Although we have graduated, we are available as individual experts to field questions you may have. Feel free to reach out to the individual that best matches your topic using the contacts below.
Rachael Bonoan, PhD
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Email: rbonoan@providence.edu
Website: https://providencepollinators.com/
Focus: nutritional and behavioral ecology, social bees, Lycaenid butterflies
Job Title: Professor
Karen Dooley, MSc
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Email: dooleykaren00@gmail.com
Focus: solitary bees, monarch butterflies, native garden design and plant selection
Nick Dorian, PhD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Email: dorianscale3@gmail.com
Focus: solitary bees
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chicago Botanical Gardens
Atticus Murphy, PhD candidate
Location: Davis, California
Email: atticus.murphy@tufts.edu
Focus: native plant gardening, monarch butterflies
Job Title: PhD candidate, Tufts University
Jessie Thuma, PhD
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Email: jessiethuma@gmail.com
Focus: bumble bees, agriculture
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Parks Service
Erin Treanore, PhD
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Email: etreanore@gmail.com
Focus: bumble bees, life history, agriculture
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts University
Isaac Weinberg, PhD
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Email: iweinberg@dalananimalhealth.com
Focus: honey bees
Job Title: Research Scientist, Dalan Animal Health
Chloé Markovits
Location: Seattle, Washington
Email: chloemarkovits@gmail.com
Socials: @insectbaddie
Focus: native garden design and plant selection, solitary bee biology, social media outreach
Job Title: Horticulturalist, Fruits to Fronds LLC; Pollinator Instructor
Leslie Spencer, PhD candidate
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Email: leslie.spencer@uvm.edu
Website: https://www.uvm.edu/gund/profiles/leslie-spencer
Focus: wild bees, agroecology, place-based education, native plant gardens
Job Title: PhD candidate, University of Vermont; Graduate Fellow, Gund Institute for Environment
James Michielini, PhD candidate
Location: Davis, California
Email: jpmichielini@ucdavis.edu
Focus: butterflies
Job Title: PhD candidate, University of California, Davis