Taxonomy Staff

 
Rhithron's 9 professional taxonomists hold 
24 NABS Level II certifications

 

   

Dennis Vander Meer
Staff Diatomist
 3 NABS Level-II certifications: West EPT, West General Arthropods, East General Arthropods
 
Graduate level training in diatom systematics and ecology at the
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Member, International Society for Diatom Research


 

 

Diane Winter
Staff Diatomist and Research Scientist
 MS and PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, focusing on Antarctic diatom paleoecology and biostratigraphy.

Experienced in diatom systematics and ecology from fresh water, coastal, and marine systems.

Member, International Society for Diatom Research, American Geophysical Union

 

 

Uttam Rai
Chironomidae Specialist and Invertebrate Taxonomist
6 NABS Level-II certifications: West Chironomidae, East Chironomidae, West EPT, East EPT, West General Arthropods, East General Arthropods

 

 

Sean McLaughlin
Invertebrate Taxonomist
4 NABS Level-II certifications: West EPT, East EPT, West General Arthropods, East General Arthropods

 

Daye Piotrowski
Oligochaete Specialist and Chironomidae Taxonomist
3 NABS Level-II certifications: Oligochaetes, West Chironomidae, East Chironomidae


 Gwen Sego
Chironomidae Taxonomist
2 NABS Level-II certifications: West Chironomidae, East Chironomidae

 
 

Sean Sullivan
Invertebrate Taxonomist
4 NABS Level-II certification: West EPT, East EPT, West General Arthropods, East General Arthropods
Montana Water Course 2008 Educator of the Year

 

 

Jennifer Marangelo
Invertebrate Taxonomist

 

 

Rebecca Schoon
Invertebrate Taxonomist
2 NABS Level-II certifications: West Chironomidae, West EPT