The Institute’s research support staff comprises the program managers, lab technicians, and individuals who collect, sample and measure at field sites and analyze, count and do data processing in laboratories.
At any one time there are approximately 40 research assistants working with scientists at the Institute’s labs in Millbrook as well as at sites at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, in New Hampshire, and elsewhere across the U.S. and abroad.
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Dr. Adrian Castellanos
Data Manager
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David Fischer
Manager of Hudson River Studies/Education Associate Research Specialist and Data Coordinator
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Lora Murphy
Computer Programmer
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Kelly M. Oggenfuss
Manager of Tick-Borne Disease Monitoring
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Cora Potter
Associate Research Specialist
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Denise A. Schmidt
Director of Laboratory Research Facilities and Analytical Service