We are a team of university faculty, faculty affiliates, research associates, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students. Learn more about us below!
Core Team
Tom Smith
Co-Director
Distinguished Professor, UCLA
Christen Bossu
Bioinformatician
Research Scientist III, CSU
Amanda Carpenter
Lab and Collections Manager
Research Associate IV, CSU
Faculty & Research Affiliates
Eric Anderson
Affiliate Faculty
Research Geneticist, NOAA Fisheries
Sheela Turbek
Research Affiliate
American Bird Conservancy
Blanca Estela Hernández Baños
Affiliate Faculty
Professor, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Marius Somveille
Affiliate Faculty
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Researchers
Erica Robertson
PhD Student, CSU
Holden Fox
PhD Student, CSU
Charlie Dees
PhD Student, CSU
George Kinney
MS Student, CSU
Joan Ferrer Obiol
Postdoctoral Researcher, CSU
William Hemstrom
Postdoctoral Researcher, CSU
Johanna Beam
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, CSU
Wendoly Rojas Abreu
PhD Student, UNAM
Luz Zamudio
Postdoctoral Researcher, UNAM
Genaro Rodríguez Otero
MS Student, UNAM
BGP Alumni
Ryan Harrigan, UCLA
Rachel Bay, Assistant Professor, UC Davis
Kelly Barr, UCLA
Whitney Tsai Nakashima, UCLA
Cri Gruppi, UCLA
Taylor Bobowski, Ruegg Lab graduate student (MS)
Matt DeSaix, Ruegg Lab graduate student (PhD)
Marina Rodriguez, Ruegg Lab graduate student (PhD)
Undergraduate Students
Visit our Undergraduate Involvement page to learn more about opportunities with the BGP.
Partners
Our work is not possible without the help and cooperation of many organizations and individuals. For a complete list, visit our Partners page and you can also visit individual species pages via our Species List to see who has contributed samples for a specific genoscape!