Meet our team

Wendy Moore
Professor & Curator
University of Arizona
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Kim Franklin
Conservation Scientist
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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Jennifer Katcher
Biology Instructor
Pima community college
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Staff

Gene Hall
UAIC Collection Manager
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Oversees UAIC re-curation project​ 
Charles Bradley
UA GRADUATE STUDENT,
​Moore LAB
2019-ongoing
​ Near-peer mentor, Bee researcher
Jacob Simon
UA Undergraduate student, moore lab
2020 - ongoing
​Near-peer mentor
Jessica Dietrich
Instructor, flowing Wells High school
high school CURE development
Davide Bergamaschi
UA GRADUATE STUDENT,
​Moore LAB
2021-ongoing
​ Near-peer mentor
Steve Uyeda
INSTRUCTOR, Sunnyside HIGH SCHOOL
high school CURE development
Briana Pomales
​UA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, MOORE LAB
2021-ongoing
​Near-peer mentor 
Raine Ikagawa
UA GRADUATE STUDENT,
​Moore lab
UA CURE development
Carlos Martinez
UA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, MOORE LAB
2021-ongoing
​Near-peer mentor

​bee research community
​collaborators

Spring 2021
CALS 297E (CURE)
Discovering biodiversity
undergraduate students
Bioinformatics
Bob Minckley
Professor, University of Rochester
Solitary Bee Expert

Buzz Hoffmann
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 
Bee preparator, identifier
Cheryl Blake
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM ​
Bee collector, preparator
Tanner Bland
UA Undergraduate, Moore Lab
2021 Senior Honors Project on Perdita
Kathryn Thomas
U.S. Geological survey
​research ecologist
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USGS SBSC- BANWR Bee Survey ​
Judie Bronstein
professor, university of arizona
Bee-Plant Interactions
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Olga Harbour
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 
Bee preparator, identifier
Rae Seplak
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM
Bee label maker, preparator
Kathryn Busby
UA Graduate Student,
​Bronstein lab
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​USGS SBSC- BANWR Bee Survey 
Laurence Packer
Professor, york university
Solitary Bee Expert
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Steve Buchmann
Adjunct PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
​Pollination Ecologist ​
​Pam Rossetter
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM
Bee collector, preparator​
Glenn Seplak
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 
Bee collector, photographer

​Education research community
​collaborators

Lisa Corwin
Assistant Professor, University of COlorado, boulder
Discipline Based Education Research
Amy Dunbar-Wallis
GRADUATE STUDENT, CORWIN LAB, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER 
Discipline Based Education Research

​​PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

​Bruce D Taubert
​WILDLIFE
​PHOTOGRAPHER 
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Priscilla Baldwin
ASDM Art Institute
Scratchboard Artist
Joan Fox
BeeStill
Photographer
Emily Watkins de Jong
UA graduate student
Watercolor Artist
Heather Green
​Associate Professor, ASU
Bee Artist
Pinpoints of Perception

​Alumni

Noah Giebink
UA Graduate student, Papaj lab

​Bee collector,
​2019 Bee Course 
Ashlee Morgan
Pima Community College
2020 Near-peer mentor
Alaina Michaels
UA, Dornhaus LAB
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2019 UAIC specimen digitization 
Nadia Clarke
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2020 Near-peer mentor
Katie Stout
uA, Moore lab


​2020 Senior Capstone Project
Veronica Browne
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2020 Near-peer mentor
Fall 2019
JENNIFER KATCHER'S ​Biology 181   
students
PCR and gel electrophoresis
Charlotte Snyder
UA,  Moore lab
2020 Near-peer mentor
Spring 2019
JENNIFER KATCHER'S ​ BIOLOGY 181   
STUDENTS
PCR and gel electrophoresis
Shawn Radler
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2020 Near-peer mentor

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