Research Associates
The title of Research Associate is used to denote an individual’s formal scholarly affiliation with the Institution. However, Research Associates are not employees of the Smithsonian. A STRI Research Associate is someone who has demonstrated the qualities of superior achievement expected of an established and independent research scientist.
These qualities of superior achievement include, among others:
- The capacity to identify significant and relevant research questions that are compatible with STRI' s Mission.
- The ability to formulate and carry out the research to answer these questions.
- The ability to exercise superior judgment and discrimination in the interpretation of research results.
- The motivation to present the results of this research for the judgment of others through lectures, publications and papers.
- The recognition of excellence in research through commonly used mechanisms such as citations and peer reviews.
Research Associates are expected to pursue independent research, although collaboration with other scientists is highly desirable. They are expected to take an active interest in the welfare of the Institution by participating in the preparation of research proposals, education programs, communication activities, committees and task forces, and by providing assistance and advice to their colleagues.
Last name |
First Name |
Institutional Affiliation |
Altieri | Andrew | University of Florida |
Angehr | George | STRI |
Baer | Boris | University of California, Riverside |
Barrios | Hector | University of Panama |
Batterman | Sarah | University of Leeds |
Bernal | Ximena | Purdue University |
Bohlman | Stephanie | University of Florida |
Brawn | Jeffrey | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Breedy | Odalisca | University of Costa Rica |
Broders | Kirk | USDA-ARS |
Buchs | David | Cardiff University |
Cadena | Edwin | Universidad del Rosario |
Carter | Gerarld | The Ohio State University |
Chaverri | Gloriana | Universidad de Costa Rica |
Chuyong | George | University of Buea |
Clay | Keith | Indiana University |
Coley | Phyllis | University of Utah |
Collado | Laura | University of Vermont |
Collins | Laurel | Florida International University |
Comita | Liza | Yale University |
Crofoot | Margaret | Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior |
Cusack | Daniela | Colorado State University |
Dalling | James | University of Illinois |
De Leon | Luis Fernando | University of Massachusetts |
Dechman | Dina | Max Planck Institute for Ornithology |
Della Togna | Gina | Universidad Interamericana de Panamá |
Dent | Daisy | University of Stirling |
Dick | Christopher | University of Michigan |
Dudley | Robert | University of California, Berkeley |
Engelbrecht | Bettina | University of Bayreuth |
Escobar | Jaime | Universidad del Norte |
Fernandez | Hermogenes | INDICASAT |
Freestone | Amy | Temple University |
Geipel | Inga | |
Gilbert | Gregory | University of California Santa Cruz |
Herrera | Amalia | STRI |
Hiller | Alexandra | |
Hirsch | Benjamin | James Cook University |
Holtum | Joseph | James Cook University |
Jiggins | Christopher | University of Cambridge |
Johnson | Maggie | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Jones | Frank (Andy) | Oregon State University |
Kapheime | Karen | Utah State University |
Kays | Roland | North Carolina State University and Museum of Natural Sciences |
Keiner | Christina | Rochester Institute of Technology |
Kitajima | Kaoru | University of Florida/Kyoto University |
Knorschild | Mirjam | Free University Berlin |
Lamarre | Greg | Department of Ecology, Czech Academy of Sciences |
Lasso | Eloisa | Universidad de Los Andes |
Lasso | Marixa | Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
Leung | Brian | McGill University |
Linares | Mauricio | Universidad del Rosario |
Loaiza | Jose | INDICASAT |
Lopez | Omar | INDICASAT |
Lucas | Peter | Kuwait University |
Mangan | Scott | Washington University in St. Louis |
McGuire | Krista | University of Oregon |
Medina | Daniel | Universidade Estadual de Campinas |
Mejia | Luis | INDICASAT |
Mendizabal | Thomas | |
Merrill | Richard | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
Meylan | Anne | Florida Fish and Wildlife, Conservation Commission?s, Florida Marine Research Institute |
Meylan | Peter | Eckerd College |
Moreno | Ricardo | University of Panama |
Ogden | Fred | University of Wyoming |
O'Mara | Teague | Southeastern Louisiana University |
Parker | Ingrid | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Pimiento | Catalina | Swansea University |
Potvin | Catherine | McGill University |
Puebla | Oscar | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel |
Ranere | Anthony | Temple University |
Ryan | Michael | University of Texas |
Sanchez-Azofeifa | Arturo | University of Alberta |
Santiago | Louis | University of California, Riverside |
Sarmiento | Carolina | University of Florida |
Sayer | Emma | Lancaster University |
Schnitzer | Stefan | Marquette University |
Sedio | Brian | University of Texas at Austin |
Shik | Jonathan | University of Copenhagen |
Spalding | Ana | Oregon State University |
Srygley | Robert | USDA |
Symes | Laurel | Cornell University |
Tanner | Edmund | University of Cambridge |
Tarwater | Corey | University of Wyoming |
Taylor | Ryan | Salisbury University |
ter Hofstede | Hannah | Dartmouth College |
Thacker | Robert | Stony Brook University |
Theodossopoulos | Dimitrios | University of Kent |
Tschapka | Marco | University of Ulm |
Van Bael | Sunshine | Tulane University |
Van Breugel | Michiel | Yale NUS College (Singapore) |
Velasquez-Runk | Julie | The University of Georgia |
Villarreal | Juan Carlos | University of Laval |
Vollmer | Steve | Northeastern University |
Wake | Thomas | University of California, Los Angeles |
Warkentin | Karen | Boston University |
Wulf | Janie | Florida State University |
Yanoviak | Stephen | University of Louisville |
Zalamea | Camilo | University of Florida |
Zotz | Gerhard | University Oldenburg |