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Members of our 2015 Honduras Lenca Highlands Expedition reach the peak of Cerro Celaque (left to right: Dr. Townsend, Kayla Weinfurther, Mariah Kenney, TJ Firneno, Alex Hess; not pictured: Mike Itgen, Catie Krygeris, Fatima Pereira).

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Principal Investigator

Josiah (Joe) Townsend - Associate Professor of Biology

Joe is the Lab PI and a Research Associate of the Section of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He received his PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology (2011), MALAS in Tropical Conservation and Development (2006), and BSc in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2004), all from the University of Florida. He has over 110 peer-reviewed scientific publications and notes, including three books and descriptions of 21 new species, and has been studying herpetofaunal diversity in Honduras since his first fieldtrip in July 1999, with over 30 research trips to Central America over the past 15 years.

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I am on sabbatical for the 2019-20 Academic Year, and will be recruiting new graduate and undergraduate students again beginning in Fall 2020.

Check our our Lab Alumni page to see what past students have been able to accomplish as part of our team.

Prospective research students should email me to discuss opportunities.

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Research Associates

Jim Austin, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Austin Lab Website

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Jason Butler, MSc
Wildlife Biologist
Aquatic Resources Management
Lexington, Kentucky 40504, USA
Photo website

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Luis Alberto Herrera, Lic.
Instructor and Research Director
Department of Biology
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras - Valle de Sula
San Pedro Sula, Honduras

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Ileana Luque-Montes, MSc
Instructor
Department of Biology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

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Larry David Wilson, PhD
Professor (Retired) & Distinguished Scholar
Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida 33176
Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad
Escuela Agricola Panamericana Zamorano
Depto. Francisco Morazan, Honduras

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