Arachnology Researcher

Sarah’s research focuses on terrestrial arthropods, primarily spider evolutionary biology, although I occasionally dabble with insects. I am mostly interested in flattie spiders – pretty much every aspect of their biology – and dictynoids.

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Postdoctoral Researcher/ Curatorial Assistant

Franklyn’s research focuses on systematics and biogeography of Caribbean salticid spiders, and the evolution of morphology in marranoid spiders.

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Maddy holds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology. Her research focuses on using spiders to monitor environmental contamination and the transfer of contaminants from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystems.

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PhD Student Researcher

Jacob is currently a PhD student at the California Academy of Sciences and UC Berkeley working on using museum collections to understand arachnid evolution, conservation, and biodiversity.

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PhD Student Researcher

Eric is currently a PhD student at the California Academy of Sciences and Open University. He researches everything from insects to mammals and he hopes his projects will further conservation biology efforts locally and in at risk ecosystems across the globe. He is also co-founder of the nonprofit conservation organization Islands & Seas which is currently based in San Juanico, Mexico, where much of his current work is based.

MS Student Researcher

Amin is currently a MS student at the California Academy of Sciences and San Francisco State University. His work revolves around the taxonomy and evolution of small mesh-web weaving spiders from Madagascar, Australia, and elsewhere in the southern hemisphere. He is primarily a traditional morphologist, using imaging and scientific illustration to describe species and help uncover the tremendous biodiversity of this group

MS Student Researcher, Islands 2030

luigie is currently a MS student at the California Academy of Sciences and San Francisco State University. His research is focused on phylogeography of arachnids the Lesser Antilles.

Undergraduate Researcher

Prakrit is currently an undergraduate student at the University of California at Berkeley. His research is focused on Vaejovid scorpions, specifically the systematics, biogeography, and ecology of Smeringurinae. He is currently working on a scorpion curation project supported by the California Institute for Biodiversity.

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Undergraduate Researcher

David is currently an undergraduate at the University of California Riverside. He has researched spider systematics and biomechanics, and he is currently working on community-driven biodiversity research in Baja, Mexico.

Undergraduate Researcher

Daniel is currently an undergraduate at San Francisco State University. His research focuses on leaf litter arthropods in areas that have experienced wildfires. His research is supported by the California Institute for Biodiversity.

Undergraduate Researcher

Emilio is currently an undergraduate student at the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on developing methods for metabarcoding scorpion regurgitate. He is currently working on a scorpion curation project supported by the California Institute for Biodiversity.

Undergraduate Researcher

Germaine is a senior at University of California Berkeley studying Genetics and Plant Biology, and a researcher in the Department of Arachnology at the California Academy of Sciences. His interests include biodiversity genomics, bioinformatics, education and interdisciplinary studies. His research focuses on the relationship between traits and evolutionary time in marronoid spiders.

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Postdoctoral Researcher, Islands 2030

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Research Scientist, Islands 2030

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MS, SFSU - 2024

Open to work!

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Research Scientist, Islands 2023

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Visiting PhD Student

Supported by Lakeside Fellowship, now ABD PhD student at the Federal University of Para, Brazil.

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MS, SFSU - 2023

Now PhD Student at the American Museum of Natural History

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MS, SFSU - 2019

Now ABD PhD Student at the American Museum of Natural History

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MS, SFSU - 2017

Now NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Now starting faculty at the University of Central Oklahoma.

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Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

Supported by a Lakeside Fellowship. Now faculty at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research.

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High School Student

Now undergraduate student at the University of Arizona