Staff

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David Askew

Research Assistant 1

david.j.askew@uconn.edu

Nicholas Boston

Educational Program Administrator

Research Interests: Hiring/Payroll (Unclassified & Special Payroll), course scheduling, departmental finances, Foundation, & visa processing

nicholas.boston@uconn.edu

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Dana Drake

Research Associate I

Research Interests: Lab manager, Mark Urban Lab; study ecological mechanisms that shape natural communities; vernal pool ecosystems; amphibians

dana.drake@uconn.edu

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Bianca Ferreira

Research Assistant 1

bianca.ferreira@uconn.edu

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Cole Geissler

Horticulturist

Research Interests: Native orchid conservation, tropical collections management, and tissue culture techniques

cole.geissler@uconn.edu

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Harrison Goodale

Educational Program Assistant 2

Research Interests: Graduate admissions, graduate payroll, department outreach and communication, and event coordination

harrison.goodale@uconn.edu

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Freddy Guilao

Financial Assistant 1

Research Interests: Payroll (Undergrad) travel/reimbursement, purchase orders/requisitions (HuskyBuy)

frederick.guilao@uconn.edu

Teisha King

RaMP Program Coordinator

teisha.king@uconn.edu

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Erin Kuprewicz

Vertebrate Collections Manager

Research Interests: Plant-animal interactions (tropical mammals and insects); behavioral ecology of terrestrial mammal seed dispersers; barriers to plant migrations in the Anthropocene

erin.kuprewicz@uconn.edu

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Katrina Menard

Invertebrate Collections Manager

Research Interests: Collection Manager of Invertebrates; Systematic Entomology; Heteroptera.

katrina.menard@uconn.edu

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Meghan Moriarty

Plant Growth Facilities Manager

meghan.moriarty@uconn.edu

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Matt Opel

Research Laboratory Aide

matthew.opel@uconn.edu

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Rachel Prunier

Academic Assistant 4

Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology and population genomics of plants. Evolution of diversity in hyper diverse regions.

rachel.prunier@uconn.edu

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Sarah Taylor

Herbarium Collections Manager

Research Interests: Plant Collections Manager; New England floristics; conservation of historic botanical collections

sarah.taylor@uconn.edu