Team

AmphibiaGen includes a Core Team based at Colorado State University with three decades of experience applying genetics to amphibian conservation, as well as collaborators and partners in academia, government, and NGOs from around the world. Meet our team, collaborators, and partner organizations below. 

Core team

Current research collaborators

• Dr. Mike Adams, Supervisory Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey

• Dr. Larissa Bailey, Professor, CSU

• Dr. Thaïs Bernos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University and Laval University 

• Dr. Lauren Chan, Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

• Dr. Andrew Crawford, Professor, Universidad de Los Andes

• Harry Crockett, Native Aquatic Species Coordinator, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

• Dr. Jason Dunham, Supervisory Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey

• Dr. Brenna Forester, Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Dr. Cameron Ghalambor, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

• Dr. Juan Guayasamin, Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito

• Dr. Paul Hohenlohe, Professor, University of Idaho

• Dr. Marty Kardos, Research Geneticist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Dr. Erin Landguth, Associate Professor, University of Montana

• Dr. Melanie Murphy, Professor, University of Wyoming

• Dr. Erin Muths, Research Zoologist, US Geological Survey

• Dr. Mónica Páez-Vacas, Investigator, Jambatu Center for the Investigation and Conservation of Amphibians

• Dr. Greg Pauly, Herpetology Curator, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum

• Christopher Pearl, Wildlife Biologist, US Geological Survey

• Dr. David Pilliod, Supervisory Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey

• Dr. Jeanne Robertson, Professor, California State University Northridge

• Dr. Alisha Shah, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

• Dr. Daryl Trumbo, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University Pueblo

• Dr. Kelly Zamudio, Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Partner organizations

US federal government agencies

• US Bureau of Land Management

• US Fish and Wildlife Service

• US Forest Service

• US Geological Survey

• US National Park Service 

US state government agencies

• California Department of Fish and Wildlife

• Colorado Parks and Wildlife

• Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

• Nevada Department of Wildlife

• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

NGOs

• Centro Jambatu de Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios

• The Nature Conservancy

• Tropical Herping 

US academic institutions

• California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

• California State University Northridge

• Colorado State University Pueblo

• Florida State University

• Los Angeles County Natural History Museum

• Michigan State University

• New Mexico Highlands University

• Oregon State University

• University of Idaho

• University of Montana

• University of Texas at Austin

• University of Wyoming

• Washington State University

International academic institutions

• Concordia University

• ETH Zürich

• Laval University

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology

• Universidad de Los Andes

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito

• University of Lyon

• University of Toronto