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Scott VanderKooi

Director, Southwest Biological Science Center
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-556-7094

Theodore Melis, Ph.D.

Deputy Center Director
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-556-7282

Michael Moran, Ph.D. (Former Employee)

Acting Chief, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center
Southwest Biological Science Center

Jeffrey E Lovich, Ph.D.

Research Ecologist, Co-Deputy Branch Chief, Terrestrial Drylands Ecology Branch
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-556-7358

Kathryn A Thomas, Ph.D.

Research Ecologist, Co-Deputy Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Drylands Branch
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
520-670-5590

Terry Arundel

SBSC Science Data Coordinator / Geographer
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-606-2321

Serena Mankiller

Secretary (OA)
Southwest Biological Science Center
Phone
928-556-7094

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
SBSC Science Data Coordinator / Geographer Terry Arundel tarundel@usgs.gov 928-606-2321
Economist Lucas Bair lbair@usgs.gov 928-556-7362
Research Ecologist Jayne Belnap, Ph.D. jayne_belnap@usgs.gov 928-556-7555
Research Ecologist, Terrestrial Ecosystems Drylands Branch John B Bradford jbradford@usgs.gov 928-380-4671
Wildlife Biologist Kathryn Busby, Ph.D. mbusby@usgs.gov
Geographer Joshua Caster jcaster@usgs.gov (928) 556-7129
Biologist Kristy L Cummings kcummings@usgs.gov 928-556-7113
Research Hydrologist David J Dean djdean@usgs.gov 928-556-7297
Research Ecologist Bridget R Deemer, Ph.D. bdeemer@usgs.gov
Research Zoologist Charles Drost charles_drost@usgs.gov 928-556-7187
Research Ecologist & Soil Scientist Mike Duniway, Ph.D. mduniway@usgs.gov 928-556-7530
Biologist Maria C Dzul, PhD mdzul@usgs.gov
Fish Biologist Drew E Eppehimer, PhD deppehimer@usgs.gov
Social Scientist Helen C Fairley hfairley@usgs.gov 928-556-7285
Ecologist Rebecca Finger-Higgens, Ph.D. rfinger-higgens@usgs.gov
Scientist Emeritus Carol A Fritzinger cfritz@usgs.gov 928-556-7207
Supervisory Biologist Erika Geiger, Ph.D. egeiger@usgs.gov 928-556-7559
Research Hydrologist Paul Grams, Ph.D. pgrams@usgs.gov 928-556-7385
Hydrologist Ronald Griffiths rgriffiths@usgs.gov 928-556-7069
Biologist Edmund E Grote ed_grote@usgs.gov 928-556-7538
GIS Coordinator (IT Specialist) Thomas M Gushue tgushue@usgs.gov 928-556-7370
Budget Analyst Alicia Gustafson agustafson@usgs.gov 928-556-7181
Technical Information Specialist Meredith A Hartwell mhartwell@usgs.gov
Ecologist Claire C Karban, PhD ckarban@usgs.gov
Research Geologist - Mendenhall Post-Doc Alan Kasprak akasprak@usgs.gov 928-556-7364
Research Ecologist Theodore Kennedy, Ph.D. tkennedy@usgs.gov 928-556-7374
Ecologist Anna C Knight aknight@usgs.gov
Geodesist Keith A Kohl kkohl@usgs.gov 928-556-7371
Biologist Cara Marie Lauria clauria@usgs.gov 928-556-7548
Research Ecologist, Co-Deputy Branch Chief, Terrestrial Drylands Ecology Branch Jeffrey E Lovich, Ph.D. jeffrey_lovich@usgs.gov 928-556-7358
Secretary (OA) Serena Mankiller smankiller@usgs.gov 928-556-7094
Biologist Rebecca Mann rmann@usgs.gov 435-719-2134
Research Ecologist Rob Massatti, Ph.D. rmassatti@usgs.gov 928-556-7304
Deputy Center Director Theodore Melis, Ph.D. tmelis@usgs.gov 928-556-7282
Ecologist Anya Nova Metcalfe ametcalfe@usgs.gov 928-556-7049
Research Scientist Bryce A Mihalevich, PhD bmihalevich@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Seth Munson, Ph.D. smunson@usgs.gov 928-556-7301
IT Specialist Robert E Myers rmyers@usgs.gov 928-556-7349
Research Physical Scientist Pamela Nagler, Ph.D. pnagler@usgs.gov 520-670-6671
Administrative Operations Assistant Darrin Palean dpalean@usgs.gov 928-556-7270
Ecologist Emily C Palmquist, PhD epalmquist@usgs.gov 928-556-7397
Research Ecologist Michala L Phillips mphillips@usgs.gov
Wildlife Biologist Shellie (Michele) R Puffer mpuffer@usgs.gov 928-556-7344
Research Ecologist Sasha C Reed, Ph.D. screed@usgs.gov 928-556-7534
Plant ecologist Carla M Roybal croybal@usgs.gov
Hydrologist Thomas A Sabol tsabol@usgs.gov
Hydrologist Gerard L Salter, PhD gsalter@usgs.gov
Research Geologist Joel B Sankey, Ph.D. jsankey@usgs.gov 928-556-7289
Biologist John Severson, Ph.D. jpseverson@usgs.gov
RAMPS Coordinator Laura Shriver lshriver@usgs.gov (928) 556-7010
Postdoctoral research ecologist Gregor-Fausto Siegmund, Ph.D. gsiegmund@usgs.gov
Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Brent Sigafus bsigafus@usgs.gov 520-670-6671
Biological Field Technician Megan Starbuck mestarbuck@usgs.gov 573-578-4457
Physical Scientist Joseph E Thomas jthomas@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist, Co-Deputy Chief, Terrestrial Ecosystems Drylands Branch Kathryn A Thomas, Ph.D. kathryn_a_thomas@usgs.gov 520-670-5590
Research Hydrologist David J Topping, Ph.D. dtopping@usgs.gov 928-556-7396
Hydrologist Robert Tusso rtusso@usgs.gov 928-556-7117
ST Research Ecologist Charles Van Riper, III, Ph.D. charles_van_riper@usgs.gov 520-670-6671
Director, Southwest Biological Science Center Scott VanderKooi svanderkooi@usgs.gov 928-556-7094
Hydrologist Nick Voichick, (Former Employee) nvoichick@usgs.gov
Research Ecologist Daniel E Winkler, Ph.D. dwinkler@usgs.gov
Research Statistician Charles B Yackulic, Ph.D. cyackulic@usgs.gov 928-556-7379