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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​bee research community
​collaborators

Bob Minckley

Professor, University of Rochester

Solitary Bee Expert
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Judie Bronstein

professor, university of arizona

​Bee-Plant Interactions

Steve Buchmann

Adjunct PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

​Pollination Ecologist 
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​​PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

​Bruce D Taubert

​Wildlife
​Photographer 

Capturing the beauty of live bees

Priscilla Baldwin

ASDM Art Institute

Scratchboard

Emily Watkins de Jong

UA graduate student

Watercolor

Joan Fox

BeeStill
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Photographer

​Volunteer
​partners

Kathyrn Busby

UA Graduate Student, Bronstein lab

​Digitizing -Xylocopa
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Gene Hall

UAIC Collection Manager

Overseeing the UAIC re-curation project​ 

Buzz Hoffmann

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 

Bee preparator, identifier

Fall 2019

JENNIFER KATCHER'S ​Biology 181   
students

PCR and gel electrophoresis

Olga Harbour

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 

Bee preparator, identifier

Spring 2019

JENNIFER KATCHER'S ​ BIOLOGY 181   
STUDENTS

PCR and gel electrophoresis

Alaina Michaels

UA GRADUATE STUDENT, Dornhaus LAB

​Digitizing - Bombus
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Rae Seplak

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 

Bee label maker, preparator

Katie Stout

uA undergraduate student,
Moore lab

DNA extraction
and PCR 

Cheryl Blake

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 

Bee collector, preparator

Glenn Seplak

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM 

Bee collector, photographer

Charles Bradley

UA GRADUATE
STUDENT,
​Moore LAB

DNA extraction,  PCR,
 Digitizing - Diadasia​

​Pam Rossetter

ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM

Bee collector, preparator​

Noah Giebink

UA Graduate student, Papaj lab

Bee collector, Digitizing - Centris

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