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Meet our staff

Center personnel

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Greg Asner

Center Director and Professor

Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

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Amanda Koeller

Program Manager

Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

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Paulina Martin

Program Director

Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

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Andrea Scott

Assistant Director

Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

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Nicholas Vaughn

Lead Scientific Software Engineer

Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science

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Center faculty

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Jnaneshwar Das

Assistant Research Professor

School Of Earth and Space Exploration

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Katie Kamelamela

Assistant Professor

School of Ocean Futures

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Clifford Kapono

Assistant Professor

School of Ocean Futures

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Hannah Kerner

Assistant Professor

School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence

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Jiwei Li

Assistant Professor

School of Ocean Futures

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Roberta Martin

Associate Professor

School of Ocean Futures

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Elisabeth Ilboudo Nebie

Assistant Professor

School of Human Evolution and Social Change

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Center research associates

Chris Balzotti

Adjunct Professor
The Nature Conservancy

John Burns

Adjunct Professor
University of Hawaii, Hilo

Rhett Butler

Center Research Scientist
Mongabay.com

Shawna Foo

Adjunct Professor
University of Sydney

Atsuko Fukunaga

Adjunct Professor
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Jamison Gove

Adjunct Professor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Kelly Hondula

Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University

John Kittinger

Adjunct Professor
Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation and Conservation International

Grace Klinges

Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University

Amy Mainzer

Adjunct Professor
The University of Arizona

Elsa Ordway

Adjunct Professor
University of California-Los Angeles

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Jasper Oshun

Center Research Scientist
Arizona State University

Steve Schill

Adjunct Professor
The Nature Conservancy

Miles Silman

Adjunct Professor
Wake Forest University

David R. Thompson

Adjunct Professor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Carly Wyman

Center Research Scientist
Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems