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
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
Ian Bishop
Content Editor, Araphid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Graduate Student Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island
Paula Furey
Content Editor, Eunotioid Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Freshwater Ecologist Department of Biology, St. Catherine University
Elena Jovanovska
Content Editor, Diploneis Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Recent PhD Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Geissen Germany
Sylvia Lee
Content Editor, Keeled Diatoms Diatoms of North America, Editoral Review Board
Biologist U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Meredith Tyree
Professional Research Associate Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
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
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
Lisa Doner
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University
Tom Frankovich
Assistant Research Professor Center for Coastal Oceans Research, Institute of Water and Environment, Florida International University
Evelyn Gaiser
Professor of Biological Sciences Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International 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
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
Thomas C. Smith
Ph.D. Student University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
Carrie White
M.S. Student University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
