Taxon Contributors
Expert contributors submit text and images for each genus or species page in the database.
Analysts, students, ecologists and taxonomists are encouraged to provide content by becoming a contributor to the Diatoms of North America project. See the elements required for taxon pages.
Contributors of 100+ Taxa
Ian Bishop
Content Editor, Araphid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Graduate Student Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Mark Edlund
Content Editor, Centric Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Senior Scientist Science Museum of Minnesota
Pat Kociolek
Director University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CU-Boulder
Marina Potapova
Content Editor, Monoraphid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Curator Diatom Herbarium, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Drexel University
Sarah Spaulding
Content Editor, Symmetric Biraphid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Ecologist US Geological Survey
Contributors of 10-99 Taxa
Laura Aycock
Content Editor Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Collections Manager Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
David R.L. Burge
Content Editor, Araphid and Centric Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Assistant Scientist St. Croix Watershed Research Station
Phytoplankton Scientist Natural Resources Research Institute
Adjunct Faculty Iowa Lakeside Laboratory/Ecology and Systemmatics of Diatoms
Tom Frankovich
Content Editor, Marine Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Assistant Research Professor Center for Coastal Oceans Research, Institute of Water and Environment, Florida International University
Paula Furey
Content Editor, Eunotioid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Freshwater Ecologist Department of Biology, St. Catherine University
Elena Jovanovska
Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Geissen Germany
Sylvia Leppik
Research and Curation Assistant, Diatom Herbarium The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Meredith Tyree Polaskey
Medical Student Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Contributors of 0-9 Taxa
Elizabeth Alexson
Research Staff Scientist Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Matt Ashworth
Research Affiliate UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin
Ehsan Atazadeh
Associate Professor of Ecology Department of Plant, Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Iran
Becky Bixby
Research Assistant Professor University of New Mexico and Museum of Southwestern Biology
Dan Bogan
Aquatic Ecology Research Professional Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska Anchorage
Alec Camp
Laboratory Assistant Environmental Studies, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado
Marco Cantonati
Research Scientist & Taxonomy Coordinator Phycology Section, Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Hunter Carrick
Professor of Aquatic Ecology Dept. of Biology & Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University
Laura Lopera Congote
Master's Student Indiana State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Systems
Lisa Doner
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University
Evelyn Gaiser
Professor of Biological Sciences Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
Cheryl Allen Gilpin
Geoscientist / Microfossil Taxonomist / Photomicroscopy Artist Werner Museum of Natural History: Center for Research, Collections and Art Galleries Huntsville, Texas
Patricia Heiser
Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Science Carroll College
Director, Environmental Science Program Carroll College
Alica Hindáková
Senior Researcher Institute of Botany SAS, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
Joy Ramstack Hobbs
Associate Scientist St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota
Mariena Hurley
Interim Section Lead of Phycology Patrick Center for Environmental Research Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Elaine Jordan
Undergraduate student, Research Assistant University of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Somayyeh Kheiri
Research Scientist Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, National Botanical Garden, Tehran, Iran
Zlatko Levkov
Professor Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Republic of Macedonia
Audrey Limoges
Associate Professor Earth Sciences at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Canada
Tiia Luostarinen
Doctoral Researcher Environmental Change Research Unit, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Roksana Majewska
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University, Bodø
Heera Malik
Phycologist (Staff Scientist) Rhithron Associates Inc., Montana
Ph.D. Ecology and Environmental Sciences University of Maine
Euan Reavie
Senior Research Associate & Assistant Center Director Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth
Hayden Ripple
Temporary Research Assistant Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Tahmineh Rouzbahani
Ph.D. Student Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Isabelle G. Rytlewski
M.S. Student, Conservation Biology and Research Assistant University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus
Thomas C. Smith
Ph.D. Student University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Jeffery Stone
Content Editor Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Professor of Environmental Geosciences Indiana State University
Mike Sullivan
Emeritus Professor Biology Department, Mississippi State University
Editor (1990-2003) Diatom Research
Franco Tobias
Laboratory Manager Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University
Carrie White
M.S. Student University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada