Ambystoma Community:
| People | Area of Research |
| Melissa Gibbs, Ph.D. | |
| Stetson University | |
| Assistant Professor | Education |
| Director, Aquatic and Marine Biology Program | |
| (386) 822-8172 | |
| mgibbs@stetson.edu | |
| David Shook, Ph.D. | |
| University of Virginia | Research |
| Research Scientist | (morphogenesis) |
| 434 243 2596 (lab) | |
| drs6j@virginia.edu | |
| Julie Drawbridge, Ph.D. | |
| Rider University | Education & Research |
| Professor | (cell migration during pronephric organogenesis) |
| 609-895-5428 | |
| drawbridge@rider.edu | |
| Bernd Fritzsch, Ph.D.; Fellow AAAS | |
| University of Iowa | |
| DEO, Department of Biology | Research |
| 319-353-2969 | (genomic expression analysis) |
| bernd-fritzsch@uiowa.edu | |
| Spencer M. Mass, MD | |
| SUNY New Paltz | Education & Research |
| Developmental Biology Laboratory | (xenoestrogen embryo toxicology and regeneration research) |
| 845-257-3678 | |
| masss@newpaltz.edu | |
| Stéphane Roy, Ph.D. | |
| Université de Montréal | Research |
| Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry | (molecular mechanisms regulating limb regeneration) |
| 514-343-6111 ext 1780 | |
| stephane.roy@umontreal.ca | |
| Craig Crews, Ph.D. | |
| Yale University | Research |
| Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology | (importance of the regenerating epidermis during limb regeneration) |
| 203-432-9364 | |
| craig.crews@yale.edu | |
| Heather Eisthen | |
| Michigan State University | Research |
| Department of Zoology | (neurobiology and behavior) |
| 517-353-1953 | |
| www.msu.edu/~eisthen/lab | |
| Ellen Chernoff, Ph.D. | |
| IUPUI | Research |
| Developmental Biology | (spinal cord and limb regeneration) |
| 317-274-0591 | |
| echernof@iupui.edu | |
| Brian C. Ring, Ph.D. | |
| Valdosta State University | |
| Associate Professor | Education |
| 229-249-4841 | |
| bcring@valdosta.edu | |
| Frank W. Grasso, Ph.D. | |
| Brooklyn College, CUNY | Education & Research |
| Associate Professor | (undergraduate students conduct behavioral experiments) |
| 718-951-5000 x 6020 | |
| FGrasso@brooklyn.cuny.edu | |
| Richard Gordon, Ph.D. | |
| University of Manitoba | Research |
| Professor | (Google Embryo) |
| (204) 789-3828 | |
| GordonR@ms.UManitoba.ca | |
| Michelle L. McWhorter, Ph.D. | |
| Wittenberg University | Education |
| Assistant Professor | |
| 937-327-6483 | |
| mmcwhorter@wittenberg.edu | |
| Chester R. Figiel, Jr., PhD | |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Research |
| Warm Springs Fish Technology Center | (cryopreservation of sperm for Ambystoma salamanders) |
| Supervisory Fish Biologist | |
| 706-655-3382 ext. 1244 | |
| Chester_Figiel@fws.gov | |
| Ralph A. Sorensen, Ph.D. | |
| Gettysburg College | Education |
| Professor | |
| 717-337 – 6168 | |
| rsorense@gettysburg.edu | |
| Moshe Khurgel, Ph.D. | |
| Bridgewater College | Education & Research |
| Assistant Professor | |
| 540-515-3767 | |
| mkhurgel@bridgewater.edu | |
| James N. MacLeod, VMD, Ph.D. | |
| University of Kentucky | |
| Gluck Equine Research Center | Research |
| Department of Veterinary Science | (joint development and articular cartilage repair questions) |
| 859- 218-1099 | |
| jnmacleod@uky.edu | |
| William H. Donahue, Ph.D. | |
| St. John's College, Santa Fe | |
| Director of Laboratories | Education |
| 505-984-6452 | |
| William.Donahue@sjcsf.edu | |
| Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D. | |
| UIC College of Dentistry | |
| Professor& Head, Dept. of Oral Biology | Research |
| Director, Brodie Lab for Craniofacial Genetics | (tooth development) |
| Allan G. Brodie Endowed Chair for Orthodontic Research | |
| 312-413-9683 | |
| tomdkw@uic.edu | |
| Jonathan Slack, Ph.D. | |
| University of Minnesota | Education & Research |
| Stem Cell Institute | |
| 612-625-0602 | |
| slack017@umn.edu | |
| Andrew Johnson, Ph.D. | |
| University of Nottingham | |
| Associate Professor | Research |
| Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences | (early development and identify conserved developmental pathways) |
| +44 0115 8230366 | |
| andrew.d.johnson@nottingham.ac.uk | |
| Panagiotis A. Tsonis, Ph.D. | |
| University of Dayton | |
| Professor | Research |
| Director, Center for Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton (TREND) | |
| 937-229-2579 | |
| trend@udayton.edu | |
| James Hanken, Ph.D. | |
| Harvard University | Research |
| Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology | (craniofacial developmental biology and evolution; map embryonic origins of the bony skull and shoulder girdle) |
| Professor | |
| Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology | |
| 617-495-2496 | |
| hanken@oeb.harvard.edu | |
| Jessica Bolker, Ph.D. | |
| University of New Hampshire | Education |
| Department of Biological Sciences | |
| Associate Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory 603-862-0071 | |
| Jessica.Bolker@unh.edu | |
| Malcolm Maden, Ph.D. | |
| University of Florida | |
| Professor | Research |
| Dept. of Biology & UF Genetics Institute | (the controls of limb regeneration, skin regeneration, spinal cord regeneration and brain regeneration) |
| 352-392-5856 or 352-273-7875 | |
| malcmaden@ufl.edu | |
| Katia Del Rio-Tsonis, Ph.D. | |
| Miami University | Education |
| Professor | |
| 513-529-3128 | |
| delriok@muohio.edu | |
| Tim Walston, Ph.D. | |
| Truman State University | Research |
| Assistant Professor of Biology | |
| 660-785-4017 | |
| tdwalston@truman.edu | |
| Thomas Akre, Ph.D. | |
| Longwood University | |
| Associate Professor | Education |
| Biological and Environmental Sciences | |
| 434-395-2731 | |
| akrets@longwood.edu | |
| Kathryn Malody | |
| Hamline University | |
| Lab Manager & Instructor | Education |
| 651-523-3026 | |
| kmalody@hamline.edu | |
| Robin Ikeda, Ph.D. | |
| Chaffey College | |
| Professor, Biology | Education |
| 909-652-6420 | |
| Robin.Ikeda@chaffey.edu | |
| Brian Hyatt, Ph.D. | |
| Bethel University | |
| Co-chair, Dept. of Biological Sciences | Education |
| Associate Professor | |
| 651-638-6802 | |
| b-hyatt@bethel.edu | |
| Erick Garcia Diaz de la Vega | |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | Education & Research |
| (5255) 46-09-03-82 |