2012
The 2012 EOL Rubenstein Fellows were sixteen early and mid career scientists from institutions around the world. As in previous years, this group of Fellows hails from around the world. Their research specialties range from the birds of Papua New Guinea to the urban flora of New York City.
| Fellow | Project |
|---|---|
| Rosario Castañeda, Harvard and the Smithsonian Institution, USA | Anolis lizards |
| Norbert Cordeiro, Roosevelt University, USA | Tree, shrub, and liana regeneration characteristics in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania |
| Kathryn Hall, Queensland Museum, Australia | Marine sponges of the Indo-west Pacific |
| Kathy Hill, University of Connecticut, USA | Cicadidae genera and selected species from USA, New Zealand and Australia |
| Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University, USA | Integrating global information resources on Xyleborini ambrosia beetles |
| Fernando Jerep, Smithsonian Institution, USA | Fishes of the Tetragonopterinae and Cheirodontinae from Neotropics |
| Christian Jersabek , University of Salzburg, Austria | Phylum Rotifera |
| Seena Karimbumkara , Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India | Species pages for Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent |
| Meiying Lin, Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Cerambycidae from China |
| Nathan Muchhala , University of Nebraska, USA | Pollination and explosive diversification in the Tropical Andes |
| Kelly O'Donnell , Columbia University, USA | Urban Plant Life of New York |
| Chitra Ravi, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India | Collaborating for Open Access to Biodiversity Information in India |
| Christian Sardet , Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche sur Mer, France | The Plankton Chronicles |
| Joanne Taylor , Museum Victoria, Australia | Squat lobsters: World Species of the Superfamily Galatheoidea |
| Katerina Tvardikova, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic | The birds of Papua New Guinea |
| Carlos Viquez , Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica | Arachnids of Central America |
2011
The 2011 EOL Rubenstein Fellows were seventeen early career scientists from institutions around the world. One of the hallmarks of the EOL Rubenstein Fellows program is the diversity of its participants. This group of Fellows hails from around the world and their research specialties cover taxa from fungi of Egypt to Afrotropical birds.
| Fellow | Project | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Abdel-Azeem, University of the Suez Canal, Egypt | Fungi of the Middle East and North Africa | Dr. David W. Minter, Cybertruffle |
| Stijn Cooleman, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium | Afrotropical Birds in the Royal Museum for Central Africa | Dr. Michel Louette and Dr. Patricia Mergen, Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| Elizaveta Ershova, University of Alaska, Fairbanks | Arctic Zooplankton | Dr. Russell Hopcroft, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and Dr. Ksenia Kosobokova, Moscow State University |
| Carlos Garcia Robledo, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History | Taxonomy, Ecology, and Evolution of plant-herbivore Associations: Cephaloleai beetles and Zingiberales plants | Dr. John Kress, Dr. Charles Staines, and Dr. Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Victor Gonzalez Betancourt, USDA Agricultural Research Services, Bee Systematics Laboratory | Megachilid Bees | Dr. Terry Griswold, USDA Agricultural Research Services, Bee Systematics Laboratory |
| Harold Greeney, Yanayacu Biological station and Center for Creative Studies | Ecology and Natural History of Ecuadorian Birds and Lepidoptera | Dr. Lee Dyer, University of Nevada |
| Matthew Heinicke, Villanova University | Gekkotans of the World | Dr. Aaron M. Bauer, Villanova University |
| Roger Hyam, Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, Scotland | Rhododendrons from the Edinburgh Monographs | Dr. Mark Watson, Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Rebecca Johnson, California Academy of Sciences | Chromodorid Nudibranchs of the World | Dr. Terrence M. Gosliner, California Academy of Sciences |
| Pavel Klimov, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology | Astigmatan Mites | Dr. Barry O'Connor, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology |
| Francesca Leasi, Imperial College London | Marine Rotifera of the World: an International Collaboration | Dr. Diego Fontaneto, Imperial College London, U.K., Dr. Willem De Smet, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
| Joaquin Mengual, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History | Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) | Dr. F. Christian Thompson, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Shabnam Mohammadi, Old Dominion University | Snake Species of the World | Dr. Roy W. McDiarmaid, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Sally Rouse, Heriot Watt University, U.K. | Marine Bryozoa of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean | Dr. Joanne Porter, Heriot Watt University, Dr. Mary Spencer Jones, The Natural History Museum London |
| Eli Sarnat, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Ants: Global invaders and Local Endemics | Dr. Brian Fisher, California Academy of Sciences |
| André Sartori, Field Museum of Natural History | Marine bivalves (Veneridae, Cardiidae, and Pholadomyoida) | Dr. Rüdiger Bieler, Field Museum of Natural History, Dr. Paula Mikkelsen, Museum of the Earth |
| Cameron Siler, University of Kansas | Amphibians and Reptiles of the Philippines | Dr. Rafe M. Brown, University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute |
2010
The 2010 EOL Rubenstein Fellows were selected for their scientific achievement, promise for continued accomplishment, and the diversity and relevance of their research. This year's seventeen recipients were chosen from eighty-five graduate and postdoctoral applicants. The 2010 EOL Rubenstein Fellows specialize in a variety of taxonomic areas, ranging from African electric fishes to global terrestrial slug fauna.
| Fellow | Project | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Diana Marcela Bolaños Rodriguez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia | Tropical Polyclad Flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) | Marian Litvaitis, University of New Hampshire |
| Elizabeth Borda, Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Amphinomida (Fireworms) of the World | Gregory W. Rouse, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Simone Nunes Brandão, University of Hamburg, Germany | Ostracods (Crustacea), Living Encyclopedias of Life | Ivana Karanovic, University of Hamburg, Germany, Moriaki Yasuhara, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Maria Lourdes Chamorro-Lacayo, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History | New World Cryptocephalus and Stegnocephala Leaf Beetles | Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Simon Coppard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | Echinoderms of Panama | Harilaos Lessios, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| Melissa Frey, Marine Invasions Laboratory, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center | Marine Invaders of the Northeast Pacific | Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
| Kenneth Hayes, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History | Architaenioglossa (Ampullariidae, Viviparidae, Cyclophoridae) | Ellen E. Strong, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Gisele Yukimi Kawauchi, Harvard University, Department of Organismic Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology | Phylum Sipuncula (Peanut-worms) | Mary Rice, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Christopher P. Kenaley, University of Washington | Lightfishes (Stomiiformes) and Anglerfishes (Ceratioidei) | Theodore W. Pietsch, University of Washington |
| David Kenfack, Center for Tropical Forest Science Research Fellow, The Arnold Arboretum of the Harvard University | Tree species of the Korup National Park, Cameroon | W. John Kress, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Stuart Davies, Center for Tropical Forest Science |
| Megan Paustian, University of Maryland, College Park | Global Terrestrial Slug Faunas | Robert Hershler, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History |
| Adam Smith, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | Sweat Bees (Halictinae) | William Wcislo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Seán Brady, National Museum of Natural History |
| John P. Sullivan, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates | Congo River and African Electric Fishes | Melanie L.J. Stiassny, American Museum of Natural History |
| Thor-Seng Liew, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation | Malaysian Terrestrial Molluscs | Menno Schilthuizen, National Museum of Natural History - Naturalis, Netherlands |
| Jann E. Vendetti, California State University, Los Angeles | Cataloging Diversity in Sacoglossan Molluscs | Patrick J. Krug, California State University, Los Angeles |
| Breda Zimkus, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology | Sub-Saharan Amphibians | Simon Loader, University of Basel, James Hanken, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology |
2009
EOL Fellows Pilot Program
The eight scientists selected for the EOL Fellows Pilot Program were funded partly through the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
| Fellow | Project | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Gail Ashton | Caprellidae: Ghost Shrimp | Gregory Ruiz |
| Myra Hughey | Amphibians of Panama | Steve Paton |
| Kristin Hultgren | Alpheidae: Snapping Shrimp | Nancy Knowlton, Emmett Duffy, Arthur Anker |
| Trond Larsen | Neotropical Scarabaeine: Dung Beetles | Terry Erwin, Jerry Louton |
| Rong Li | Plants of Tibet | Jun Wen |
| Rebecca Ritger | Phylum Nemertea | Jon Norenberg, Frank Crandall |
| Jadranka Rota | Metalmark Moths of the World | Scott Miller |
| Jessica Ware | Odonata: Dragonflies | Terry Erwin |
The Encyclopedia of Life has partnered with CRDF to help administer the EOL Rubenstein Fellows program. Established in 1995 by the National Science Foundation, CRDF (www.crdf.org) promotes international scientific and technical collaboration through grants, technical resources, and training.
