During her PhD at PMI, Morgan will combine her experiences in bat research, genetic research and tropical dry-forest conservation. She will be investigating the seasonal dynamics and landscape ecology of bat communities in the highly fragmented Tumbesian and Marañon dry-forests of Peru.
José’s research focuses on improving our understanding of anthropogenic effects on wildlife at the landscape and species level. He uses landscape analysis and DNA metabarcoding to shed light on the ecology and habitat requirements of understudied bat species.
Emma is a Research Technician working on rabies detection along with identifying species, diet and pathogens through feces of bats and other wildlife.
Awarded an NSF graduate research fellowship, Dan is skilled in next-generation sequencing, microbiome bioinformatics, phylogenetics, ecological niche modeling, and bacterial and fungal microbiology.
Sierra works for the CTSC, leading in vitro experiments on potential COVID treatments.
After working at PMI as an undergraduate researcher, Roxanne graduated from NAU with a degree in biology and became a full time staff member in 2009. Her main duties include maintaining compliance in the PMI SA BSL3 Facility.
PhD Candidate in Biology, Heather manages day-to-day operations in the ABSL3 and facilitates smooth workflow, compliance with biosafety protocols and training of new staff.