Faculty, Staff, & Student Listing
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Elizabeth Allman
(IAB Senior Research Scientist; Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics)
e.allman@uaf.eduOffice: 303B Chapman, 907.474.2479
Ph.D. - UCLA: Mathematics
Interests: Phylogenetics, statistical modeling of site substitution
Affiliations:
IAB

Wendy Arundale
(Senior Research Scientist)
ffwha@uaf.eduOffice: No Campus Office, 907.479.8406
Ph.D. - Michigan State University
Interests: Anthropology
Affiliations:
IAB

Kimberlee Beckmen
(Research Scientist II)
fnkbb@uaf.eduOffice: No Campus Office
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Wildlife management.
Affiliations:
IAB

Marina Castillo
(Research Scientist II)
ffmrc@uaf.eduOffice: Natural Science Facility, 907.474.6490
Lab: Natural Science Facility
Ph.D. - University of Rhode Island (Pharmacology and Toxicology)
Interests: Neuroscience
Affiliations:
Chem Dept,
IAB

Melissa Chapin
(Research Scientist II)
ffmcc@uaf.eduOffice: No Campus Office
M.A. - Stanford University
Interests: Biology education.
Affiliations:
IAB

Thomas Clausen
(Senior Research Scientist, Dept Chair/ Professor of Chemistry)
fftpc@uaf.eduwww.uaf.edu/chem/tom1.htmlOffice: 188 Natural Science Facility, 907.474.5512
Ph.D. - Michigan State University
Interests: Organic chemistry.
Affiliations:
Chem Dept,
IAB

Kate Doran
(Research Scientist II)
Office: No Campus Office
Affiliations:
IAB

Pamela Groves
(Research Scientist II, Affiliate Assistant Professor)
pgroves@alaska.eduwww.iab.uaf.edu/~pam_groves/Office: 204 West Ridge Research Building, 907.474.7165
Lab: West Ridge Research Building
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Muskox and takin ecology and evolution, Arctic ungulate evolution and population dynamics as revealed through ancient DNA and microsatellite DNA analysis
Affiliations:
Core Lab,
IAB

Dean Kildaw
(Research Scientist II)
Office: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.7144
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Biology/zoology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Cecile Lardon
(Research Scientist; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology)
ffcsl@uaf.eduOffice: 706C Gruening, 907.474.5272
Interests: Community-based participatory research, Alaska Native health, social determinants of health, program evaluation
Affiliations:
CANHR,
IAB

Amy Larsen
(Research Scientist II)
Office: No Campus Office
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Aquatic Biology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Jon Lindstrom
(Research Scientist II)
JEL@shanwil.comOffice: No Campus Office, 907.479.0600
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Microbial ecology and environmental contaminant chemistry.
Affiliations:
IAB

Yilong Ma
(Senior Research Scientist)
ffym1@uaf.eduOffice: 305 Irving 1, 907.474.5367
Ph.D. - Wuhan University, China
Affiliations:
ABNP, AQ,
IAB

Julie Maier
(Research Scientist II)
ftjak@uaf.eduOffice: 158 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.5799
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Wildlife management.
Affiliations:
IAB

Daniel Mann
(Research Scientist II)
www.iab.uaf.edu/~dan_mann/Office: No Campus Office
Lab: No Campus Office
Ph.D. - University of Washington
Interests: Quaternary studies.
Affiliations:
BNZ-LTER,
IAB

Paul Matheus
(Research Scientist II; Palaeontologist, Yukon Terr. Government)
Office: No Campus Office, 867.667.8089
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Pleistocene Zoology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Stephen Murphy
(Research Scientist II)
Office: No Campus Office
M.S. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Wildlife biology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Kenelm Philip
(Senior Research Scientist)
fnkwp@uaf.eduOffice: No Campus Office
Interests: Lepidoptera of Alaska and adjacent regions, taxonomy, ecology, zoogeography.
Affiliations:
IAB

Brian Rasley
(Research Scientist II)
ffbtr@uaf.eduOffice: Natural Science Facility
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Affiliations:
IAB

John Rhodes
(Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; Senior Research Scientist IAB)
j.rhodes@uaf.eduOffice: 102 Chapman, 907.474.5445
Ph.D. - MIT: Mathematics
Interests: Phylogenetics, statistical modeling
Affiliations:
IAB

Janice Elise Rowell
(Assistant Director of Research - Large Animal Reserach Station)
fnjer@uaf.eduOffice: 358 O'Neill, 907.474.6009
Ph.D. - University of Saskatchewan
Interests: Comparative reproductive biology and endocrinology, principally of ungulates; biology, endocrinology, and physiology of antler growth in reindeer and caribou.
Affiliations:
IAB

Susan Sharbaugh
(Research Scientist II; Senior Scientist, Alaska Bird Observatory)
ssharbaugh@alaskabird.orgwww.alaskabird.org/Office: No Campus Office
Lab: No Campus Office
Ph.D. - University of Alaska Fairbanks
Interests: Overwintering strategies of small birds
Affiliations:
IAB

Marsha Sousa
(Asst. Prof, Coordinator of Allied Health; Research Scientist II, IAB)
ffmcs@uaf.eduOffice: 109B Old University Park, 907.455.2867
Ph.D. - Colorado State University
Interests: Reproductive endocrinology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Christopher Todd
(Senior Research Scientist)
Office: No Campus Office
Affiliations:

Oivind Toien
(Research Scientist II)
oivind.toien@uaf.eduOffice: 268 Arctic Health Research Building, 907.474.6843
Ph.D. - University of Oslo and Tromso, Norway
Interests: Zoophysiology.
Affiliations: AQ,
IAB

Sarah Trainor
(Research Scientist)
fnsft@uaf.eduOffice: 467 Duckering, 907.474.7878
Affiliations:
IAB

Tricia Wurtz
(Research Scientist)
fftlw@uaf.eduwww.iab.uaf.edu/~tricia_wurtzOffice: No Campus Office
Interests: Plant population ecology, silvicultural and land management issues in boreal forests, interactions between spruce and alder, mixed species management, forest restoration in the boreal zone.
Affiliations:
BNZ-LTER,
IAB

Alison York
(Research Scientist II)
york@arcus.orgOffice: No Campus Office, 907.450.1607
Ph.D. - University of California Berkeley
Interests: Neurobiology.
Affiliations:
IAB

Amy Zacheis
(Research Scientist II)
ftabz@uaf.eduOffice: No Campus Office, 907.479.8108
Affiliations:
IAB