People
Administration
Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH
Interim Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, UNC-CH
Professor, Anthropology and 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
Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, UNC-CH
Senior Associate Dean for Global Initiatives, School of Nursing, UNC-CH
Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center in Quality and Safety, School of Nursing, UNC-CH
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
Director, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, BIOSFERA Research Institute, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Geography, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member
Cynthia Fraga Rizo, 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
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
Janet Nye, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-CH
Associate Professor, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH
Caela O’Connell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, UNC-CH
Assistant Professor, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, UNC-CH
Diego Quiroga, PhD
Rector, 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
Troy Sadler, PhD
Thomas James Distinguished Professor in Experiential Learning, School of Education, UNC-CH
Jill Stewart, PhD
Singer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
Amanda Thompson, PhD, MPH
Interim Director, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Co-Director, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador
Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, UNC-CH
Professor, Anthropology and Nutrition, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Ex-officio
Gabriel Trueba, PhD
Director and Professor, Institute of Microbiology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Graduate Students
Isabel Silva-Romero
Kenan Galapagos Fellow
PhD Candidate, Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, UNC-CH
Undergraduate Students
Faculty & Students Emeriti
Faculty Emeriti
Margaret “Peggy” Bentley, MA, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Emeritus
Fellow, Carolina Population Center
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 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
Andy Little
English and Comparative Literature Major, UNC-CH 2024
Creative Writing Minor, UNC-CH 2024
