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Open Letter from Scientists to the American Museum of Natural History:
The American Museum of Natural History in New York (AMNH) is a treasured and influential institution. Museums must be protected as sites that build understanding, help the public make meaning, and serve the common good. We are concerned that the vital role of science education institutions will be eroded by a loss of public trust if museums are associated with individuals and organizations known for rejecting climate science, opposing environmental regulation and clean energy initiatives, and blocking efforts to reduce pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Rebekah Mercer and the Mercer Family Foundation, political kingmakers and the financiers behind Breitbart News, have given tens of millions of dollars to a list of organizations who attack climate science and policy solutions. This includes ringleaders of climate denial such as the Heartland Institute, which garnered $5.9 million from the Mercers from 2008-2016. While on the Trump Administration Transition Team, Rebekah Mercer nominated climate denier Arthur Robinson, board member of Heartland Institute, for consideration as a National Science Advisor. Newly disclosed 2016 tax documents show grants to Heartland Institute for $800,000, the CO2 Coalition for $150,000 and the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide for $125,000. All of those organizations maintain that carbon dioxide pollution is beneficial for ecosystems, agriculture and humanity, a position in clear conflict with the international scientific consensus on climate change.
The renewed attention to Mercer Family Foundation chair Rebekah Mercer, who sits on the AMNH Board of Trustees (since 2013), spurs us to reissue a statement that scientists first co-signed in 2015:
“When some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge.”
Since that original letter, we have seen welcome changes as many museums updated their policies related to fossil fuel financial interests; the American Museum of Natural History increased its focus on climate change concerns and global sustainability in its investments and business plans. But given the prior AMNH funding and board membership associated with Exxon Corporation and David Koch, the prominence of Rebekah Mercer and the Mercer Family Foundation as current AMNH donors and on the Board of Trustees can prompt skepticism and hunts for signs of corruption, no matter the quality of the museum priorities and exhibits overall.
Last week thousands of people shared a Twitter comment by environmental economist Jonah Busch, PhD, who pointed out misleading information on climate science in an Exxon-funded exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. To its credit, the AMNH’s response was swift: it committed to updating the outdated information to reflect the best available science. But the initial online public anger showed that trust in the museum is undermined by the museum’s association with climate science opponents.
The most important asset any museum has is its credibility. This can be damaged by ties to donors and board members who are publicly known for investing in climate science obfuscation and opposing environmental solutions.
We ask the American Museum of Natural History, and all public science museums, to end ties to anti-science propagandists and funders of climate science misinformation, and to have Rebekah Mercer leave the American Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees.
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This letter was initiated by The Natural History Museum, a nonprofit traveling museum that partners with scientists, major public museums, educators, artists, and community organizations.
The views represented in this letter are those of the individual signatories and not the institutions they are affiliated with. Institutions are listed simply for identification purposes.
1. James Powell, Geochemist; Former President of the Franklin Institute Science Museum and former President and Director of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
2. Eric Chivian, founder and Director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985
3. Kevin Trenberth, climate scientist, Lead Author 2001 and 2007 IPCC report
4. Jason Box, Climatologist, Professor of Glaciology at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland; Co-author of 2007 IPCC report
5. James E. Hansen, Columbia University Earth Institute, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
6. Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Earth System Science Center, Penn State University
7. George Woodwell, Ecologist; Founder and Director Emeritus, Woods Hole Research Center
8. Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute and former Executive Director, Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
9. Robert W. Corell, climate scientist, Global Science Associates, IPCC report contributor and Head of US Office for the Global Energy Assessment.
10. Jerry Melillo, Ecologist, Distinguished Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Chair of US National Climate Assessments 2001, 2009, 2014
11. Reto Ruedy, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
12. Calvin B. DeWitt, Environmental Scientist, Co-founder of the Evangelical Environmental Network, President of the Academy of Evangelical Scientists and Ethicists, and Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
13. Katharine Hayhoe, Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University; Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
14. Richard C. J. Somerville, climate scientist, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
15. Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University; Head of Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
16. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
17. James J. McCarthy, Professor of Oceanography, Harvard University; Former Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II; Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Chair emeritus, Union of Concerned Scientists
18. Edward Maibach, University Professor, Department of Communication; Director, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
19. Richard Gammon, Professor Emeritus, Chemistry/Oceanography/Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
20. Dr. Kerry A. Emanuel, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
21. Dr. Peter U. Clark, Distinguished Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
22. Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor of Climate Science, Rutgers University
23. Dr. Charles Greene, Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
24. Richard Heede, Director, carbon geographer, Climate Accountability Institute
25. Cecilia Bitz, Director Program on Climate Change, University of Washington
26. Shaun Lovejoy, Professor of Physics, McGill University, Canada; Formerly at the Climate Diagnostics Centre of NOAA
27. Dr Simon L Lewis, Reader, Global Change Science, at University College London and University of Leeds
28. James Booth, Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York; Affiliated Scientist NASA GISS
29. Robert N. Proctor, Professor of the History of Science, Stanford University
30. Sarah Kornbluth, Biologist; Field Associate, American Museum of Natural History
31. Dr. Harry Dowsett, geologist and paleoclimatologist, Editor and Board Member at Micropaleontology Press
32. Ploy Achakulwisut, Climate change & Public health Postdoctoral Scientist, The George Washington University
33. Geoffrey Supran, Post Doctoral Fellow in the Institute for Data, Systems, & Society at MIT and in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University
34. Sandra Steingraber, biologist; Distinguished Scholar in Residence Ithaca College, co-founder Concerned Health Professionals of New York
35. Dr. Reese Halter, Distinguished Conservation Biologist, MUSE School, CA
36. Judith S. Weis, Professor Emerita, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
37. Henry Pollack, Professor emeritus, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
38. David J. Burdige, Professor and Eminent Scholar of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University
39. Alan Mix, Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
40. S R Dickman, emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Binghamton University
41. Terrence Gerlach, Geochemist-Volcanologist, Former Chief of Volcano Emissions Project, U.S. Geological Survey
42. Julia Bradley-Cook, PhD, Arctic ecologist
43. Priya Shukla, Ocean Acidification Technician, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis
44. Claudio Cassardo, PhD, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Climate Physics and Meteorology, Department of Physics, University of Torino, Italy
45. John E. Roemer, Elizabeth S. & A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science & Economics, Yale University
46. Bonnie Spanier, PhD, Health, Emerita U. at Albany SUNY
47. Mark Mason, PhD, paleontologist, UC Berkeley
48. Michelle Bamberger, MS, DVM, veterinarian
49. Erika Crispo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Pace University
50. Jed Fuhrman, McCullough-Crosby Chair of Marine Biology, University of Southern California
51. Britta Voss, PhD, Earth sciences
52. M. Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government
53. Eri Saikawa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University
54. Andrea Ford, Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology at the University of Chicago
55. Jane Zelikova, Research Scientist, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, co-founder of 500 Women Scientists
56. Megan Munkacsy, Oyster Researcher
57. Nicole M. Baran, Ph.D., NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
58. Greg Laden, Paleoanthropologist, Independent Scholar, Science Writer and Blogger
59. Dr. Nicholas R. White, Independent Industrial Scientist, Albion Beams, Inc.
60. Brad Johnson, Science writer; MS geosciences, MIT
61. Karla Shoup, BS, REHS, Southern Nevada Health District
62. Elise Gornish, Ecology
63. Joy Buongiorno Altom, PhD candidate, University of Tennessee
64. Dr. Cindy Shellito, Professor of Meteorology, University of Northern Colorado
65. Aradhna Tripati, Professor, UCLA
66. Allan Stewart-Oaten, Emeritus Prof of Mathematical Biology, UC Santa Barbara
67. Kristen DeAngelis, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
68. Justin C. Burton, Assistant Professor of Physics, Emory University
69. Robert Ulrich, PhD Student in Geochemistry, UCLA
70. Uriel Kitron, Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University
71. Melissa Barlett, PhD, Assistant Professor in Natural Sciences, Mohawk Valley Community College
72. Dr. Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming
73. Brenda J Buck, Professor of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas
74. Scott Vlaun. Executive Director, Center for an Ecology-Based Economy
75. Daniel H. McIntosh, Norman Royall Distinguished Professor, U Missouri-Kansas City
76. Benjamin Franta, PhD. PhD student, history of science, Stanford University. Associate, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
77. Annalisa Alvrus, Ph.D., Residential Faculty, Biological Anthropology, Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ
78. Erica Frank, MD, MPH; Professor and Research Chair, University of British Columbia
79. Berry Brosi, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, Emory University
80. Kenneth G. Strothkamp, Ph.D., Chemistry Department, Portland State University
81. Scott A Mandia, Asst. Chair & Professor of Physical Sciences, Suffolk County Community College
82. Timon McPhearson, Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York City
83. Dr. John C. Armstrong, Professor of Physics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
84. Paul A. Selden, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas
85. John E. Sohl, Ph.D., Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor, Atmospheric Physics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
86. Jonathan Oppenheim, Professor of Quantum Theory, University College London; Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
87. Neal B. Keating, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Museum Studies/Public History, Department of Anthropology, The College at Brockport, SUNY
88. Valentino Piana, Director, Economics Web Institute
89. Sarah Batterman, PhD, Ecology, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
90. Dr. Melissa Duhaime, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
91. David Shalloway, Greater Philadelphia Professor in Biological Sciences, Cornell University
92. Lawrence Licklider PhD, Chemistry, UC Riverside.
93. Jonathan King, Prof. of Molecular Biology, MIT, Cambridge MA
94. Lucky Tran, PhD, Biologist & Science Communicator, Columbia University
95. Jacqueline Giovanniello, PhD Candidate, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
96. Simona Giunta, PhD, CEO @ Know Science, The Rockefeller University
97. Simone Weinmann, Research Technician, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
98. Andrea Alfano, content developer and communicator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
99. Carolina Henriques, Neuroscience, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
100. Matthew Moss, Bioinformatician, Cold Spring Harbor Labs
101. Mona Mehdy, Associate Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, Austin
102. Julianne Warren, Ph.D. Ecology, author Aldo Leopold’s Odyssey, Tenth Anniversary Edition
103. Simone S. Whitecloud, PhD; Research Ecologist, Army Corps of Engineers
104. B. B. Cael, Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
105. Molly Hammell, PhD; Assistant Professor, Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
106. Dr. Timothy A. Livengood, planetary scientist, University of Maryland
107. Dr. Bruce Monger, Dept. Earth and Atmos. Sciences, Cornell University
108. John H. Gardiner IV, structural biology technician, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
109. Gretchen Goldman, Environmental Engineering PhD
110. Brenda Anderson, Assoc Prof., Stony Brook University
111. Shawna M. McBride, PhD; Neuroscience, University of Wyoming
112. Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Asst. Prof., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
113. John Olson, PhD; Geophysics, MIT
114. Peter Little, Professor of Anthropology, Emory University
115. Robert R. Janes; Museologist; Co-Chair, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice
116. Loren Cassin Sackett, PhD; Evolutionary Biology, University of South Florida
117. Emma Loveday, PhD, Infectious Disease, Montana State University
118. Judith Hubbard, Geologist; Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
119. Larry Hothem, senior physical scientist
120. Dr. James Collins; School of Oceanography, University of Washington
121. David Thomson, Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado
122. Sam Inglis, MSc, Glaciology
123. M Bryson Brown, Philosopher of Science, University of Lethbridge, AB Canada
124. Leehi Yona, MESc Candidate, Yale University
125. Hank Patton, Founder, Little White Salmon Biodiversity Reserve
126. Elaine Livingston, MS Chemistry UC Berkeley, MAT Math Binghamton University, Retired Science and Math Secondary Teacher
127. David K. Adams, Atmospheric Scientist, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
128. Raymond S Bradley, Distinguished Professor, Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
129. Neil Tangri, Stanford University
130. Dr. Dagomar Degroot, Environmental Historian, Georgetown University
131. Michael C. B. Ashley, Professor of Physics, University of New South Wales
132. Dee Randolph, Certified Professional Geologist
133. Jose L. Jimenez, Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder
134. Jens Mühle, Dr. rer. nat., University of California, San Diego
135. Anastasia Yanchilina, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
136. Professor John Geissman, Emeritus, Geophysics, U New Mexico
137. Steven C Sherwood, ARC Laureate Professor, University of New South Wales
138. Gebreanenya Gebru Kidane, Environment and Natural resource management
139. Dr. Georg Feulner, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
140. Jürg Luterbacher, Professor for Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany, Lead author IPCC AR 5, WG1
141. Nathan Phillips, Professor of Earth & Environment, Boston University
142. John Marsham, University of Leeds, UK
143. Graciela Raga, Senior Scientist in Atmospheric Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
144. Dr. Jean-Louis Fellous, Executive Director, Committee on Space Research
145. Michiel van den Broeke, Professor of Polar Meteorology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
146. Dr. Ronald J. Parry, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas
147. Melissa Stults, PhD., Climate and Sustainability Specialist
148. John J. Cullen, Professor Emeritus, Oceanography, Dalhousie University
149. MaryJo Stanley, Public Health Nurse
150. Robert G. Middleton, Consulting Geologist, former AMNH curatorial staff (1974-75)
151. William M. White, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
152. Ann Pearson, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Harvard College Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
153. Erwan Monier, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
154. David Goodrich, former Director, Global Climate Observing System
155. R Hubert, Northern Arizona University
156. Dr. David Hastings, Professor of Marine Science, Eckerd College
157. Marie Venner, Chair, National Academy of Sciences and Engineering Transportation Research Board Subcommittee on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainability (AF0001)
158. Dr. Joel A. Huberman, Professor (retired), Roswell Park Cancer Institute and SUNY Buffalo
159. Robert Howarth, Earth system scientist and the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology at Cornell University
160. Mara Freilich, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
161. Dr. Radley Horton, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
162. Michael A Rawlins, Extension Associate Professor, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst University
163. Stephen P. Kunz, Senior Ecologist, Schmid & Company, Inc., Media, PA
164. Peter Mayes Ph.D Climatologist, NJDEP
165. John Crusius, Ph.D., Chemical Oceanographer
166. Stephen Mulkey, Ecologist, President Emeritus Unity College
167. Joseph Pedlosky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
168. Daniel Kane, Ph.D. student, Yale University
169. Donald H. Campbell, Geologist (retired), Campbell Petrographics
170. Ted K. Raab, Arctic Ecologist, Stanford University
171. Dr. Raymond Smith, Prof Emeritus UCSB
172. Julia Monk, PhD Candidate, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, Yale University
173. Seth Schultz, Director of Science & Innovation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group; Co-Chair of the Coalition for Urban Transitions, Co-Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Cities IPCC Conference
174. Megan Sullivan, PhD Student, Yale School of Forestry
175. Raymond Johnson PhD Director, Institute of Climate Studies USA
176. Carl R. Carnein, Assoc. Prof. of Geology, Emeritus, Lock Haven Univ. of PA
177. Leila M. V. Carvalho, Profesor Meteorology and Climate Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
178. Michael Sandstrom, PhD Student, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
179. Dr. Leonard S. Sklar, Professor of Geology, San Francisco State University
180. Donna Sueper, Aerosol Researcher, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
181. Johnse Ostman, Hydrologist, USGS
182. Becky Alexander, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
183. Tom Hill, physicist, Rice University
184. Meinrat O. Andreae, Prof. Dr., Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Scripps Institution of Oceanography
185. Dr Jean-Michel Campin, Oceanography and Climate researcher, MIT
186. Richard Hogen, M.S., Aerospace Engineer
187. Anne R. Kapuscinski, Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Science, Dartmouth College, Board Chair of Union of Concerned Scientists, Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation
188. Susan Mazur-Stommen, Anthropologist and Founder of Indicia Consulting, Adjunct Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the Welch Graduate Center, Goucher College
189. Colleen Baublitz, Ph.D. student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
190. Hillary Streit, lab technician, University of Michigan
191. David W. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
192. Michael Friedman, Assistant Professor of Biology, AICASA, did doctoral thesis in AMNH Sackler Laboratory for Comparative Genomics
193. Mary Beck, Professor of Geology, Valencia College
194. Kristel Sanchez, Ph.D. student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
195. Sebastian Essink, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
196. Karen Saunders, forest ecology & paleoecologist, Phd student in Environmental Studies, Antioch University New England
197. Eleanor Browne, Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
198. Peter A Sampou, Ph.D. Biogeochemistry/Ocean0graphy
199. Mary Burak, Ph.D. student, Yale University
200. Stacy Brodzik, Software Engineer, University of Washington
201. Kenneth Mitchell, PhD Astronomy
202. Carl Baker, Research Scientist, University of Washington
203. David S. Gordon, Genome Sciences, University of Washington
204. Susan Lentz, PhD, Biology Instructor
205. Lowell Iporac, Ph.D Student, Florida International University
206. Chelsea Pagan, PhD Student, University of Washington
207. Gerson Aguirre, PhD, Biotechnology, Genus PLC,
208. Julie Huang, Ph.D., Director of Research Administration, Cell Biology, a Harvard Medical School
209. Mark A. Koppel, Ph.D., Professsor Emeritus of Psychology, Montclair State University
210. Latifa Jackson, Ph.D. Biomedical Science, Howard University
211. Kim Withers, Ph.D., Naturalist, TAMUCC
212. Jennifer Colby, PhD, Cancer Research
213. Diane Wagner, Biology and Earth Science Teacher
214. Dr. Twila Moon, global ice scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CU
215. Michelle Newmark, Senior Technical Analyst
216. Laurel J. Standley, Ph.D., Environmental Chemist
217. Shawna Murray M.D., Psychiatry
218. Laura Hess, Associate Researcher, Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
219. Dr Gayatri Gowrishankar, Stanford University
220. John Tacinelli, Geology Instructor, Rochester Community and Technical College
221. Shirley E Clark, Ph.D., P.E., D. WRE, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State Harrisburg
222. Chandler Davis, emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Toronto
223. Shannon Rowell-Garvon, MSc Biology
224. John S. Garavelli, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, University of Delaware
225. Charles Baugh, geoscience, JUSD
226. Zoya Vallari, PhD Physics, Stony Brook University
227. Alesia King, M.S., Anthropology Instructor, The Ohio State University
228. Valerie Gartner, PhD Student, Duke University Program in Genetics & Genomics
229. Geoffrey Kidd, Ph.D., Biochemistry
230. Laura J. Mauro, PhD Associate Professor University of Minnesota
231. Bernard Lohr, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County
232. Stuart Newman, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College
233. Animesh Ray, Ph.D., Professor, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Claremont, CA
234. John A. Van Couvering, PhD Geology, Editor in Chief, Micropaleontology Press
235. Erin M. Gibbons, PhD chemistry, MSEE, Adjunct Professor, Seattle Central College
236. Andrea Lund, PhD Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
237. Charles Jagoe, Distinguished Professor, School of the Environment, Florida A&M University
238. Allison Jack, PhD Plant Pathology
239. Albyn Jones, Professor of Statistics (emeritus), Reed College
240. Karen A. Salamy, M.S. Marine Science
241. Henry A. Hespenheide, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biolgy, UCLA
242. Annika Andersson, Waterbird Biologist
243. Mellissa Marcus, MS Biology- Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Unaffiliated
244. Martin A. Ivanov, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany
245. Karen Hogan, ecologist, The Evergreen State College
246. Amber Kerr, Ph.D. Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley
247. Sophie Haslett, Atmospheric Scientist, University of Manchester
248. Thomas P. Pearsall, Ph. D. , Engineering Physics, fellow APS, fellow IEEE,
249. Ko van Huissteden, associate professor and permafrost researcher, Amsterdam
250. Andrew Blain, Professor of Observational Astronomy, University of Leicester, UK
251. Janine Illian, PhD, senior lecturer in statistics, St Andrews University, Scotland UK
252. Daniele Armaleo, Associate Professor of the Practice of Biology, Duke University
253. James S. Clark, Distinguished Professor of Environment, Duke University
254. E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor (ret), Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, ON
255. Dennis W McCracken, Biology Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
256. Jessica Theodor, Assoc. Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
257. Rocco Gangle, Professor of Philosophy, Endicott College
258. Julie Craves, Rouge River Bird Observatory, University of Michigan-Dearborn
259. Will Wilson, Assoc. Prof Biology, Duke Univ
260. Enid Schildkrout, Ph.D., Curator Emerita, Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
261. Joelle van der Walt, PhD Scientific Director, non-profit
262. Dr. Linda Sohl, paleoclimatologist, Columbia University
263. Mary Sabulski Feigman, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
264. Judith Soukup, PhD, retired physicist
265. Charles B. Eastman, Mammalian Systematics and Anatomy
266. Susan E Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC nutritional scientist and long term AMNH member
267. Logan Myler, Ph.D. student, Cancer Biologist, The University of Texas at Austin
268. Tanya Johnson, Ph.D., Biochemist, The University of Texas at Austin
269. Noreene M. Ignelzi, Marine Educator, The San Juan Nature Institute
270. Sarah A. Green, Professor of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University
271. Ritika Arora, MD Diagnostic Radiology
272. Nadia Johnson, Ph.D. candidate, Pennsylvania State University
273. Alex Keller, MS Biological & Physical Sciences, BS Environmental Sciences; PhD Candidate in biomedical science, University of Virginia
274. Dr. Paul R. Estrada, Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Chair, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute
275. Moira Lawson, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Food Science (ret), University of Copenhagen
276. Angela Zito, PhD. Anthropologist, NYU
277. Mag. Brian Witt, Environmental and Behavioral Economist, Technische Universität Wien
278. Anna Bowling, Science Outreach & Education, Indiana University
279. Steven Bedrick, Ph. D., Computer Science, Oregon Health & Science University
280. Joop Arends, Ph.D, Neuroscientist (retired), Washington University in St. Louis
281. Maran Little, Zooarchaeology Researcher
282. Rebekah Ward, Microbiologist
283. Adam Sobel, Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
284. David Hofmann, Ph.D., Physics, Emory University
285. Michael Gasser, Emer. Assoc. Prof., Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Indiana University
286. J. Timothy Londergan, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Indiana University
287. Roger L. Albin, Professor of Neurology, University of Michigan
288. James I. Kirkland Ph.D. P.G., Paleontologist, Utah Geological Survey
289. Marion Cherry, Wildlife Biologist, retired, USDA Forest Service, Gallatin National Forest
290. Travis Knowles, Assoc. Prof., Francis Marion Univ. and Director, Wildsumaco Biological Station, Ecuador
291. Arnav Ravi Mariwala, M.S. Candidate Geophysics, B.S. Physics, Stanford University
292. Dr. Thomas C. Shirley, Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi; Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks
293. Michael Harris, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University
294. Rachel Linzer, PhD, Forest Pathology
295. John M. Doherty, PhD Candidate, Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong
296. Richard Martin, Anthropologist, Oregon State University
297. Chris Monroe, archaeology, Cornell University
298. Duane L. Bindschadler, Ph.D., Geological Sci.
299. Gene O. Graham, MD
300. Cynthia Annett, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Kansas State University
301. Jean G. Boal, professor of Biology, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
302. Darlene McGriff, Biologist, retired, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
303.Eric M. Nelson, Ph.D., Biotechnology Business Advisor, Chapel Hill, NC
304. Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs, Princeton University
305. Richard E. Cook, PhD, Economics
306. David Kotelchuck, Env. and Occ. Health, Prof. Emeritus, Hunter College
307. Dr. Amélie Kirchgaessner, FRMetS, British Antarctic Survey
310. Jennifer Crosbie, Senior Chemist, Quality Control Analytical
311. Laurel N Hays, DVM, DACVS
312. Aleksandr Milshteyn, Ph.D., Biophysics
313. William Anderegg, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Utah
314. Paolo Suating, BSc, AMRSC; PhD Student, Tulane University
315. Wills Flowers, Entomology, Professor Emeritus, Florida A&M University
316. F. Zeb Page, Geologist, Oberlin College
317. Kim J. Landsbergen Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, Antioch College
318. Tullis C. Onstott, Professor of Geosciences Princeton University
319. Roseina Woods, PhD, Molecular Palaeontology
320. Carolyn Waldron, MS, MA, Medical Editor and Resident Research Coordinator, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai West, NYC
321. Gunter P. Wagner, Alison Richard Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
322. Stephen C. Stearns, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
323. Paul Turner, Elihu Professor of Ecology & Evolution and Interim Dean of Science, Yale University
324. Scott L Zeger, Professor of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
325. Jess Phoenix, Volcanologist & Founder of Blueprint Earth
326. Michael L. Bender, Senior Scholar and Professor emeritus of Geosciences, Princeton University
327. John A. Cigliano, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Conservation, Cedar Crest College
328. Rainer Bleck, Sr. Research Associate, Columbia U.
329. Neepa Maitra, Professor of Physics, Hunter College of the City University of New York
330. Walter Yerk, PhD candidate, Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
331. Joel L. Davis, Ph.D., Neuroscientist, Office of Naval Research (Retired)
332. Nicolas Van Oostende, Associate Research Scholar of Geosciences, Princeton University
333. Anna Trugman, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah Department of Biology
334. Andrew Marsh, Solar Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
335. Robert M. Key, PhD, Research Oceanographer, Princeton University
336. Ted Reid, Ph.D. (Chemistry/Biochemistry) Professor Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
337. James Hanken, Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
338. Paul Ruscher, Fellow, American Meteorological Society and Science Dean, Lane Community College
339. Emery Berger, Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
340. Kelly Murray, PhD student in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
341. Barrie K. Gilbert, PhD., Senior Scientist Emeritus, Utah State University
342. Paul S. Heckbert, former professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
343. Shimon C. Anisfeld, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
344. Emily Fox-Kales, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Northeastern University
345. Thomas Detwyler, PhD, Emeritus Prrofessor of Environmental Geography, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
346. Gebhard Wagener, Professor of Anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center
347. Erin Emott, Biologist, FSU
348. Paul Roscoe, PhD Anthropology
349. Thomas Graedel, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Ecology, Yale University
350. Peder Anker, Associate Professor of History of Science, New York University
351. Anton Seimon, Research Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
352. Amanda Lynch, Lindemann Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
353. Jacquelyn Gill, Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of Maine Climate Change Institute
354. David Kanter, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University
355. Christine Bloecker, Scientific Analyst at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
356. Carol Skinner, Ph.D, Ecology, Associate Professor, (retired), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
357. Jennifer Jacquet, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University
358. Tony Liss, Dean of Science and Professor of Physics, The City College of New York
359. Gordon Berry, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Notre Dame
360. Deepika Slawek, MD, MPH, Physician
361. Peter Bergold, Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neurology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center
362. Sonali McDermid, climate scientist and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, NYU
363. Deborah Flores, BA Zoology, MA Biology, MD
364. Carl E. Schoonover, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Neuroscience, Columbia University
365. Kathleen Pryer, Professor of Biology, Duke University
366. Rob Wallace, PhD, Evolutionary Biologist, Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota
367. David Mutchler, Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
368. Peter Johnson, PhD, Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania
369. Abby Schwarz, Ph.D., Marine Biologist, retired, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
370. Meredith Nichols, M.S., Programmer Contractor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
371. Douglas Pollock, Civil Industrial Engineer, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
372. A.Z. Andis, Ph.D. student, Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
373. Sandra Spencer, Ph.D., Bioanalytical Chemist, University of Washington, Seattle
374. Tricia Polon, M.Ed, M.A., Natural and Environmental Sciences, Museum Studies, Retired Zookeeper
375. Alfred M. Moyle, Ph.D., Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State University
376. Robert Kopp, climate scientist, Director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University
377. Tobias Gerken, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Montana State University – Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
378. Szymon Suckewer, Prof.Emeritus and Senior Scholar, School of Eng. and Appl. Science, Princeton University
379. Mark Chopping, Ph.D., Remote Sensing, Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University
380. G J Sanders Ph.D Mining and Mineral Processing Engineer, Retired, Australia
381. Frank L. Madarasz, Ph.D., Condense Matter Theory, Ret.
382. Bernardo Reis, Ph.D. – Research Associate – The Rockefeller University
383. Lilian Nogueira, PhD, Research Specialist, The Rockefeller University
384. James Edwards, former Executive Director, Encyclopedia of Life
385. Alan Harris, planetary scientist, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retired
386. Edward Spevak, Ph.D., Curator of Invertebrates and Director-WildCare Institute Center for Native Pollinator Conservation, Saint Louis Zoo, Adjunct Asst Professor Environmental Biology University of Missouri-St Louis
387. Jennifer Calkins, Ph D Biological Science
388. Meinhard Stalder, PhD, Physicist
389. Robert B. Dunbar, W.M. Keck Professor of Earth Science, Stanford University
390. Leila Carvalho, Professor Atmospheric Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
391. Albert Gold, PhD, Physics, Associate Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard, Retired
392. Jayde Lovell, New York Hall of Science
393. L.K. Tuominen, PhD, Botanist
394. Joel Jean, Executive Director of MIT GridEdge Solar research program, Postdoctoral Associate at MIT
395. Maryam Zaringhalam, Molecular Biologist
396. Kelly Fleming, PhD chemical engineering, AAAS
397. Dr. Trisha L. Andrew, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
398. Alison Takemura, PhD, Microbiology, MIT
399. Patrick Brown, PhD Physics
400.Conor Dempsey, PhD candidate in Neuroscience, Columbia University
401. Elise M. Myers, S.M., M.A., PhD student in Oceanography, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University
402. Gordon Fitch, PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
403. Marianne Hirsch, Ph.D.
404. John Pemberton, PhD, Professor in Anthropology, Columbia University
405. Paul Garrett, Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
406. William Messing, Professor of Mathematics University of Minnesota
407. Shamus Khan, Professor and Chair, Sociology, Columbia University
408. Eileen Gillooly, PhD
409. Victor Reiner, Mathematics Professor, Univ. of Minnesota
410. Martha Howell, Miriam Champion Professor History, Columbia University
411. D. Max Moerman, Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, Columbia University
412. Gray Tuttle, PhD East Asian Studies, Columbia
413. Hans Othmer, PhD, Professor of Mathematics
414. Richard McGehee, Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
415. Takaya Uchida, PhD candidate, Physical Oceanography
416. Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law and Epidemiology, Columbia University
417. Daniel Dixon, Research Assistant Professor of Climate Science
418. Selso Villegas, PhD, Director, Tohono O’odham Nation Water Resources Department, AZ
419. Baker Hamilton, MD, MMSc
420. David P. Brown, PhD, Environmental Engineering, Fulbright Fellow, Atmospheric Physics
421. Dr. James Bock, Prof. of Physics, California Institute of Technology
422. Alexandra Moore, Ph.D., Paleontological Research Institution
423. Navin Pokala, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Life Sciences, New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
424. Ling Miao, PhD, Managing Editor, Physical Review X
425. Ross McManus, PhD, FTCD, Professor in Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
426. Kelly M. Knee, PhD, Biophysicist
427. Sandy Chang, MD, PhD. Associate Dean of STEM education, Yale University
428. Benjamin Wise, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biology, Keene State College, NH
429. Louis Derry, Professor of Geochemistry, Cornell University
430. Colleen Kirby Ph.D. Genetics & Developmental Biology
431. Peter G Friedman, PhD, Astrophysicist, former Project Scientist on NASA’s GALEX mission, California Institute of Technology, retired
432. Jim Bonacum, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Genetics, University of Illinois Springfield
433. Craig Westerland, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
434. Kathleen Marrs, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Biology, IUPUI
435. Joshua E. Barnes, Astronomy Undergraduate Chair, institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa
436. Timothy Perutz, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
437. Jan Sap, Ph.D., professor (genetics), Paris Diderot University, Université Paris Sorbonne Cité
438. Donald T. McKnight, M.Sc., Ph.D. candidate, Biology, James Cook University
439. Lim Jong Duo, PhD, Earth Science, University of Seoul
440. Michael Platt, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Marketing, University of Pennsylvania
441. Terry L. Erwin, Insect Biodiversity and Coleoptera, Smithsonian Institution
442. Cameron Wake, Ph.D, Research Professor, institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
443. Frederick, J Sauter, Ph.D, Retired Eastman Kodak Chemist
444. Josh Dubnau, Ph.D., Neurogenetics, Professor, Stony Brook University Medical School
445. Giancarlo La Camera, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
446. Peter Petraitis, Professor of Biology, Emeritus, Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
447. David Dubnau, Professor of Microbiology, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University
448. Philip W. Anderson, Nobel Laureate 1977 (physics), Princeton University
449. Zei Tung En, PhD Geology, Free Science Journalist, Shanghai, China
450. Michael Cressy, PhD., Genetics, Stony Brook University
451. Kenneth Miller, Professor of Neuroscience, Columbia University
452. Lisa Prazak-Stockwell, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Assistant Professor, Farmingdale State College
453. Jessica Gurevitch, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
454. Lawrence M Kamhi, MD, FIPP
