Macroinvertebrates Staff
The Macroinvertebrate Staff collaborates with the Phycology Section on multiple projects. Members of this Section are considered honorary members of our Section.
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Tanya Dapkey (she/her), Section Lead, Macroinvertebrate Taxonomist
Tanya Dapkey, M.S., earned her Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania with her Capstone “Combining DNA Barcoding and Macroinvertebrate Sampling to Assess Water Quality.” She has worked for the Academy of Natural Sciences since 2019 where she brings her expertise using genetic tools in biological assessments. She is Family Level and EPT East certified as of 2022.
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Duncan Brown, Staff Scientist II: Macroinvertebrate Taxonomist & Chironomidae Specialist
Duncan Brown, M.S., is a macroinvertebrate taxonomist specializing in larval Chironomidae (SFS Chironomidae genus Certified March 2023). He received his Master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Delaware in 2019 where he studied the effects of silicon accumulation in corn on health of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Before joining the Academy of Natural Sciences in 2022, Duncan worked for several seasons with the PA Dept. of Agriculture in their efforts to track the population of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula).
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Emma Guelzow, M.S., Project Manager Snail Inventory Project
Emma graduated in March of 2023 with a Masters in Environmental Science from the BEES program at Drexel University. She has been working on the Snail Inventory of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River study, a collaboration with the National Parks Service. Learn more about this project in the ANSP blog post, Highlighting Biodiversity: Searching for Snails in the Delaware River.
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Former Students
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Samantha Mosloskie, Spring-Summer co-op 2021 and 2022, Temporary Employee 2022-2024
Samantha is a graduate of Drexel University (BEES Program) with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Her last co-op was in the Watershed Ecology lab where she continued to help with laboratory and fieldwork. She was hired as a student employee while finishing up her degree, then became a full temp after graduating. She contributed to the Headwaters project where she processed samples for macroinvertebrate tissue DNA barcoding as well as genus level identifications of EPT taxa. She is currently working at Aqua as a chemist.
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Jeffrey Smith, Spring Summer Co-op, Student Employee 2022-2024
Jeff is a recent Drexel BEES graduate and worked with the macro lab through 2022-24 as a co-op and student employee. He assisted with field and lab work for the headwaters and snail projects, developing software to streamline the lengthy analysis process. He is now working seasonally with the National Park Service at the Upper Delaware and Scenic Recreational River, assisting with a turtle monitoring project utilizing many of the same techniques he learned here.
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Maddie Worth (Spring-Summer co-op, Student employee 2021, 2022).
Maddie is a current Ph.D. student at Cornell University where she continues to study freshwater ecology and craneflies. Read more about Maddie and her work with Dr. Gelhaus and craneflies on the ANSP blog post from August of 2022.
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Jules Lieberman (Snail Inventory Seasonal Technician)
Jules Lieberman is an undergraduate student at Biology and Geosciences at Oberlin College and a current 2023 NOAA Hollings Scholar. They contributed to our Snails project in 2022 and 2023.
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Sarah Busby (Spring-Summer co-op 2021)
Sarah Busby is a recent graduate of the Drexel Biological Sciences, she was a co-op and assisted with field and lab work on the Headwaters project in 2020 and 2021.
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Naomi Wilson (Spring-Summer co-op 2020)
Naomi Wilson was a co-op in 2020 where she helped organize the entomological reference collection. She currently works as a Staff Scientist at Temple University.
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