EMIGRA is an international team of natural and social scientists working to understand the telecoupled social and environmental systems of North American migratory species, to improve their management, and discover new approaches to the problems of complex interconnected systems.

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Laura López-Hoffman

The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Laura López-Hoffman is a Professor in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and a research professor at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She…
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Jay Diffendorfer

United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Denver, Colorado

Jay Diffendorfer Is an applied ecologist working at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center. Trained as an ecologist, he originally worked on spatial ecology and conservation…
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Jonathan Derbridge

The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Jonathan Derbridge is a Research Scientist in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona, and research director for the López-Hoffman Lab. He is a wildlife…
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Charles C. Chester

Brandies Univeristy
Waltham, Massachusetts

Charles C. Chester teaches global environmental politics at Brandeis University and at the Fletcher School of Tufts University, and serves as the Board Chair of Bat Conservation International and as…
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Columba González-Duarte

The New School for Social Research
New York City, New York

Columba González-Duarte is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research in New York City. Through her research, Columba examines the conservation dynamics of the monarch…
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Aaron Lien

The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Aaron Lien is an Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. His work is focused on solving…
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Wayne Thogmartin

United Stated Geological Survey (USGS)
Siletz, Oregon

Wayne Thogmartin is a quantitative ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey conducting scholarly research in population ecology for animals declining in abundance, translating science into guidance…
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Rodrigo Medellín

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico

Rodrigo Medellín is an ecologist at the Instituto de Ecología at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He is known for his work in the field of bat conservation, jaguars, bighorn sheep, and…
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Juanita Sundberg

University of British Colombia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Juanita Sundberg is an Assistant Professor in the University of British Columbia Geography Department. She brings the insights of feminist political ecology and the sensibilities of an ethnographer…
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United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Denver, Colorado

Darius Semmens joined the USGS Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center in 2008 as a Research Physical Scientist. His current research interests include the development of new methods and tools for…
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Jim Dubovsky

United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Denver, Colorado

Jim Dubovsky is a Wildlife Biologist who spent 29 years with the Migratory Bird Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During his career he had extensive experience developing migratory bird…
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Brady Mattsson

Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management (BOKU)
Vienna, Austria

Brady Mattsson is a Senior Scientist with the Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.  He develops and tests modeling…
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Cooper Gottfried is a student at Brandeis University, where he's finishing degrees in environmental studies and computer science. He joined the team in 2022 as an undergraduate researcher, and…
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Portrait of Dr. Winifred Frick

Bat Conservation International
Santa Cruz, California

Winifred is the Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International and an adjunct professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz. My research is broadly focused on exploring how…
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Ken Bagstad

United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Denver, Colorado

Ken Bagstad is a Research Economist working with the USGS’ Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center in Denver. He uses GIS and modeling to quantify, map, and value ecosystem service…
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Michelle Haefele

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Collorado

Michelle Haefele is a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. Her current research projects include estimation of the total economic value of the National Park Service, the cost of wildfire…
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James DeVries

Ducks Unlimited Canada
Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada

James DeVries is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Wetland & Waterfowl Research for Ducks Unlimited, Canada. He is responsible for co-ordinating applied research within Western Canada and…
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Ta-Ken Huang

Tamkang University
New Taipei City, Taiwan

Ta-Ken Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. He is interested in coupled natural-human systems, environmental economics, and spatial…
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Gary McCracken

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Gary McCracken is a Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. His research concerns the distribution of animals in space, their behavior and…
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