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Lauren Cody<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n

Undergraduate student at Cornell University
Over the summer of 2020, she began on project on the biogeography of specialist bees of creosote bush<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Julia McDonough<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n

Lab Technician
Undergraduate student at the University of Rochester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Robert G. Laport<\/a><\/h3>\n

Ph D. in 2013 from the Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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Gabriela Armas<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant in 2007 in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Now in the Ph.D program at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley outside Antigua, Guatemala on 1 November 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Shane Campbell-Staton<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant in 2006 in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Now in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA<\/br>Taken by J Austin in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico on 30 July 2006<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Esther Julier<\/a><\/h3>\n

Closing ranch gate along Carretera 2<\/br>Field assistant in 2005-2007 in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico
Taken by RL Minckley on 5 May 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Chan Liebman<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant in 2011 in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br> Now in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA<\/br>Taken on 6 May 2011 in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Baruk Maldonado<\/a><\/h3>\n

Holding a bass<\/br>Field assistant in 2001-2001 in San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico on 14 May 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Rocio Lopez Mendoza<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant in 2005 in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico<\/br>Now at CONABIO in Mexico City, Mexico<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley on 24 March 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Colleen Meidt<\/a><\/h3>\n

Lab technician at the University of Rochester from 2014-2018<\/br>Now a naturalist at the Rancocas Nature Center, Westhampton, New Jersy, USA<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley at the Pinpoints of Perception Art Show, Harnett Gallery, University of Rochester on 25 February 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Adrian Minckley<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant in 2011-2012 in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Now a translator in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Taken by C Liebman at the Cienega house, San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico on 11 June 2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Shane Minckley<\/a><\/h3>\n

With Esther Julier in Valles, Sonora, Mexico<\/br>Field assistant in 2006 in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Now in Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley on 7 April 2007<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Thomas Pasqualucci<\/a><\/h3>\n

Standing in the mud after a monsoon storm
Lab technician from 2003-2006 at the University of Rochester
Presently teaching high school
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Jose Arturo Romero<\/a><\/h3>\n

2001-2008 field seasons in the San Bernardino Valley<\/br>Now in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley on 9 May 2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Luc\u00eda del Carmen Salas-Arcos<\/a><\/h3>\n

Field assistant from 2005-2008 in the San Bernardino Valley
Now Dr. Salas-Arcos from Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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Noelia de la Torre<\/a><\/h3>\n

with Jose Arturo Romero (camera in hand)<\/br>Field assistant from 2001-2006 in the San Bernardino Valley, Sonora, Mexico<\/br>Taken by RL Minckley in Tempe, Arizona, USA on 21 July 2001<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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