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SUNY ESF
New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) Staff

Program Direction and Administration

Name and Title Contact
DJ Evans, Director dxevans@esf.edu
518-402-8948
Timothy Howard, Ph.D., Director of Science tghoward@esf.edu
518-402-8945
Adrienne Kaplan, Senior Administrative Assistant

ajkapl01@esf.edu
518-402-8949

Ecology

Name and Title Contact
Greg Edinger, Chief Ecologist gjedginge@esf.edu
518-402-8947
Amy Conley, Ph.D., Spatial Ecologist aconley@esf.edu
518-402-8930
Max Henschell, Ph.D., Ecologist mhensche@esf.edu
518-402-8906
Julie Lundgren, State Parks Ecologist jalundgr@esf.edu
518-486-2774
Laura Shappell, Ph.D., Wetland Ecologist ljshappe@esf.edu
518-402-8931
Elizabeth Spencer, Ecologist elspence@esf.edu
518-402-8892
Christopher Graham, Assistant Ecologist  cgraha07@esf.edu 
 (518) 408-1969

Information Management

Name and Title Contact
Nicholas Conrad, Information Resources Coordinator nbconrad@esf.edu
518-402-8944
Andrea Chaloux, Environmental Review Specialist achaloux@esf.edu
518-402-8927
Emily Cheadle, GIS Specialist echeadle@esf.edu
518-402-8946
James Schallert, Programmer/Analyst jaschall@esf.edu
518-402-8950

Zoology

Name and Title Contact
Matthew Schlesinger, Ph.D., Chief Zoologist mdschles@esf.edu
518-402-8939
Ashley Ballou, Zoologist aballou@esf.edu
518-402-8960
Julie Hart, Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator jhart14@esf.edu
518-402-8965
Meghan Rickard, Marine Zoologist mrickard@esf.edu
631-444-0446
Hollie Shaw, Zoology Data Supervisor hyshaw@esf.edu
518-402-8926
Erin White, Zoologist and Project Coordinator elwhit02@esf.edu
518-402-8955
Jared Feura, Breeding Bird Atlas Assistant Coordinator jfeura@esf.edu
518-402-8965
Katie Hietala-Henschell, Zoologist kghietal@esf.edu
518-402-8935
Katherine Lawson, Marine Zoologist knewcomer@esf.edu 
John P. Vanek, PhD, Zoologist jovanek@esf.edu 

Botany

Name and Title Contact
Rich Ring, Chief Botanist rmring@esf.edu
518-402-8952
Kyle Webster, State Parks Botanist kjwebste@esf.edu
518-402-8951

Invasive Species

Name and Title Contact
Jennifer Dean, Ph.D., Invasive Species Database Coordinator jmdean@esf.edu
518-402-9263
Heidi Krahling, Invasive Species Information Manager hjkrahli@esf.edu
518-402-8913
Colleen Lutz, Assistant Biologist cmlutz@esf.edu
518-402-8913
John Marino, GIS Applications Developer jlmarino@esf.edu
518-402-8934
Mitchell O'Neill, Invasive Species Biologist mwoneill@esf.edu
518-402-8941
Greg Welter, Field Project Coordinator gwelter@esf.edu
518-402-8935
Douglas Knoph, Project Specialist dhknoph@esf.edu
518-402-8983
Fate Syewoangnuan, Advanced Data Manager  fsyewoan@esf.edu