People
Administration
Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH
Interim Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Professor and Chair, Anthropology, UNC-CH
Professor, Nutrition, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Ex-officio
Katya McKerr
Project and Operations Manager, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Project and Operations Manager, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Faculty
Gina Chowa, PhD, MSW
Associate Dean for Global Engagement, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
Johnson-Howard-Adair Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
Director, Global Social Development Innovations, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member
María de Lourdes Torres, PhD
Vice-Dean, College of Biological and Environmental Sciences, USFQ
Head of the Biotechnology Department, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Andrea Encalada, PhD
Vice-Rector, USFQ
Lab Director, Aquatic Ecology, BIOSFERA Research Institute, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
Cynthia Fraga, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UNC-CH
John A. Tate Early Career Scholar
Alex Hearn, PhD
Professor, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Corbin Jones, PhD
Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Faculty Director of Genomic Technologies, School of Medicine, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Antonio León, PhD
Professor, Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Xiaoming Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
Adrian Marchetti, PhD
Associate Professor, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Carlos Mena, PhD
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Director, Galapagos Research, USFQ
Director and Professor, Institute of Geography, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Ex-officio
Diego Quiroga, PhD
Rector, USFQ
Co-Director, Galapagos Academic Institute of Arts and Sciences, USFQ
Vice President of Research and International Programs, USFQ
Professor, Environmental and Life Sciences, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
Diego Riveros-Iregui, PhD
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor of Geography, UNC-CH
Faculty, Institute for the Study of the Americas, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Jill Stewart, PhD
Singer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Chair
Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH
Interim Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Professor and Chair, Anthropology, UNC-CH
Professor, Nutrition, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Ex-officio
Gabriel Trueba, PhD
Director and Professor, Institute of Microbiology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Steve Walsh, PhD
Founding Emeritus Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Emeritus Founding Co- Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal Island, Ecuador
Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Geography, UNC-CH
Research Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Students Emeriti
Graduate Students Emeriti
Alyssa Grube, MS, PhD
MS, PhD Environmental Sciences & Engineering, UNC-CH 2021
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellow
Hannah Jahnke, PhD
PhD Anthropology, UNC-CH 2020
Former Trainee, Carolina Population Center
Fulbright-Hays Fellow
