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SUNY ESF
New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) Staff

Program Direction and Administration

Name and Title Contact
DJ Evans, Director dxevans@esf.edu
518-402-8948
Timothy Howard, Ph.D., Director of Science tghoward@esf.edu
518-402-8945
Adrienne Kaplan, Administrative Assistant ajkapl01@esf.edu
518-402-8949

 

Ecology

Name and Title Contact
Greg Edinger, Chief Ecologist gjedginge@esf.edu
518-402-8947
Amy Conley, Ph.D., Spatial Ecologist aconley@esf.edu
518-402-8930
Elizabeth Spencer, Ecologist elspence@esf.edu
518-402-8892
Christopher Graham, Assistant Ecologist cgraha07@esf.edu 
518-408-1969
Andrew Cortese, Ecologist amcortes@esf.edu 
518-402-8906
Rachael Renzi, Assistant Ecologist rrenzi@esf.edu 
518-408-1969
Abigail Higgins, Assistant Ecologist ahiggins1@esf.edu 

 

Information Management

Name and Title Contact
Jennifer Dean, Ph.D., Invasive Species Database Coordinator jmdean@esf.edu 
518-402-9263
James Schallert, Head of Systems Development jaschall@esf.edu 
518-402-8950
John Marino, GIS Program Manager jlmarino@esf.edu 
518-402-8934
Amy Huang, Full Stack Web Developer ahuang36@esf.edu 
Andrea Chaloux, Environmental Review Specialist achaloux@esf.edu
Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw, GIS Specialist kaschill@esf.edu 

 

Zoology

Name and Title Contact
Matthew Schlesinger, Ph.D., Chief Zoologist mdschles@esf.edu
518-402-8939
Ashley Ballou, Zoologist aballou@esf.edu
518-402-8960
Julie Hart, Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator jhart14@esf.edu
518-402-8965
Meghan Rickard, Marine Zoologist mrickard@esf.edu
631-444-0446
Hollie Shaw, Zoology Data Supervisor hyshaw@esf.edu
518-402-8926
Erin White, Zoologist and Project Coordinator elwhit02@esf.edu
518-402-8955
Katie Hietala-Henschell, Zoologist kghietal@esf.edu
518-402-8935
Katherine Lawson, Marine Zoologist knewcomer@esf.edu 
John P. Vanek, PhD, Zoologist jovanek@esf.edu 
John Pipino, Zoologist japipino@esf.edu 
518-402-8926

 

Botany

Name and Title Contact
Rich Ring, Chief Botanist rmring@esf.edu
518-402-8952
Kyle Webster, Botanist kjwebste@esf.edu
518-402-8951
Tomas Todisco, Assistant Botanist ttodisco@esf.edu 

 

Invasive Species

Name and Title Contact
Heidi Krahling, Invasive Species Information Manager hjkrahli@esf.edu
518-402-8913
Colleen Lutz, Assistant Biologist cmlutz@esf.edu
518-402-8913
Mitchell O'Neill, Invasive Species Biologist & Project Manager mwoneill@esf.edu
518-402-8941
Greg Welter, Field Project Coordinator gwelter@esf.edu
518-402-8927
Douglas Knoph, Project Specialist dhknoph@esf.edu
518-402-8983
Fate Syewoangnuan, Advanced Data Manager  fsyewoan@esf.edu