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SUNY ESF
New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) Staff

Program Direction and Administration

Name and Title Contact
DJ Evans, Director [email protected]
518-402-8948
Timothy Howard, Ph.D., Director of Science [email protected]
518-402-8945
Adrienne Kaplan, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
518-402-8949

 

Ecology

Name and Title Contact
Greg Edinger, Chief Ecologist [email protected]
518-402-8947
Amy Conley, Ph.D., Spatial Ecologist [email protected]
518-402-8930
Elizabeth Spencer, Ecologist [email protected]
518-402-8892
Christopher Graham, Assistant Ecologist [email protected] 
518-408-1969
Andrew Cortese, Ecologist [email protected] 
518-402-8906
Rachael Renzi, Assistant Ecologist [email protected] 
518-408-1969
Abigail Higgins, Assistant Ecologist [email protected] 

 

Information Management

Name and Title Contact
Jennifer Dean, Ph.D., Invasive Species Database Coordinator [email protected] 
518-402-9263
James Schallert, Head of Systems Development [email protected] 
518-402-8950
John Marino, GIS Program Manager [email protected] 
518-402-8934
Amy Huang, Full Stack Web Developer [email protected] 
Andrea Chaloux, Environmental Review Specialist [email protected]
Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw, GIS Specialist [email protected] 

 

Zoology

Name and Title Contact
Matthew Schlesinger, Ph.D., Chief Zoologist [email protected]
518-402-8939
Ashley Ballou, Zoologist [email protected]
518-402-8960
Julie Hart, Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator [email protected]
518-402-8965
Meghan Rickard, Marine Zoologist [email protected]
631-444-0446
Hollie Shaw, Zoology Data Supervisor [email protected]
518-402-8926
Erin White, Zoologist and Project Coordinator [email protected]
518-402-8955
Katie Hietala-Henschell, Zoologist [email protected]
518-402-8935
Katherine Lawson, Marine Zoologist [email protected] 
John P. Vanek, PhD, Zoologist [email protected] 
John Pipino, Zoologist [email protected] 
518-402-8926

 

Botany

Name and Title Contact
Rich Ring, Chief Botanist [email protected]
518-402-8952
Kyle Webster, Botanist [email protected]
518-402-8951
Tomas Todisco, Assistant Botanist [email protected] 

 

Invasive Species

Name and Title Contact
Heidi Krahling, Invasive Species Information Manager [email protected]
518-402-8913
Colleen Lutz, Assistant Biologist [email protected]
518-402-8913
Mitchell O'Neill, Invasive Species Biologist & Project Manager [email protected]
518-402-8941
Greg Welter, Field Project Coordinator [email protected]
518-402-8927
Douglas Knoph, Project Specialist [email protected]
518-402-8983
Fate Syewoangnuan, Advanced Data Manager  [email protected]