Meeting Participants
	Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute eb[at]naos.si.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.stri.org/english/scientific_staff/staff_scientist/scientist.php?id=2 Interests: Molecular population genetics and evolutionary biology; historical biogeograpy and molecular systematics of neotropical fishes and Caribbean island birds. Alan Graham Missouri Botanical Garden Alan.Graham[at]mobot.org Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: Interests: Biogeography of Caribbean plants and author of several recent reviews on this topic. Jose Ottenwalder Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: Interests: Biogeography, conservation, and systematics (especially Solenodon and Cyclura). S. Blair Hedges Pennsylvania State University sbh1[at]psu.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://evo.bio.psu.edu/hedgeslab/ Interests: West Indian systematics and biogeography, particularly vertebrates. Jonathan B. Losos Harvard University jlosos[at]oeb.harvard.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.biology.wustl.edu/~lososlab/losos.html Interests: Adaptive radiation of West Indian Anolis lizards. Lourdes Rodríguez-Schettino Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Havana Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: Interests: Systematics and biogeography of Cuban lizards. Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri, St. Louis ricklefs[at]umsl.edu, Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.umsl.edu/~ricklefs/ Interests: Island biogeography of birds and malaria. Eugenio Santiago-Valentin University of Puerto Rico goetzea[at]yahoo.com Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: Interests: Moleculary phylogenetics and biogeography of West Indian plants. Rosemary Gillespie University of California, Berkeley gillespi[at]nature.berkeley.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://nature.berkeley.edu/~gillespi/ Interests: Evolutionary patterns and processes among populations and species, particularly spiders on the Hawaiian islands Cliff Cunningham Duke University cliff[at]duke.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.biology.duke.edu/cunningham/ Interests: Sara Crews University of California, Berkeley screws[at]nature.berkeley.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/~screws/ Interests: Biogeography of the spider genus Selenops in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico. Interested in origin of Selenops in the Caribbean as well as their diversification after colonizing the islands, and if these patterns and processes are similar to those of other taxa. Brian Farrell Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/farrell_lab/index.htm Interests: The influence of spatial and temporal variation in the availability of habitats or other resources on speciation and the rate of evolution of interspecific interactions. Carlos Rodriguez University of Santo Domingo carlos_rguez96[at]hotmail.com Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: Interests: Systematics of freshwater fish, particularly in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Robert Jansen Texas jansen[at]mail.utexas.edu Field: Biogeography/Systematics Web address: http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/IB/faculty/jansen.htm Interests: Origin and evolution of oceanic island plants Daryl Domning Howard University ddomning[at]Howard.edu Field: Paleontology Web address: Interests: Paleontology of West Indian sirenians and ungulates. Stephen Donovan Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum donovan[at]naturalis.nnm.nl Field: Paleontology Web address: http://www.naturalis.nl/ Interests: Fossil invertebrates, work with Jamaican fossil beds containing a range of vertebrate fossils. Ross MacPhee American Museum of Natural History macphee[at]amnh.org Field: Paleontology Web address: http://www.conservationmedicine.org/ross_macphee.htm Interests: Paleomammalogical research on islands throughout the world, particularly Madagascar and the West Indies. Causes of extinction David Penney University of Manchester David.Penney[at]manchester.ac.uk Field: Paleontology Web address: http://www.earth.man.ac.uk/research/projects/1/site/dp.html Interests: Miocene arachnids in Dominican amber Eladio Fernandez eladio_809[at]hotmail.com Field: Conservation, natural history, photography Web address: http://www.eladiofernandez.com/ Interests: Richard E. Glor University of California, Davis reglor[at]ucdavis.edu Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://www.lacertilia.com Interests: Species diversificiation in Anolis lizards. _ Hope Hollocher Notre Dame University hope.hollocher.1[at]nd.edu Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://biology.nd.edu/HopeHollocher.shtml Interests: Variation in abdominal pigmentation as it relates to speciation in the Drosophila cardini group _ Christopher Schneider Boston University cschneid[at]bu.edu, Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://www.bu.edu/biology/Faculty_Staff/cschneid.html Interests: Field studies with a variety of molecular genetic analyses to study terrestrial vertebrate population biology, systematics, biogeography, and speciation. History of work on Lesser Antillean anoles. Michael Hellberg Louisiana State University mhellbe[at]lsu.edu Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://www.biology.lsu.edu/faculty_listings/fac_pages/mhellberg.html Interests: Physiological and ecological consequences of phylogeographic breaks within species. Speciation mechanisms in snails. Susan Perkins American Museum of Natural History perkins[at]amnh.org Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://research.amnh.org/users/perkins/malaria.html Interests: The evolution and biogeography of parasites and exploits the powerful techniques of molecular genetics to pursue issues that were formerly difficult or impossible to resolve in these taxa. Anita Malhotra University of Wales a.malhotra[at]bangor.ac.uk Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/people/staff/003006 Interests: Biogeography and speciation of Lesser Antillean anoles. Roger Thorpe University of Wales r.s.thorpe[at]bangor.ac.uk Field: Intraspecific variation/speciation Web address: http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/~bss024/ Interests: Biogeography and speciation of Lesser Antillean anoles. Manuel Iturralde-Vinent Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba iturralde[at]mnhnc.inf.cu Field: Geology Web address: http://www.redciencia.cu/cdorigen/arca/index.htm Interests: Plate tectonics of Greater Antilles. Longstanding interest in geologic questions relevant to biogeography (e.g., age of amber, possible landbridges). Paul Mann University of Texas, Austin paulm[at]utig.ig.utexas.edu Field: Geology Web address: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/people/staff/paulm/ Interests: Overview on Caribbean tectonics and paleogeography. Visualization of the bathymetry and geology of the offshore shelves of Puerto Rico that were drowned out by the Holocene sea level rise. Stephen Mitchell University of the West Indies, Mona Field: Geology Web address: Interests: Haraldur Sigurdsson University of Rhode Island haraldur[at]gso.uri.edu Field: Vulcanology Web address: http://www.gso.uri.edu/faculty_staff/Sigurdsson_Haraldur.dir/index.html Interests: The geologic origin and evolution of the Lesser Antilles island arc. Jason Knouft University of Colorado, Boulder Jason.Knouft[at]colorado.edu Field: Biological Informatics Web address: http://biology4.wustl.edu/~lososlab/knouft/ Interests: Developing informatics network on West Indian diversity. Jeff Sturkey NESCent jeff.sturkey[at]duke.edu Logistics Manager Jory Weintraub NESCent jory@nescent.org Field: Science Education and Outreach Web address: http://eog.nescent.org Interests: Minority outreach, instructional technology, science education research