My lab focuses on the study of urban microbial communities, and we have lead a national initiative to provide research experiences for undergraduate students in exploring complex microbiomes…
Olga Calderón is a professor of Biology and Microbiology at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). She received her Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate School and University Center in Science…
Dr Kelly O’Donnell is a plant evolutionary ecologist and Director of Science Forward at Macaulay Honors College. She has served as the scientific director of all ten of…
Dr Jessica Ware is Assistant Curator in Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History and director of the Jessica L. Ware Lab of Entomology, Evolution, Systematics…
Dr Peter Park is an evolutionary ichthyologist at Farmingdale State College. He is a longtime leader at Macaulay’s BioBlitzes and conducts numerous fish-related community science events throughout New…
Craig Trester is a mycologist focused on educating residents of the New York City area about the benefits that fungi have for our health, environment, and society. Check…
Dr M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid is a biologist at Bridgewater State University. The Brooklyn Bridge Park BioBlitz will be her ninth Macaulay BioBlitz. Caitlin says, “I am a herpetologist,…
Seth Wollney is a New York native with interests ranging from dragonflies to birds and everything in-between. He currently teaches biology courses at the College of Staten Island…
Dr Sarah Kornbluth is a bee biologist affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. Sarah is interested in how humans can manage land to better support all…