expertise: Evolutionary biology of neotropical bird groups, especially antbirds and their relatives. Profile

Jason Weckstein, PhD

Tatyana Livshultz, PhD

Assistant Curator, Botany; Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Evolution and pollination of plants, especially the milkweed and dogbane family.

Rick McCourt, PhD

Associate Curator, Botany and Director of the Center for Systematic Biology and Evolution; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Evolution and systematics of green algae.

Ned Gilmore 

Collection Manager, Mammalogy and Herpetology
Expertise: Mammals of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Profile

Marina Potapova, PhD

Assistant Curator, Diatoms; Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Ecology and taxonomy of freshwater diatoms and their use to monitor human impacts. 

Gary Rosenberg, PhD

Curator and Pilsbry Chair, Malacology; Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Magnitude and origin of species-level diversity in Mollusca.

Jocelyn Sessa, PhD

Assistant Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology; Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University
Expertise: Paleoecology, ocean acidification, extinction recovery dynamics, global warming.