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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


Kelly Weaver

Director of External Affairs & Communications, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH


Katya McKerr

Project and Operations Manager, Center for Galapagos Studies, UNC-CH
Project and Operations Manager, Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Ecuador


Don Hobart

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UNC-CH
GSC Advisory Board, Member



Faculty

Javier Arce-Nazario, PhD

Associate Professor, Geography, UNC-CH


John Bruno, PhD

Professor, Biology, UNC-CH


Paúl Cárdenas, MD, PhD

Professor of Microbiology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, UNC-CH


Jaime Chaves, PhD

Adjunct Professor, Evolutionary Biology, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Biology, 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
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


Scott Gifford, PhD

Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH
Sewell Family Foundation Fellow


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


Xiaoming Liu, PhD

Associate Professor, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director


Kenneth Lohmann, PhD

Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biology, UNC-CH


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


Valeria Ochoa-Herrera, PhD

Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, USFQ


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


Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, PhD

Professor of Ecology, 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


Harvey Seim, PhD

Professor, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH


Jill Stewart

Jill Stewart, PhD

Singer Distinguished Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-CH
CGS Faculty Research Director
GSC Advisory Board, Chair


Enrique Terán, MD, PhD

Professor, School of Medicine, USFQ
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology, UNC-CH


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


Todd Vision, PhD

Associate Professor, Biology, UNC-CH


William Vizuete, PhD

Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, 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

Esteban Agudo

PhD Candidate, Biology, UNC-CH


Hanna Brosky headshot

Hanna Brosky

PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering, UNC-CH


Salomé Jaramillo Gil headshot

Salomé Jaramillo Gil

PhD Candidate, Biology, UNC-CH


Prisca Lim headshot

Prisca Lim

MS Candidate, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH


Josh Miller headshot

Josh Miller

PhD Candidate, Nutrition, UNC-CH


Savannah Ryburn

PhD Candidate, Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, UNC-CH


Isabel Silva Romero headshot

Isabel Silva-Romero

PhD Candidate, Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, UNC-CH


Acacia Zhao

MS Candidate, Marine Sciences, UNC-CH



Undergraduate Students

Andy Little

Andy Little

English and Comparative Literature Major, UNC-CH
Creative Writing Minor, UNC-CH



Students Emeriti

Graduate Students Emeriti

Haley Capone headshot

Haley Capone, MS

MS Biology, UNC-CH 2023


Lauren Goodman, MS

MS Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, UNC-CH 2020
UNC Merit Fellow


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


Francisco Laso, PhD

PhD Geography, UNC-CH 2021
WWF Russel E. Train Fellow


Khristopher Nicholas, PhD

PhD Nutrition, UNC-CH 2022


Bryan Reatini, PhD

PhD Biology, UNC-CH 2021
Fulbright Scholar


Tessa Szalkowski, MS

MS Environmental Science & Engineering, UNC-CH 2021


Undergraduate Students Emeriti

Nick Badhwa

BSPH Environmental Health Sciences, UNC-CH 2020


Don Fejfar

BSPH Biostatistics, UNC-CH 2021
Morehead-Cain Scholar


Molly Herring, from the waist-up, in front of the ocean in Galapagos.

Molly Herring

BA Biology, UNC-CH 2023
BA Global Studies, UNC-CH 2023


Kishan Patel

BSPH Nutrition, UNC-CH 2020


Emily Solomonson

BS Environmental Studies, UNC-CH 2019


Elijah Watson

BA Anthropology, UNC-CH 2019


Gus Winiker

BS Environmental Science, UNC-CH 2022
Data Analysis Intern