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
Gregory Lewbart, MS, VMD
Professor, Aquatic, Wildlife, and Zoological Medicine, NC State University
Graduate Faculty, School of Public Health, 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
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences & Engineering, UNC-CH
Chaired Professor, Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina
Director, Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina
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
William Vizuete, PhD
Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
Innovation Strategy Advisor, Gillings School of Public Health, UNC-CH
Senay Yitbarek, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biology, UNC-CH
Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow, 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
