2015 Annual Summit Arlington, Virginia November 4-6, 2015

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Larry Page, Director Page, Larry iDigBio As we move forward and TCNs generate increasingly complete and valuable data, iDigBio will continue will continue iDigBio data, valuable and complete increasingly generate TCNs and forward move As we and in research use and improvement data on emphasis a greater with strategies successful its for essential as recognized is increasingly ADBC through NSF by created resource national The outreach. to visible increasingly are results the and is continuing, work Our biodiversity. on information digitized success! greater even for catalyst V a Summit make Let’s community. scientific the of 2,200 participants from 511 institutions to 63 workshops that targeted digitization-related topics. topics. digitization-related targeted that workshops 63 to institutions 511 from participants 2,200 of All data images. million 13 and records 46 million almost containing recordsets 638 ingested has iDigBio Searches are supported. access index-based of types other and queries that so are indexed ingested enable tools analytical and Search APIs. through or interface graphical a Web-based through done be can vocalizations. and traits images, location, taxonomy, as such data diverse mine to users In its 5th year, iDigBio is working with staff in 482 collections in 250 institutions. We have have We institutions. in 250 collections in 482 staff with is working iDigBio year, 5th In its workshops, through data collections to access increase to stakeholders our with communicated the webinars, The national effort to digitize information in biocollections as outlined in the NIBA Strategic Plan Plan Strategic NIBA in the outlined as in biocollections information digitize effort to national The As a iDigBio. and TCNs the of activities and NSF from funding by catalyzed successfully been has provided workflows, into practices best integrated priorities, digitization defined have we community, groups working via challenges major addressed portal, a search including resources cyberinfrastructure increased practices, digitization improved have We providers/users. data with collaborations built and and efficiency the improve that tools informatics adopted and training and in digitization involvement collections. of in all types digitization of scalability Welcome to the 5th annual iDigBio-hosted summit for ADBC scientists and students! 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General Information 2 General Information 3 General Information 4 General Information 5 Area Restaurants (all are Arlington 22203) (all are Arlington Restaurants Area Arlington) Hilton the (inside Brad’s and Dan Fare/Coffee) (Healthy Cosi Dr. Fairfax 3503 http://www.getcosi.com/ (Sandwiches) Shop Sandwich Potbelly Dr. Fairfax 4250 http://www.potbelly.com/ (American/Sushi/Pizza) & Grill Bar A-Town Dr. Fairfax 4100 http://a-townballston.com/ (Mexican) Julio’s Uncle #100 Dr, Fairfax 4301 http://www.unclejulios.com/ (Upscale) & Bistro Bar Cru Wine Grand Blvd. Wilson 4401 http://www.grandcru-wine.com/ (American) Arlington Page Front Blvd. Wilson 4201 http://www.frontpagearlington.com/ Fare) (Pub & Grill Bar Sports Down First Dr. Fairfax N. 4213 http://www.firstdownsportsbar.com/ (Asian) Restaurant Temple Tara Dr. Fairfax 4001 http://www.taratemplearlington.com/ Fare) (Healthy Sweetgreen Blvd Wilson 4075 http://sweetgreen.com/ (American) & Bar Restaurant Rustico Blvd Wilson 4075 http://www.rusticorestaurant.com/ Matisse Matisse Matisse 9:30 - 10:30 Advisory Board Advisory iDigBio External iDigBio Meeting (closed) Meeting DaVince Picasso & Picasso Meeting DaVinci DaVinci Picasso & Picasso Picasso & Picasso Meeting cont’d. Meeting Meeting cont’d. Meeting cont’d. Meeting GBIF Task Force Force Task GBIF GBIF Task Force Task GBIF GBIF Task Force Force Task GBIF Force Task GBIF Poster Set Up cont’d. Gallery III Gallery Meeting Meeting Microfungi Microfungi Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery TCNs Q & A iDigBio iDigBio Gallery I-II Gallery Welcome 2015 TCN TCN 2015 Gallery I -II Gallery Gallery I -II Gallery Management Presentations Presentations Intro to Project to Intro Welcome to New New to Welcome Break Break Break Check-In Lunch Summit Check-in Check-In Check-In Breakfast Breakfast Pre-Function Pre-Function (Dan & Brad’s) (Dan Space or Other Pre-Function Pre-Function Pre-Function Pre-Function (Dan & Brad’s) (Dan Informal Gathering Informal Space or Other Space or Other Informal Gathering Informal Time Time Time 7:00pm 7:00pm Evening 9:00 - 9:30 8:00 - 9:00 8:00 - 9:00 1:30 - 3:00 3:00 - 3:30 3:30 - 4:30 4:30 - 5:00 5:30 - 6:30 12:30 - 1:30 12:30 9:30 - 10:20 9:00 - 10:30 10:40 - 11:15 10:40 10:20 - 10:40 10:20 11:00 - 12:30 11:00 10:30 - 11:00 10:30 Thursday, November 5, 2015 November Thursday, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 4, November Wednesday, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 November Tuesday,

Agenda-at-a-Glance 6 Agenda-at-a-Glance 7 Ad Hoc Ad Ad Hoc Ad Ad Hoc Ad Matisse Matisse Discussion Discussion Discussion Ad Hoc Discussion Hoc Ad iDigBio Project DaVinci DaVinci Symbiota Resources Picasso & Picasso & Picasso Management Collaboration & Communication Outreach Workshop iDigSTEAM Attribution Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery Education &Education Sustainability Poster Session Poster Poster Session Poster BCon Citizen Science Science Data Use 2012 TCN 2012 2013 TCN 2013 2014 TCN 2014 2011 TCN 2011 Initiatives Orientation Biodiversity Gallery I -II Gallery Gallery I -II Gallery Development Research Tool Presentations Presentations Presentations Presentations Day 1 Wrap-Up Day Day 2 Wrap-Up Day Summit Wrap-Up Summit Data Management Break Break Break Lunch Lunch Garden Breakfast U.S. Botanic U.S. Group Photo Group Reception at Pre-Function Pre-Function Pre-Function Pre-Function Space or Other Space or Other Time Time 12:15 4:45 - 5:15 4:45 - 5:45 5:15 2:45 - 3:45 2:45 1:15 - 2:30 1:15 3:45 - 5:00 3:45 1:30 - 2:45 3:30 - 4:45 9:00 - 9:20 5:00 - 5:30 6:30 - 9:00 8:00 - 9:00 2:30 - 3:30 12:15 - 1:15 12:15 12:30 - 1:30 12:30 9:20 - 10:00 9:20 11:45 - 12:15 11:45 11:15 - 11:45 11:15 11:00 - 12:15 11:00 10:00 - 10:30 10:00 10:30 - 11:00 10:30 Friday, November 6, 2015 November Friday, Thursday continued Thursday Matisse Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Pre-function Pre-function Pre-function Pre-function Pre-function Dan & Brad’s Dan Dan & Brad’s Dan Picasso/DaVinci Picasso/DaVinci Picasso/DaVinci Picasso/DaVinci

Dan Stoner Dan Stoner Phil Anders Scott Bates Andrew Miller Andrew David Jennings David David Jennings, Jennings, David David Jennings, Jennings, David Elizabeth Lippoldt Elizabeth Joanna McCaffrey, McCaffrey, Joanna Joanna McCaffrey, McCaffrey, Joanna

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3, November Tuesday, Wednesday, November 4, 2015 4, November Wednesday, Business Meetings; Travel Day for All Other Attendees All Other for Day Travel Meetings; Business The MyCoPortal Taxonomic Thesaurus Thesaurus Taxonomic MyCoPortal The & Answers Questions The Voice Data Command Control Control Command Data Voice The MyCoPortal the & Workflows Digitization The Microfungi Project Project Microfungi The Questions & Answers & Answers Questions Gathering Wecome Informal available) bar (cash own your on Dinner Adjourn Check-in Summit Introduction to Project Management Project to Introduction Welcome to iDigBio for New TCNs TCNs New for iDigBio to Welcome GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued) Meeting Force Task GBIF GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued) (continued) Meeting Force Task GBIF Afternoon Break (provided) Break Afternoon Lunch (provided) Lunch GBIF Task Force Meeting (continued) (continued) Meeting Force Task GBIF • • Microfungi TCN Meeting (continued) Meeting TCN Microfungi • • Microfungi TCN Meeting TCN Microfungi • Dinner on your own your on Dinner Meeting Board Advisoty External iDigbio session) (closed (provided) Break Morning Summit Check-In Summit available) bar (cash Gathering Welcome Informal (provided) Breakfast Check-in Summit GBIF Task Force Meeting Force Task GBIF Travel Day for Microfungi TCN, EPICC TCN, iDigBio EAB, and iDigBio Planning Team Planning iDigBio and EAB, iDigBio TCN, EPICC TCN, Microfungi for Day Travel - 5:00pm 4:30pm 7:00pm Evening 5:00pm - 6:30pm 5:30pm 3:30pm - 4:30pm 3:30pm - 3:00pm 1:30pm 3:30pm - 4:30pm 3:30pm - 3:00pm 1:30pm 3:00pm - 3:30pm 3:00pm 12:30pm - 1:30pm 12:30pm 11:00am - 12:30pm 11:00am 11:00am - 12:30pm 11:00am 9:00am - 10:30am Evening 9:30am - 10:30am - 11:00am 10:30am 8:00am - 9:00am 7:00pm - 9:00pm 7:00pm 9:00am - 10:30am

Schedule 8 Schedule 9 Gallery III Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Pre-function Pre-function Pre-function Pre-function Pam Soltis Pam Larry Page Larry Dena Smith Dena José Fortes James Olds James Chris Neefus Chris Greg Riccardi Greg Ken Cameron Andrew Miller Andrew Petra Sierwald Petra Roland Roberts David David Jennings Matthew Medler Michael Denslow Charles Marshall Charles Bruce MacFadden Bruce Joanna McCaffrey Joanna iDigBio Summit Day 1 Day Summit iDigBio Thursday, November 5, 2015 5, November Thursday, Digitized Data in Biodiversity Research in Data Research Digitized Biodiversity & Outreach Education Digitization Enabling Report Status Cyberinfrastructure Progress & Challenges for the National Digitization Digitization National the for & Challenges Progress Effort Documenting Fossil Marine Invertebrates of the East East the of Invertebrates Marine Fossil Documenting Pacific The Microfungi Collections Consortium Consortium Collections Microfungi The InvertEBase: Current Status Status Current InvertEBase: and science citizen status, Current - TCN: SERNEC activities outreach Great Lakes Aquatic Invasives: Where are we one year year one are we Where Invasives: Aquatic Lakes Great later? Vouchered Animal Communication Signals Signals Communication Animal Vouchered Project Digitization Herbarium Macroalgal Fossil Insect Collaborative Insect Fossil Keeping up with data requires certain skills and infrastructure. Managing data is data Managing infrastructure. skills and certain requires data with up Keeping of types the on depends are managed data how and process, research the to integral This group are used. data how and stored, and are collected data how involved, data data for strategies will discuss and data shared surrounding issues will discuss more. and annotations, augmentation, cleaning, • • • • iDigBio Presentations Presentations iDigBio • Welcome from the National Science Science National the from Welcome Foundation Collections Biodiversity of Digitization Advancing NSF’s Breakfast (provided) Breakfast Check-in Summit Poster Setup Poster Welcome &Orientation • 2015 TCN Presentations TCN 2015 • (provided) break Morning • • 2014 TCN Presentations TCN 2014 • • • LPresentations TCN 2013 • Group Photo Group (provided) Lunch Discussion Groups Discussion Thompson Alex Data Management Love, https://goo.gl/ptJrjB Kevin 9:30am - 10:20am - 9:20am 9:10am - 9:30am 9:20am 8:00am - 9:00am 8:00am - 8:00am - 9:00am 8:00am - 9:00am - 9:10am 10:20am - 10:40am 10:20am 10:40am - 11:15am 10:40am 11:15am - 11:45am 11:15am 11:45am - 12:15pm 11:45am 12:15pm - 1:30pm 12:30pm 1:30pm - 2:45pm 1:30pm Matisse Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Pre-function Picasso/DaVinci Deb Paul Deb Deb Paul Deb Gil Nelson Gil Gil Nelson Gil Talia Karim Talia Austin Mast, Mast, Austin Mari Roberts Mari Molly Phillips, Phillips, Molly Anne Basham Anne Libby Ellwood Libby Shelley James Shelley Bruce MacFadden, MacFadden, Bruce what other materials materials other what Anne Basham Anne

Augmented Reality Public Education/Outreach Education/Outreach Public Reality Augmented OCR Augmenting Group Interest Management Data Data to Image to Object Robust Developing & Outreach Education Georeferencing Working Group Georeferencing Digitizing for Engagement Worldwide WeDigBio: Biocollections American & North Network Collections Small of Network Small Herbaria Group Working Digitization Paleo Afternoon Break (provided) Break Afternoon Working Groups & Interest Group Poster Session Poster Group & Interest Groups Working • • • • • https://goo.gl/WO1nOI Discussion Hoc Ad Joanna McCaffrey, David Jennings David McCaffrey, https://goo.gl/KRDQp7 Joanna Resources iDigBio From “Insect Love Motels” to “Libraries of Life”—this session will give an overview of the the of an overview will give session Life”—this of “Libraries to Motels” Love “Insect From arts) the and math, engineering, technology, STEAM of (science, movement exploding provided will be Participants arts in teaching. the and technologies new integrates which in the specialists outreach and educators will serve that resources and tools some with sure quite are not but impacts broader serve better to arelooking who community ADBC in both used being are increasingly technologies and tools New is available. what or how audiences diverse connect and educate to environments learning formal and informal ways interactive and visual in highly data their and collections with Learn about the tools currently available for synthetic biodiversity research using using research biodiversity synthetic for available currently tools the about Learn facilitate to developed be to need that those discuss and data specimen digitized other and portal iDigBio the via available data collections using research innovative iDigBio the through available see to like you would tools and/or data What aggregators. can iDigBio how about ideas sharing for a forum provide will also discussion The portal? analysis. and carpentry data on worshops training through research facilitate you would like to see developed and/or collated. collated. and/or developed see to like would you discussions. and meetings hoc ad for is available This room Resources on the iDigBio website and wiki have grown considerably over the last 4½ last the over considerably grown wiki have and website iDigBio the on Resources be can they where and available are resources what review will briefly This session years. discuss and materials digitization your share to you invite We found. Molly Phillips, Bruce MacFadden Bruce Phillips, https://goo.gl/vkodnc Molly & Outreach Education Group Working & Outreach Education an in-person as serve will session This discussion in the interested anyone or group, working the joining in interested Individuals meeting. will be we session, the During are welcome. All attend. to are encouraged proposed, topics projected and current for audiences target appropriate identify, to trying and discussing, an for topics selecting and discussing be will also We ADBC. across activities outreach permits. time as are welcome E & O topics Other series. E & O webinar upcoming iDigSTEAM Workshop https://goo.gl/MckbVi Workshop iDigSTEAM • • • • Discussion Groups Discussion Soltis https://goo.gl/eNhuXKPam Development Tool Research 2:45pm - 3:45pm - 3:45pm 2:45pm - 3:45pm 2:45pm 3:45pm - 5:00pm 3:45pm Thursday continued Thursday

Schedule 10 Schedule 11 Matisse Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery I-II Gallery Pre-function Pre-function Picasso/DaVinci www.usbg.gov Neil Cobb Susan Butts Susan John LaSalle John Siro Masinde Siro Robert Gropp Stinger Guala Chris Dietrich Chris Thomas NashThomas Mari Roberts, Roberts, Mari Barbara Thiers Barbara Katja Seltmann Katja David Jennings David David David Jennings, Patrick Sweeney Sweeney Patrick oanna McCaffrey McCaffrey oanna Christine Johnson, Johnson, Christine

iDigBio Summit Day 2 Day Summit iDigBio

Friday, November 6, 2015 November Friday,

GBIF’s Accelerating the Discovery of Biocollections Biocollections of Discovery the Accelerating GBIF’s Force Task Data Computer – New Libraries Image From More Getting Tools Vision Activities EcoINFORMA and ITIS BISON, on Update iDigBio to Relevant The Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network: A Network: Collection Thematic Tri-Trophic The learning and progress of years four of summary later million 4.2 Change, Climate and Bryophytes Lichen, records InvertNet: Year 5 Year InvertNet: and Beyond Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network Arthropods of Collections Symbiota PaleoNICHES PaleoNICHES The Macrofungi Collection Consortium Mobilizing New England Vascular Plant Data to Track Track to Data Plant Vascular England New Mobilizing Change Environmental Guests are welcome to tour the Conservatory. the tour to are welcome Guests The trip from Ballston to Federal Center SW on either either SW on Center Federal to Ballston from trip The 30 about will take lines metro Silver or Orange the minutes. his group will discuss the importance of project management & administration in & administration management project of importance the discuss will his group Ad Hoc Discussion https://goo.gl/7IXVbw Discussion Hoc Ad • • Morning Break (provided) Break Morning & International National from Presentations Initiatives Biodiversity Informatics • • • 2011 TCN Lightning Presentations TCN Lightning 2011 • • • • Biodiversity Collections Network (BCoN) Network Collections Biodiversity TCN Presentations 2012 • Orientation toOrientation the Day Breakfast (provided) Breakfast This room is available for ad hoc meetings and discussions. and meetings hoc ad for is available This room Project Management https://goo.gl/2gT9EW J T keeping your project on time and within budget. We will discuss lessons learned, what what learned, lessons will discuss We budget. within and time on project your keeping new brainstorm then and experiences your on based work didn’t what and worked, TCNs. younger advise and mentor to TCNs older encourage We approaches. • Summaries Group Discussion Wrap-up: 1 Day Adjourn Garden Botanic U.S. at the Dinner and Reception • :00am - 9:00am 10:30am - 11:00am 10:30am - 12:15pm 11:00am 10:00am - 10:30pm 10:00am - 9:20am 9:10am - 10:00am 9:20am 9:00am - 9:10am 5:00pm - 5:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm - 9:00pm 6:30pm 8 Thursday continued Thursday Matisse Gallery III Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Pre-function Pre-function Picasso/DaVinci Brian Wee Brian Mary Klein Mary Zheping XU Zheping Dora Canhos Dora Betty Dunckel Betty David Shorthouse Larry Page, Mary Klein Mary Page, Larry Austin https://goo.gl/ynSpTG Austin Mast, Libby Ellwood,

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. Brazil’s Virtual Herbarium: Outputs, Outcomes and and Outcomes Outputs, Herbarium: Virtual Brazil’s Challenges Biodiversity Information and Sharing Status in China Across the Borders Biodiversity Canadensys: A Network Connecting Science With Conservation the at Opportunities Fomenting Interoperability: Ecology and Collections of Intersection https://goo.gl/prTZwO Discussion Hoc Ad The field of citizen science is rapidly expanding, and iDigBio is actively involved in involved actively is iDigBio and expanding, rapidly is science citizen of field The in digitization practices science citizen implementing and understanding, exploring, blitzes, transcription and imaging hackathons, hosted have we end, this To activities. Event. (WeDigBio) Biocollections Digitizing for Engagement Worldwide recent the and in digitization. science citizen advancing to are devoted Groups Working iDigBio Two to is working Group Working in Digitization Participation Public for Interoperability The in participants public involve that tools online several the among interoperability improve disparate currently the between of information flow the streamline to in order digitization is Group Working in Digitization Participation Public for Engagement User The platforms. as well as accuracy, and motivations volunteer of knowledge our expanding on working Join engagement. volunteer effective with projects new assist to resources developing resources the and to up been we’ve what about more learn to group discussion in this us science citizen making for pipeline an integrated develop help to you, to are available that long-term in our involved become to and TCNs, the across adaptable crowdsourcing and efforts • • • • • (provided) Lunch Groups Discussion Science Citizen Participate in a forum to discuss Symbiota sustainability, collaborative activities among among activities collaborative sustainability, Symbiota discuss to in a forum Participate and education, research, promote to developments software Symbiota and portals, outreach. . discussions and meetings hoc ad for is available This room Realizing the potential of biological collections as a source of “Big Data” through through Data” “Big of a source as collections biological of potential the Realizing long-term the consider is to session this of goal The endeavor. is a long-term digitization including elements, component its effort and digitization national the of sustainability following the of some will address We iDigBio. and (TCNs) Networks Collections Thematic (2) Which useful? be might that that know you do models economic (1) What issues: and directly activities, digitization ongoing support and promote agencies funding to methods effective most are the (3) What leveraged? be these can how and indirectly, to required infrastructure and staff the and digitization for support institutional secure generation next the for vision technological long-term is the (4) What work? this underpin efforts? our support might organizations what and (5) Who activities? digitization of Sustainability Sustainability Afternoon Break (provided) Break Afternoon Symbiota Users https://goo.gl/KUtfo7 Neil Users Cobb Symbiota 12:15pm - 1:15pm 12:15pm - 2:30pm 1:15pm

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Schedule 12 Schedule 13 Matisse Gallery III Gallery Gallery III Gallery Gallery I-II Gallery Picasso/DaVinci Gallery I-II Gallery Deb Paul Deb Deb Paul Deb Gil Nelson Gil Gil Nelson Gil Talia Karim Talia Austin Mast, Mast, Austin Mari Roberts Mari Molly Phillips, Phillips, Molly Anne Basham Anne Libby Ellwood Libby Shelley James Shelley Bruce MacFadden, MacFadden, Bruce David Jennings, David Page Larry Shelley James, Gil Nelson Nelson Gil James, Shelley Molly Phillips, Bruce MacFadden Bruce Phillips, Molly Augmented Reality Public Education/Outreach Education/Outreach Public Reality Augmented OCR Augmenting Group Interest Management Data Data to Image to Object Robust Developing Outreach & Education Working Group Georeferencing Digitizing for Engagement Worldwide WeDigBio: Biocollections American & North Network Collections Small of Network Small Herbaria Group Working Digitization Paleo Working Groups & Interest Group Poster Session Poster Group Interest & Groups Working • • • • • • • • • Day 2 Wrap-up: Discussion Group Summaries Group Discussion 2 Wrap-up: Day Wrap-up Summit Adjourn own your on Dinner This room is available for ad hoc meetings and discussions. and meetings hoc ad for is available This room The ADBC effort has now funded 15 TCNs involving a diversity of collections – different – different collections of a diversity involving TCNs 15 funded now effort has ADBC The are “involved,” community collections the parts of While etc. types, preparation sizes, information sharing for A “clearinghouse” are not. reasons, of a variety for others, explore and Come efforts. digitization the of expansion assist to a way be may and TCNs across collaboration and interaction, communication, foster to opportunities initiatives. and organizations related Licensing, citation of data—what are the recommended practices, what is proper is proper what practices, recommended are the data—what of citation Licensing, other and applications, grant in publications, data collections attributionfor scientific the motivate to strategies discuss will we session In this documents? data from practice best for ideas explore and usage, specimen cite to community generation to publication. Explore ways to use specimen-based data in research and education. Discussion Discussion education. and in research data specimen-based use to ways Explore modeling distribution species for data locality georeferenced of use will include topics climate to responses species’ diversity, phylogenetic of studies to extension and specimen of use make that applications Research conservation. and change, ecological or phylogenetics, taxonomy, – for traits species of extraction for images that opportunities emphasize will discussion The explored. be – will also inference and cyberinfrastructure, methods, the and ways in novel data link heterogeneous inform to data specimen use to how discuss will also We so. do to needed software engage to resources other and plans, lesson curricula/ materials, outreach create and science. collections-based with public the Deb Paul https://goo.gl/E9icMk Deb & Communication Collaboration Ad Hoc Discussion https://goo.gl/o5e9UP Discussion Hoc Ad Attribution https://goo.gl/duLDyV Attribution Discussion Groups Discussion https://goo.gl/6tmQbZ & Education in Research Use Data Pam Soltis, 2:30pm - 3:30pm 2:30pm 4:45pm - 5:15pm 4:45pm - 5:45pm 5:15pm 5:45pm Evening 3:45pm - 4:45pm 3:45pm Friday continued continued Friday

Biodiversity Collection Network (BCoN) Museum Public Milwaukee Mexico New of University Biology, Southwestern of Museum Alliance Collections Science Natural Garden Botanical York New Herbaria Small of Network American North Network Collections Small Collections History Natural of Preservation for Society Forestry and Science Environmental of SUNY College University Drexel of Sciences Natural of Academy The Museum Field The Herbarium Michigan of University Collection Research Insect Wisconsin of University

Enhance training of existing collections staff and create the next generation of biodiversity information information biodiversity of generation next the create and staff collections existing of training Enhance managers. stakeholders. of range a broader from participation and buy-in Increase base. knowledge sustainable and an enduring Establish education. science informal and formal into exploration and learning specimen-based Infuse University State Ohio The Advance engineering of the U.S. biodiversity collections cyber-infrastructure to support efficient workflows, workflows, efficient support to cyber-infrastructure collections biodiversity U.S. the of engineering Advance engagement. educational and policy, effective research, innovative • • • • • History Natural of Museum Herbarium University Michigan Central Peabody Garden Botanic Chicago History Natural of Museum Florida University Yale State Emporia Herbarium, H.A. Stephens Zoology Comparative of Museum University Harvard iDigBio Survey Herbarium History Natural Illinois http://bcon.aibs.org Supporting Organizations Sciences Biological of Institute American Principal Investigators Principal Bentley & Andrew Gropp Robert Website Project Project Sponsor Project Sciences Biological of Institute American 1441785 Number Award NSF Taxonomists Plant of Society American Collections History Natural State Angelo Kansas of University Institute, Biodiversity Museum Bishop Collection, Insect C.A. Triplehorn Project Summary Summary Project Science National U.S. the by funded initiative national is a five-year (BCoN) Network Collections Biodiversity The biodiversity all U.S. that will ensure that practice of community sustainable a new, of development the support to Foundation creative and scholarly other and decision-making, informed education, research, for available are digitally collections activities. institutions 1600 than in more specimens billion one than more curated and annotated, amassed, have Scientists and research for used are heavily data associated their and specimens these Although States. United the across online. mined and accessed be could data the if increased exponentially be could benefits their education, capture to digitally need a articulated have scientists in which meetings scientific recent of is an outgrowth BCoN the for and education, in research, use for collections science in natural held data associated and specimens biological of Preservation the for Society the Sciences, Biological of Institute American the by founded was initiative The interest. public Alliance. Collections Science Natural the and Collections, History Natural network: collections a biological establishing for Goals

ADBC Projects 14 ADBC Projects 15 - Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio) Digitized Integrated

Provide portal access to biodiversity data in a cloud computing environment computing in a cloud data biodiversity to access portal Provide needs cyberinfrastructure to Respond Researchers Educators General public Policy-makers Expand participation: partners and data sources data and partners participation: Expand • • • • • • • Social Media https://www.facebook.com/idigbio Project Website Project http://www.idigbio.org https://twitter.com/idigbio https://vimeo.com/idigbio Principal Investigators Principal Investigator) (Principal Page Larry Investigator) - Principal (Co Fortes José Investigator) - Principal (Co MacFadden Bruce Investigator) - Principal (Co Riccardi Greg Investigator) - Principal (Co Soltis Pam Project Sponsors Project Florida of University University State Florida EF-1115210 Number Agreement Cooperative NSF iDigBio Goals iDigBio workflows and standards digitization effective and efficient Develop Project Summary Summary Project Biodiversity of Digitization Advancing the for center coordinating national is the (iDigBio) Biocollections Digitized Integrated and data of digitization is enabling iDigBio (NSF). Foundation Science National U.S. the by funded program (ADBC) Collections the for online available data the making is and collections history natural U.S. from specimens biodiversity of under millions for media promote to public general the and scientists citizen educators, students, agencies, government community, research The mission of iDigBio is to develop a national infrastructure that supports the vision of ADBC by overseeing implementation of of implementation overseeing by ADBC of vision the supports that infrastructure a national develop is to iDigBio of mission The collections; for environment computing cloud a customized deploying and building digitization; for practices best and standards community, collections community, research the engaging groups; underserved including personnel, training and recruiting national the of sustainability long-term for planning and activities; outreach through public general the and scientists citizen effort. digitization The vision for ADBC is a permanent repository of digitized information from all U.S. biodiversity collections that leads to new new to leads that collections biodiversity all U.S. from information digitized of repository is a permanent ADBC for vision The which outreach, improved through biodiversity of appreciation and understanding a better and research through discoveries policies. economic and environmental improved to leads then standing of biodiversity and societal consequences of environmental issues. environmental of consequences societal and biodiversity of standing Facilitate use of biodiversity data to address environmental and economic challenges economic and environmental address to data biodiversity of use Facilitate Plan for long-term sustainability of the national digitization effort digitization national the of sustainability long-term for Plan with iDigBio with Software Interface Interface Software Symbiota Symbiota Symbiota Symbiota others; and EMu Specify, iDigPaleo the developing main our for Portal interface Symbiota Symbiota Symbiota EMu Symbiota, Specify Symbiota Symbiota Symbiota Capture, Easy Arthropod other Symbiota, databases institutional Specify including Symbiota Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PI Ken Cameron Sierwald Petra Smith Dena Murrell Zack Michael Webster Neefus Chris Patrick Sweeney Lieberman Bruce Thiers Barbara Neil Cobb Dietrich Chris Schuh Randall Gries Corinna Nash Tom Andrew Miller Andrew Marshall Charles Period Funding Funding 2014 - 2017 2014 - 2018 2014 - 2018 2014 - 2018 2013 - 2017 2013 - 2017 2012 - 2016 2012 - 2015 2012 - 2015 2012 - 2015 2011 - 2015 2011 - 2015 2011 - 2015 2015 - 2018 2015 - 2019 TCN Great Lakes Invasives Invasives Lakes Great (GLI) InvertEBase Insect Fossil (FIC) Collaborative the to Key The - TCN) (SERNEC Cabinets Animal Vouchered Sytems Communication (VACS) Herbarium Macroalgal (MHC) Consortium Vascular England New (NEVP) Plants PALEONICHES Collection Macrofungi Consortium of Collections Symbiota (SCAN) Arthropods InvertNet Tri-trophic (TTD) Databasing & Lichens (LBCC) Bryophytes Fossil Marine Marine Fossil Invertebrates (EPICC) Microfungi Consortium Consortium Microfungi (MiCC) Thematic Collections Networks a Glance At Thematic

ADBC Projects 16 ADBC Projects 17 # of # of Collaborators 38 6 29 7 7 (1 PEN) 45 7 50 (2 PENS) 19 8 (2 PENS) (2 PENS) 38 (3 PENS) 16 (1 PEN) 16 32 (4 PENS) 76 Images # of Specimens / Specimens # of >1.2M 1.73M >2M 500k/200k >3M / 23K 58K / 1.14M 1.14M / 1.29M 1.29M 3.6K / 650K / 1.3M 1.39M / 15K .73M / .89M 6.1M 1.2M (insects) 1.2M / 611K (plants) 2.3M / 2.3M Digitization Methods Digitization under development under development animal and sheets herbarium imaging Plus eBox Photo the with lots specimen images, label and labels from capture data OCR and recognition voice via capture data specimen most workflow, Digital Visionary captured already data science citizen with coupled imaging rapid collaborative and transcription label based georeferencing recordings, sound analog digitizing & labels specimens imaging Photo the with sheets herbarium imaging Plus eBox herbarium for apparatus scanning robotic data label specimen-by-specimen sheets, capture capture data label specimen-by-specimen data label of crowd-sourcing imaging, label specimen-by- workflow, Digital Visionary ~16K plus capture, data label specimen images) (~40K suites image specimen and slides vials, of scanning robotic from data label of crowd-sourcing drawers, images the with sheets herbarium imaging transcription direct and Plus eBox Photo without a database into labels insect of imaging capture data OCR for imaging, label Organisms fossil marine invertebrates marine fossil mussels, snails, clams, fish, plants algae, arachnids, insects, mollusks insects fossil plants insects fish, frogs, birds, macroalgae plants vascular arthropods, fossils: echinoderms, brachiopods, mollusks and macrofungi arthropods dwelling ground arthropods (Hemiptera, insects vascular and Hymenoptera) plants lichens & bryophytes microfungi Illinois Natural History Survey History Natural Illinois Survey History Natural Illinois Survey History Natural llinois Survey History Natural llinois Central North University Purdue What are the effects of anthropogenic disturbance to the environment on the temporal and spatial distribution distribution spatial and temporal the on environment the to disturbance anthropogenic of effects are the What changes use land to due effects downstream include may impacts Human-induced microfungi? of phenology and increased and pesticides, and fungicides, herbicides, of introduction the ecosystems, natural and in agricultural pollution. atmospheric invasive of detection early the for models as microfungi of patterns distributional current and historic use we Can and endemism detect to data same these use we Can effects? deleterious potential their reduce to species in microfungi? hotspots biodiversity microfungi? soil of functioning and distribution, dispersal, the influence changes climatic do How • • • http://www.microfungi.org Project Website Project University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University 1502735 Number Award NSF Investigators Principal Investigator) (Principal Miller Andrew Informatician) (Biological Phil Anders Manager) (Project Lippoldt Elizabeth (Digitizer) Kuhn Alex Consultant) (Project Bates Scott Citizen Science and Outreach Projects Science and Outreach Citizen @ UIUC WeDigBio Sponsor Project Research Proposed Project Summary Project plant molds, bread includes and worldwide is distributed that assemblage a diverse represent (microfungi) fungi Microscopic are harmless organisms these of percentage A large molds. water and molds, slime rusts, mildews, powdery pathogens, loss economic major in resulting fungi other and plants, in animals, death and disease cause some but beneficial, even or their about is known little importance, their Despite health. ecosystem and human for implications negative serious and states in 31 institutions 38 effort involving is a collaborative project This associations. host or ecology, diversity, distribution, and specimens microfungi 2.3 million for collections in biodiversity housed specimens from data consolidate to aims and is critical data these of accessibility increased and consolidation The resources. online through available data these make but little-known this around engagement community and education, research, innovative and new promote and inform to organisms. of group important changes environmental human-induced and natural assess to used will be project this by generated data Specimen This ecosystems. of health and function the on changes these of impact the evaluate and distributions, microfungi on and data, label specimen digitizing images, contributing effortby digitization national the in gap critical fills a project nomenclature Additionally, microfungi. of specimens American North million 1.2 over for data ancillary associated linking for Codes International the by as dictated practices newest the reflect to updated will be information taxonomic and forest educators, agribusinesses, by decisions informed making for a foundation will provide data These Nomenclature. education broader The public. general the and researchers, makers, policy horticulturalists, agencies, government managers, school high for module a teaching of implementation and development the through facilitated will be project this of goals microfungi. of importance economic the on biology The Microfungi Collections Consortium: A Networked Approach to Digitizing Small Fungi with with Fungi Small Collections Consortium: Digitizing Microfungi A Networked to Approach The (MiCC) of Ecosystems Health and Function the on Impacts Large

ADBC Projects 18 ADBC Projects 19 Academy of Natural Sciences Natural of Academy Museum Bishop Museum Bishop University Clemson University Cornell University Cornell Garden Botanic Denver Garden Botanic Denver Herbarium Farlow Museum Field University State Iowa University State Louisiana University Miami University State Michigan University State Carolina North Garden Botanical York New University State Oregon University Purdue Station Research Mountain Rocky University Rutgers University Rutgers University State San Francisco York New of University State Collections Fungus National U.S. Alabama of University Arkansas of University Arizona of University Berkeley California, of University Berkeley California, of University Florida of University Georgia of University Kansas of University Michigan of University Michigan of University Minnesota of University Nebraska of University Carolina North of University Richmond of University Tennessee of University Wisconsin of University Wisconsin of University Wyoming of University University State Utah University State Washington Social Media Kennedy Barbara Pyle Richard Kerrigan Julia Hodge Cathie LaGreca Scott Islam Melissa Evenson Vera Pfister Don Lumbsch Thorsten Lewis Deborah Kluse Jennie Vincent Michael Fryday Alan Cubeta Marc Halling Roy Spatafora Joey Aime Cathie Geils Brian Jim White Zhang Ning Desjardin Dennis Weir Alex Castelbury Lisa Powell Martha Stephenson Steve Arnold Betsy Mishler Brent Doran Andrew Smith Matthew Brewer Marin Lichtwardt Robert James Tim Foltz Matthew Weiblen George Kaul Robert Ann McCormick Carol Hayden John Hughes Karen Ann Feist Mary West Sharon Schmidt Larry Barkworth Mary Glawe Dean Tatyana Livshultz Livshultz Tatyana Instagram @microfungi_inhs Instagram Collaborators Project https://www.facebook.com/microfungi.org

UC-Berkeley UC-Berkeley Sciences of Academy California (EPICC) Lisa White (Co-PI) (Co-PI) White Lisa Patricia Holroyd (Co-PI) (Co-PI) Holroyd Patricia (PI) Roopnarine Peter

UC-Berkeley UC-Berkeley Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History Natural of Museum National Institution Smithsonian using collections data of eastern Pacific marine invertebrate fossil collections of the Cenozoic) the of collections fossil invertebrate marine Pacific eastern of data collections using Assessment of how individual species, communities, and ecosystems respond to environmental change on on change environmental to respond ecosystems and communities, species, individual how of Assessment timescales ecological long-term and evolutionary change environmental future to response of predictions Modeling of distribution analysis for assemblages taxonomic of standardization and Verification analysis web Food biodiversity on change tectonically-induced of Study • • • • • Social Media https://twitter.com/epicc_tcn Project Sponsor Project California-Berkeley of University 1503678 Number Award NSF Senior and Personnel Investigators Principal (PI) Marshall Charles ( research Proposed Summary Project to responded have ecosystems to organisms individual how and biodiversity past of evidence direct only our provide Fossils change, environmental past of documentation the in gap major fills a project This change. environmental long-term and past of communities invertebrate marine Pacific eastern the of record fossil rich especially the from data digitized available making these of integration and Digitization dinosaurs. the of extinction the since passed have that years million 66 the in Cenozoic, involved the factors of identification the change, past to understand analysis efficient accessibility, increased will foster data virtual of Development change. future by impacted be may biodiversity current how for predictions enable and change, that used are collections fossil and data field how in understanding educators and stakeholders assist will experiences fieldwork conditions. environmental and ecosystem past infer to natural multiple among distributed materials printed and specimens fossil of collection a vast as exist currently data The will and institution federal one and collection small one institutions, primary seven involves project this collections: history expanding iDigPaleo, portal web the through networks fossil ongoing two other the with data specimen digitized this integrate resources will provide data of wealth This years. million 500 over spanning by information invertebrate fossil for Through resource the public. general the and industry, government, educators, K-16 to available made will be but researchers, to only not to means the providing organisms modern on information with integrated will be data these (iDigBio), resource national the undergraduate Additionally, etc. levels, in sea transitions change, environmental niches, on questions important understand collections. history natural of uses modern in the trained will be students graduate and Documenting Fossil Marine Invertebrate Communities of the Eastern Pacific - Faunal Responses Responses Faunal - Pacific Eastern of the Communities Invertebrate Marine Fossil Documenting ​ years million 66 last over the Change Environmental to Jann Vendetti (PI) Los Angeles County Museum Museum County Angeles Los (PI) Vendetti Jann Museum County Angeles Los Hendy Austin Institute Research Paleontological (PI) Dietl Gregory Institute Research Paleontological Duggan-Haas Don Institute Research Paleontological Ross Robert Institute Research Paleontological Skibinski Leslie North the of Museum Alaska of University (PI) Druckenmiller Patrick (PI) Hollis Kathy UC-Berkeley (Co-PI) Finnegan Seth Oregon of University (PI) Davis Edward Museum Burke Washington of University (PI) Nesbitt Elizabeth Museum Burke Washington of University Eng Ron Center Paleontological and Archaeological Cooper D. John (PI) Lipps Jere UC-Berkeley Clites Erica

ADBC Projects 20 ADBC Projects 21 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Michigan of University Urbana-Champaign UI Cities Minnesota-Twin of University Urbana-Champaign UI Garden Botanical York New University State Ohio UI Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign UI Rabeler Richard Seigler David Simons Andrew Taylor Chris Tulig Melissa Watters George Phillippe Rick Ann Arbor Michigan, of University University State Ohio Arboretum Morton Urbana-Champaign UI History Natural of Museum Field Ohio State University University State Ohio Urbana-Champaign UI University of Wisconsin - Madison Wisconsin of University

Identification and documentation of presence and spread of non-indigenous and potentially invasive or harmful or invasive potentially and non-indigenous of spread and presence of documentation and Identification Lakes Great in the species rapidly a more of face in the especially time, and space through invasives of spread the predict and monitor, Track, Midwest upper in the climate changing non- of lineages different of colonization of speed and times, lag routes, migration access, of points Studying invasions future prevent help to Lakes Great in the established already organisms indigenous • • • Duda Thomas Freudenstein John Hipp Andrew Molano-Flores Brenda Niezgoda Christine Daly Marymegan Project Website Project http://greatlakesinvasives.org/portal/index.php Collaboratoring Award PIs Award Collaboratoring Cummings Kevin Principal Investigator Principal Cameron Kenneth University of Wisconsin - Madison Wisconsin of University 1410683 Number Award NSF Project Sponsor Project Proposed research Proposed This bi-national Thematic Collections Network of >25 institutions from eight states and Canada will digitize 1.73 million historical historical million 1.73 digitize will Canada and states eight from institutions >25 of Network Collections Thematic bi-national This documented look-alikes their and plants, algae, mussels, snails, clams, fish, exotic of species 2,550 representing specimens cross- to integrate and specimens preserved liquid to digitize efforts first the of is one It Basin. Lakes Great in the occur to with provided will be Students digitization. taxon cross for standards national become could methods these and taxa kingdom to flexibility greater will provide network cross-taxon this and curation specimen of methods in modern experience hands-on data. of integration for platforms web existing One of the greatest threats to the health of North America’s Great Lakes is invasion by exotic species, several of which already already which of several species, exotic by is invasion Lakes Great America’s North of health the to threats greatest the of One threaten to continue and industries, tourism and shipping, fisheries, the values, property on impacts catastrophic had have their of because watchlists on placed been have species Additional ecosystems. wetland and species survival native of the the among from museums zoology and herbaria of network a will create project This invasives. aquatic become to potential by time and in space species these of occurrence the document better NY to and OH, MI, IN, IL, WI, MN, of states Lakes Great are initiatives Several organisms. critical the of specimens the on information the to access online providing and imaging project this but waterways, nation’s our among invasives aquatic spreading of dangers the to citizens alert to public in place the and already teachers, officers, wildlife students, scientists, for tools educational and scientific complementary will develop centuries. three past the over collected specimens preserved from directly derived data or images to access little had have who Project Summary Project Documenting the Occurrence through Space and Time of Space and Time Occurrence through the Documenting Plants and Algae, Mollusks, Fish, Non-indigenous Aquatic (GLI) Lakes Great North America’s Threatening Delaware Museum of Natural History Natural of Museum Delaware History Natural of Museum Field University Auburn Park - University University State Pennsylvania University Harvard Ann Arbor Michigan, of University University Harvard - Ann Arbor Michigan of University History Natural of Museum Delaware History Natural of Museum Cleveland Field Museum of Natural History Natural of Museum Field Study of temporally and spatially correlated changes in species distribution patterns of eastern North American American North eastern of patterns distribution species in changes correlated spatially and temporally of Study at species interconnected ecologically of changes range (e.g., arthropods and mollusks freshwater and terrestrial surface) earth’s the on points particular and gradients, latitudinal along scales, landscape tools predictive using models distribution niche-based day present and historical of Development States United eastern in the distribution and diversity invertebrate on change climate of impact of Assessment diversity invertebrate of conservation the for areas protected of Assessment preservation of forms in differing collections invertebrate for development Workflow • • • • • http://www.invertebase.org/portal/index.php http://www.invertebase.org/portal/index.php Project Website Project Principal Investigator Principal Sierwald Petra PIs Award Collaboratoring Aziz Nasreen Project Sponsor Project History Natural of Museum Field 1402667 Number Award NSF Bieler Rüdiger Bond Jason Deans Andrew Hanken James Lee Taehwan Morris Paul O’Foighil Diarmaid Shea Elizabeth Svenson Gavin Proposed Research Proposed Project Summary Project soil on impact from services, ecosystem essential on effects significant has America North in change biodiversity rapid The threaten species invasive of populations Exploding quality. water and forestry agriculture, to cycling, nutrient and expertly health robust, to access Easy nation. the of resources natural the impact potentially and habitats terrestrial and water fresh parameters these how monitoring and ranges, distribution and abundances, occurrences, species for data for baseline vetted capacity the improve vastly and resources, natural nation’s the of protection the will facilitate time, through changed will have students undergraduate Numerous management. conservation and planning, management land restoration, effective in biodiversity interest public engage to developed will be exhibit a modular and technologies in digitization training receive changes. regional and temporal for information baseline specimen historical to access electronic easy requires monitoring Effective data specimen of amounts Vast decisions. management land informed facilitate can that comparisons diversity species digital from accessible readily are not data these of most but collections, history natural nation’s the within are housed capturing in advances technological major require collections specimen scientific of complexity and Size resources. their and specimens >2 million of digitization rapid is the project collaborative four-year this of goal The data. specimen DE, AL,MI, OH, (Il, in six states museums U.S. six major at housed collections mollusk and arthropod ten from data locality voice-recognition and character optical by utilizing capture data specimen automate will significantly and project This modeling PA). distribution habitat-based for deployed immediately will be project this from data digitized The technologies. analyses. 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ADBC Projects 22 ADBC Projects 23 Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder Colorado, of University History, Natural of Museum Boulder Colorado, of University History, Natural of Museum University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign Illinois of University History Natural of Museum American History Natural of Museum Virginia Kansas of University University Harvard University Yale University Yale Berkeley California, of University parasitic insect co-evolution, insect parasitic pollination, insect and disease, of vectors as insects change. climate of a result as gigantism • • • • Project Website Project http://fossilinsects.colorado.edu/ Collaboratoring Award PIs Award Collaboratoring Sam Heads Investigator) (Principal Smith Dena Principal Investigators Principal Investigator) (Co-Principal Karim Talia Grimaldi David Dooley Alton Engel Michael Farrell Brian Butts Susan Norris Christopher Erwin Diane Project Sponsor Project Boulder at Colorado of University 1305066 Number Award NSF Digitization of fossil insect collections can support studies related to : to related studies support can collections insect fossil of Digitization Proposed Research Proposed patterns and change environmental to response insect understanding to importance great are of data insect fossil The of evolution the of examinations reconstruction, in phylogenetic aid can fossils These time. through biodiversity of time. deep in diversification of patterns overall of in studies and characteristics morphological The digitized fossil insect collections will be made broadly accessible to the research community, K-16 education, education, K-16 community, research the to accessible broadly made will be collections insect fossil digitized The all the integrating site central a and website project the through media the and public, general the industry, and government users of variety a wide allow that activities and apps Mobile iDigPaleo. called Networks Collections Thematic paleobiological developed. will be data collections the with directly interact and experience to Project Summary Project response evolutionary and ecological of record deep-time a unique provide insects Fossil impacts the understanding for invaluable are therefore and changes environmental past to climate future of models current Given crisis. biodiversity current the on change climate of pests, (biodiversity, society in human play insects that role important the and change about predictions make and data these access to ability the disease) of vectors pollination, major all the available make will Collaborative Insect Fossil The urgent. more even becomes populations insect future digital of consisting records specimen electronic creating by States United in the specimens insect fossil of collections data. collection associated and images Fossil Insect Collaborative: A Deep-Time Approach to Studying Studying to Approach A Deep-Time Insect Collaborative: Fossil (FIC) Change to Environmental Response and Diversification climate change, climate species, invasive and growth, population human species extinction. • • • • This project proposes to utilize plant collection data to determine the threats to the native biota of the southeastern region of of region Research Proposed southeastern the of biota native the to threats the determine to data collection plant utilize to proposes project This including: America, North Citizen Science and Outreach Projects Science and Outreach Citizen related in museum scientists citizen engage to (http://www.notesfromnature.org/) Nature From Notes utilize will project This activities. science grades for (SOLs) learning of standards state-based target to plans lesson Nature-based From Notes will develop project The 6 - 12. six provision to $2000 over raising campaign crowdfunding a successful hosted about Herbarium learn K. Godfrey to Robert campus FSU’s onto region Tallahassee the from people 100+ brought We in 2015. events science citizen is goal 1-day bigger-picture longer-term, The education. and in research specimens biodiversity of role the and biodiversity local museums, 1500 nation’s the to resources providing by creation data biodiversity sustaining for model a new develop to similar. something do to easier it find they that so collections similar with institutions other and stations, field universities, plan The etc. insects, sponges, mammals, birds, fossils, specimens—plants, a billion about house together collections Those the events, in the communities local in their people more engage collections the as in which, circle a virtuous establish is to http://spark.fsu.edu/Projects/121/Blazing-a-New-Trail-for-Sustainability- Visit grows. events those for support crowdfunding information. more for with-Citizen-Science Project Summary Project plain. coastal the and Appalachians the in both biodiversity global high of areas with rich, is botanically USA southeastern The the and specimens these and centuries, four past the over region this from collected been have specimens plant of Millions these study Scientists area. the across universities at herbaria, or in museums, reside currently contain they information pipelines without scales taxonomic and geographic broad at information retrieve to is difficult it however, intently; specimens Regional SouthEast the or SERNEC, data. of pool an accessible to specimen the from electronically information the move to an through has, that collections and experts botanical of network regional is a large Collections, and Expertise of Network current The informatics. skills in biodiversity critical developed (RCN) project, network coordination research NSF-sponsored and photography latest the using specimens million 3 over for available data make to group SERNEC the will allow project large this georeferencing and in transcribing assist to students and scientists citizen engage to and tools capture information manage to communities and managers land planners, regional help can project this through generated research The dataset. environment. ever-changing in our resources natural their an unparalleled of tool a research build to synergy a will provide students and scientists, citizen scientists, of interaction The from specimens 3 million over of set databased and an imaged develop is to project this of goal ultimate The scope. and scale This diversity. plant of hotspot a global and America North in regions diverse floristically most the of in one herbaria 100 over development, human change, climate to vegetation of response the on research for source data a valuable will represent project this and years million 100 for hotspot a biodiversity been has region This species. introduced of migrations rapid and By change. biodiversity of areas as models predictive better develop to time over changes on research encourage should will develop project the Specify, and iPlant/TACC, Planetarium, Adler GEOLocate, Nature, from Notes Symbiota, with partnering accessibility. data for efforts various integrate best to ways The Key to the Cabinets: Building and Building Cabinets: the to Key The a for Database a Research Sustaining (SERNEC) Biodiversity Hotspot Global Compare of geographic distributions and habitat requirements of endemic species with non-endemics. with species endemic of requirements habitat and distributions geographic of Compare time. geologic over diversity of maintenance and region the of richness biogeographic of origins the Determine species. endemic and rare of distributions future and current of modeling distribution species or niche Ecological

ADBC Projects 24 ADBC Projects 25 UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Chapel Morehead State University State Morehead Middle Tennessee State Tennessee Middle USC- Upstate USC- Newberry College Newberry Murray State University State Murray West Virginia University Virginia West Arizona State University State Arizona USC - Salkehatchie USC Arkansas Tech University Tech Arkansas Tulane University Tulane Furman University Furman UA - Tuscaloosa UA University of the South the of University University of South Alabama South of University BRIT Auburn University Auburn Mississippi State University State Mississippi University of the South the of University Tulane University Tulane University of Florida of University University of Colorado - Boulder Colorado of University University of Louisiana – Monroe Louisiana of University ASU - Jonesboro Alan Weakley Alan Allen Risk Allen Ashley Morris Ashley Ben Montgomery Charles Horn Charles Dayle Saar Dayle Donna Ford-Werntz Donna Ed Gilbert Ed Eran Kilpatrick Eran George JohnsonGeorge Hank Bart Hank Joe Pollard Joe John Clark John Jon Evans Jon Kelly Major Kelly L. D. Estes L. D. Leslie Goertzen Leslie Lisa Wallace Lisa Mary Priestley Mary Nelson Rios Norris Williams Norris Robert Guralnick Robert Thomas SasekThomas Travis Marsico Travis Georgia Southern University Southern Georgia NC State University State NC George Mason University Mason George Florida State University State Florida Eastern Kentucky University Kentucky Eastern iPlant, University of Texas of University iPlant, Clemson University Clemson Converse College Converse Marshall University Marshall Longwood College Longwood Francis Marion University Marion Francis Valdosta State University State Valdosta UT - Chattanooga USC - Columbia USC Western Carolina University Carolina Western Winthrop University Winthrop Adler Museum Adler UT - Martin Northern Kentucky University Kentucky Northern Duke University Duke Arizona State University State Arizona Rhodes College Rhodes Tenn. Technological University Technological Tenn. East Tennessee State Tennessee East University of Georgia of University Appalachian State University State Appalachian Alan Harvey Alan Alexander Krings Alexander Andrea Weeks Andrea Austin Mast Brad Ruhfel Brad Daniel Stanzione Daniel Dixie Damrel Dixie Douglas Jensen Emily Gillespie Emily Erika Gonzalez Erika Gerald Long James Carter James Joey Shaw Joey John Nelson John Katherine Mathews Katherine Kunsiri Grubbs Kunsiri Laura Whyte Laura Lisa Krueger Lisa Mary (Maggie) (Maggie) Mary Whitson Michael Windham Michael Nico Franz Nico Rachel Jabaily Rachel Shawn Krosnick Shawn Timothy McDowell Timothy Wendy Zomlefer

http://sernec.appstate.edu/ PIs Award Collaboratoring Murrell Zack Website Project Investigator Principal Sponsor Project University State Appalachian 1410069 Number Award NSF Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University of Kansas Kansas of University Sciences of Academy California Austin at Texas of University College Mechanical and & Agricultural University State Louisiana Understanding the response of organisms to anthropogenic noise and other perturbations other and noise anthropogenic to organisms of response the Understanding species cryptic of Discovery of role production, sound of mechanisms in concert, evolve signals other and vocal which to extent the Determining evolution in signal morphology signals on animal pressures selection ecological and habitat of Influence geographically and temporally both variation Population selection sexual and variation Behavioral dependencies circadian and Seasonality • • • • • • • Michael Webster (Principal Investigator) Investigator) (Principal Webster Michael PIs Award Collaboratoring Brown Rafe Project Sponsor Project University Cornell 1304425 Number Award NSF Investigators Principal Investigator) (Co-Principal Budney Gregory Investigator) (Co-Principal Scholes Edwin Kavanaugh David LaDuc Travis Lane Daniel Research Proposed Project Summary Project voucher physical with associated recordings media accessible make and will digitize network collection thematic This communication of ecology and evolution the understanding of theme research the around organized broadly specimens, their and recordings signal the of inaccessibility relative the by challenged been has questions these on Research signals. research biological multiple together partnering by challenge this will meet project This specimens. physical associated recordings. signal of animal archive scientific largest world’s the Sounds, Natural of Library Macaulay the and collections communication the of recordings vouchered and digitized accessible make and will co-curate institutions these Collectively, physical between collections across links transparent and direct establish will and insects, fish and frogs, birds, of signals signals animal of recordings audio digital accessible will make project This recordings. digitized their and specimens voucher and noise to anthropogenic of animals responses the including questions, scientific of a host address to used be can that physical with along recordings of collection encouraging and system co-curation a useful providing By activities. human other specimens biological use and collect researchers that way the on influence a transformative will have project this specimens, challenges. co-curation similar facing collections for model a useful as serve will and future, in the significant have will and levels, all age at outreach educational extensive for materials provide also will project This biodiversity. monitor and assess to ability our to directly will contribute material digitized the because impacts conservation curators, museum of generation” “next the train help and methods collection biological will expand project this Finally, researchers. and collectors, Developing a Centralized Digital Archive of Vouchered Animal Communication Signals (VACS) Signals Communication Archive Animal of Vouchered Digital a Centralized Developing

ADBC Projects 26 ADBC Projects 27 University of New Hampshire New of University Ann Arbor Michigan, of University Berkeley California of University Washington of University Hill Chapel at Carolina North of University Garden Botanical York New (focusing on ecological changes in marine, estuarine and freshwater environments) freshwater and estuarine in marine, changes ecological on (focusing Temporal and spatial data on macroalgal distribution will help track the spread of invasive species, identify the the identify species, invasive of spread the track will help distribution macroalgal on data spatial and Temporal structure community native on impact the of assessment allow vectors, dispersal distribution geographic in the changes temporal environments aquatic on change climate of effects the of Assessment ecosystems aquatic on activity human of impact the understand to used be can macroalgae of extensions range of documentation and distribution species identification, species research, Taxonomic • • • Project Website Project http://macroalgae.org Dick Christopher Christopher Neefus Neefus Christopher PIs Award Collaboratoring Principal Investigator Investigator Principal Mishler Brent Giblin David Weakley Alan Karol Kenneth Project Sponsor Project Hampshire New of University Number1304924 Award NSF Proposed Research Research Proposed A number of macroalgal species, including kelp, nori, and others are grown extensively via aquaculture or harvested from the the from harvested or aquaculture via extensively are grown others and nori, kelp, including species, macroalgal of A number web consortium’s The pharmaceuticals. and products, food in cosmetics, used colloids of extraction for and food human for wild will Tools macroalgae. of importance ecological and economic the about learn to public the for opportunities will provide portal specimen from details ancillary the of some transcribe helping by project the to contribute to scientists citizen for of provided be departments education the by developed will be modules educational and exhibits Interactive database. the into labels will project The year. each them will experience visitors of thousands of hundreds where consortium in the museums the through students graduate and undergraduate for research informatics and in collections training integrative provide also museums. the of one at internships through effort and digitization in the participation Project Summary Project history natural and gardens, botanical universities, at herbaria 50 of a consortium from investigators is supporting project This and images resolution high finished, have they When macroalgae. of collections their digitize to U.S. the across museums specimens a million than more for accessible openly will be collected was specimen each where and when about information and estuarine marine, of foundation are the Macroalgae resource. web iDigBio the and portal web consortium’s the through Many organisms. aquatic other of a myriad for protection and substrata food, providing ecosystems benthic freshwater the and researchers will allow portal the through provided data The change. environmental to are sensitive species a macroalgal as years 150 past the over changed have ecosystems aquatic our and biodiversity macroalgal how determine large at public activity. human of range a wide and bioinvasions, change, climate of result he Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium: Accessing 150 Years of Specimen Data to Understand Understand to of Data Specimen Years Consortium: 150 Accessing Herbarium The Macroalgal (MHC) Environment Marine/Aquatic in the Changes Yale University Yale University Yale Mobilizing New England Vascular Plant Specimen Data to to Data Specimen Plant Vascular England New Mobilizing (NEVP) Change Environmental Track Summary Project Understanding the effects of rising temperature on the phenology (flowering and leafing-out stage) for New England England New for stage) leafing-out and (flowering phenology the on temperature rising of effects the Understanding taxa human of development the and agriculture, deforestation, through activity human of landscape on Impact habitat England New on infrastructure of sensitivity as such England, in New systems biotic on effects and use land and change climate of Intersection phenology and abundance in species changes habitats, endangered and rare of distribution the assessing including diversity, biological of conservation and Documentation species invasive and non-native of expansion arrival and time, over abundance in species changes species, • • • • Investigator) (Co-Principal Donoghue Michael Investigator) (Principal Sweeney Patrick Website Project http://nevp.org/ http://portal.neherbaria.org/portal/ Project Sponsor Project University Yale 1209149 Number Award NSF Investigators Principal Proposed Research Proposed Herbarium specimens provide a source of historical information useful to the study of global environmental change. The goal goal The change. environmental global of study the to useful information historical of a source provide specimens Herbarium New in the change environmental of consequences and nature the of studies support to data provide is to project this of 1.3 about from images and data specimen capture will digitally project This centuries. three last the over region England and habitat, georeferencing, with data the enhancing England, New across herbaria from specimens plant vascular million high- novel will develop and efforts community existing with will integrate process digitization The information. phonological freely be will images and data All resulting costs. decrease and efficiency increase to technologies digitization throughput on-line. available a will provide and change, land-use and climate study who scientists to use immediate of will be project this from data The project This species. plant introduced and native of distribution the will impact changes global how of understanding better on data available making by history evolutionary and biogeography, morphology, ecology, taxonomy, in research will benefit around regions other for model a provide will developed methodologies The format. electronic in an flora regional an entire and research, training, providing students and groups, school scientists, citizen will utilize project the In addition nation. the opportunities. educational

ADBC Projects 28 ADBC Projects 29 University of Kansas of University University State San Jose University Ohio Kansas of University Kansas of University

the biotic effects of climate change, climate of effects biotic the environment, in physical changes of face in the associations species to changes and distribution, species on factors biotic and abiotic of influences periods. time Neogene the and Pennsylvanian, the Ordovician, the from distributions species determining • • • • Bruce Lieberman (Principal Investigator) Investigator) (Principal Lieberman Bruce Investigator) (Principal Hendricks Jonathon Investigator) (Principal Stigall Alycia Investigator) (Co-Principal Beach James Investigator) (Co-Principal Farrell Una Project Website Project http://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/ Principal Investigators Principal Project Sponsor Project Kansas of University 1206757 Number Award NSF Using Ecological Niche Modeling for analyzing neontological and paleontological data in biogeographic and ecological ecological and in biogeographic data paleontological and neontological analyzing for Modeling Niche Ecological Using to: pertaining studies Proposed Research Proposed The museum collections and fossils provide large amounts of data useful for studying what causes species to migrate, migrate, to species causes what studying for useful data of amounts large provide fossils and collections museum The and has change global how considering for relevance great are of They periods. time long over evolve or extinct, go scientists, to accessible and line on available data these will make study Our planet. this on life affect to will continue amateur educating for useful be will atlases digital device portable and on-line The analyses. scientific many facilitating to training provide We will also field. in the and classrooms in both fossils about students K-12 and paleontologists scholars. and students Project Summary Project on data representing records of millions provide data, locality associated their with along fossils, of collections Museum potential, scientific greatest their reach to However, time. in deep species of distribution geographic and temporal the analyses. biogeographic quantitative facilitates that in a format and on-line available be to need data collections these paleontological key several of parts from specimens fossil of location precise and age the about information will enter We will be collections for programs computer to improvements process this During databases. electronic into collections research benefiting thereby data, specimen modern with integrated be to specimens paleontological allow to enhanced from species 900 to belonging specimens 450,000 nearly will digitize efforts Our time. over organisms of distribution on Ordovician, the life: of history in the periods time different three on will focus and U.S. the throughout museums several providing and fossils these describing and illustrating atlases digital line on will create We Neogene. and Pennsylvanian, devices. handheld on used be can atlases these so an ‘app’ create will also We found. be can they where showing maps Digitizing Fossils to Enable New Syntheses in in Syntheses New Enable to Fossils Digitizing PALEONICHES a - Creating Biogeography Thus far around 700,000 specimens have been databased and 9,000 localities have been georeferenced. Further, Further, georeferenced. been have 9,000 localities and databased been have specimens 700,000 around far Thus digital online created have We websites. institutional via line on provided and iDigBio with shared been have data these species each For studied. intervals time the from species 900 than more for www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org, atlases, Our maps. range geographic and images with along is provided, information taxonomic and stratigraphic, ecological, Our in 2015. Electronica in Palaeontologia in an article detail in greater is described project Life Ancient of Atlas Digital project the with associated Studies download. free for Store App Apple the at is available “App” Life Ancient of Atlas Digital Biogeography; of Journal Ecology; and Biogeography Global including: journals in several PIs the by published been have women), them of (seven students graduate nine of A total B. Series Society, Royal the of Proceedings and Paleobiology; were and training received fellow post-doctoral female one and women), them of (eight students undergraduate ten supported by this project. Current Research Current mushrooms, (e.g., macrofungi as known commonly structures spore-bearing conspicuous with fungi of collections Herbarium Network. Collections Thematic this of subject the are fungi) cup and truffles horns, stink morels, fungi, club puffballs, boletes, (MaCC) Consortium Collections Macrofungi the into macrofungi of collections nascent and established unite to propose We 110,000 capture labels, specimen 700,000 about from information collection will digitize collectively that institutions 35 of and notes field photographs, as such items ancillary critical 500,000 about digitize and specimens fungal of images the all essentially includes that records specimen enriched million 1.4 of almost dataset be a will result The pages. will allow fieldbook project this through generated data The years. 150 past the during herbaria U.S. in deposited collections macrofungal diversity the determine macrofungi of distribution and diversity the do extent what To questions: the address to researchers will how extension, by and relationships, symbiotic or commensal form they which with organisms the of distribution and affairs? human ultimately and organisms those affect distribution and diversity in macrofungal changes field photographs, labels, specimen specimens, (includes digitized newly been have items 650,000 approximately So far, (http://mycoportal.org/portal/ Mycoportal the to added been have records specimen 1,933,000 and records), book field notes, The specimens. digitized newly as well as project this of start the to prior digitized specimens includes total This index.php). text complete with are records 1,824,000 added), be to yet data locality (i.e. records are skeletal 54,000 contains Portal has also MycoPortal The geocoordinates. with data locality complete have 300,000 records approx. and information, locality fungi, dried of are images remainder the fungi, are living these of 25,000 (approximately images 509,000 with populated been With entries). 15,000 than more with fungi American North for checklist a including checklists, 41 notes), field and labels, project this through digitized be to specimens of number the exceeded already have we grant, in the remaining months eight anticipated. originally than records 300,000 more than more contains Mycoportal the and 50,000, by participant at held were courses training three and project, in the participants 12 NYBG for at held were courses training Three procedure The sessions. training the guide to prepared was manual training page A 125 participants. 10 for institutions up set to learning on spent time of majority the with project, the of all aspects for instructions step-by-step to provides manual data uploading and records, skeletal creating specimens, and labels specimen of images capturing equipment, camera the to Manager Portal with skype or phone via sessions and NYBG staff, with emails and calls phone included up Follow portal. the Project Summary Project their yet humans, including animals, and plants of lives in the role a critical play (macrofungi) fungi related and Mushrooms nutrient change, habitat of impacts in analyzing critical will be diversity this Understanding is underestimated. diversity these studying been have U.S. in the Scientists organisms. host of diversity and distributions and in ecosystems, cycling 35 in conserved specimens scientific dried million 1.4 approximately of in a legacy resulting years, 150 past the for fungi with associated all data online share and digitize in an effort to joined now have institutions These states. in 24 institutions will and attempted, before never macrofungi, of census a national will enable resource resulting The specimens. macrofungi the and macrofungi between relationship the and organisms these of diversity the understand better to researchers allow relationships. intimate form they which with organisms and diversity, macrofungi in documenting role an important play mycologists citizen country, the across clubs into Organized information critical for public general the and scientists professional between conduit are the individuals enthusiastic these create to help to project in this institutions collections the will join mycologists Citizen fungi. poisonous and edible wild about fungi. of study classroom promote to teachers school high for workshops two will fund project The resource. online the Students fungi. about training formal and in digitization experience work will gain project the by employed students University presentations. video and oral through gain they knowledge the will share The Macrofungi Collection Consortium: Unlocking a Biodiversity Resource for Understanding Collection Understanding Consortium: for a Biodiversity Resource Unlocking Macrofungi The (MaCC) Affairs and Human Cycling Nutrient Interactions, Biotec

ADBC Projects 30 ADBC Projects 31 New York Botanical Garden Botanical York New Duke University Duke Herbaria University State Louisiana University State Carolina North

Thiers Barbara Rytas Vilgalys Vilgalys Rytas Websites Project http://www.nybg.org/science/new_20120723.php http://mycoportal.org Collaborating Award PIs Award Collaborating Principal Investigator Principal Blackwell Meredith White Peter Project Sponsor Project Garden Botanical York New 1207526 Number Award NSF Two PEN awards have supplemented the original consortium: University of Vermont and University of Maine. The project is project The Maine. of University and Vermont of University consortium: original the supplemented have awards PEN Two 2016. June through project the will continue that extension no-cost year in a one currently The first high school teacher training course for the project was held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC 5-7 NC Raleigh, in University State Carolina North at held was project the for course training teacher school high first four The and Mozley-Standridge) (Dr. Professor Assistant one Carolina, North from teachers school high five for the 2013 in both August macrofungi about participants taught workshop The College. State Georgia Middle from students undergraduate in high MycoPortal the and macrofungi use to ways and MycoPortal, the of use the in training included and lab, the and field will be teachers school high for course A second Carolina. North for standards curriculum meet to courses biology school in Berkeley California, of University at America of Society Mycological the of meeting annual the with in conjunction offered 2016. June At least 12 presentations or articles have been given to a scientific audience about the project during the period 1 July – 31 – July 1 period the during project the about audience a scientific to given been have articles or presentations 12 least a general At for published or presented been have project the about blogs) (including publications Presentations, 15 and March, demonstrations, attended have project) the on workers student including (not students university 200 About audience. project. MaCC the to relating tours or lectures Approximately 200 people have been actively engaged in the Macrofungi Collection Consortium project across the funded funded the across project Consortium Collection Macrofungi in the engaged actively been have people 200 Approximately 33 least At graduates). recent (or workers student 126 and staff, paid 32 personnel, 42 senior including blogs) institutions, (including publications or presentations 55 and audience, a scientific for produced been have articles or presentations join to decided we application, crowdsourcing own our developing of Instead audience. a general for been produced been have have records 50,000 approximately date, To (13). application crowdsourcing a Zooniverse Nature, from Notes with forces transcribed. review data upload procedures for newly digitized data as well as helping institutions to configure existing data for upload. All upload. for data existing configure to institutions helping as well as data digitized newly for procedures upload data review reference. additional for website project the on placed were documents training Arizona State University State Arizona DMNS Texas A&M Texas Texas A&M Texas UC - Boulder Texas Tech University Tech Texas Harvard University Harvard Ed Gilbert Ed Frank Krell Frank John Oswald John Ed Riley Ed Deane Bowers Deane James Cokendolpher Paul Morris Paul University Arizona Northern University Arizona Northern Mexico New of University Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network:Symbiota for A Model and Ecological Taxonomic Promote to Collections Digitization (SCAN) Research Arizona State University State Arizona Colorado State University State Colorado DMNS New Mexico State University State Mexico New University of Arizona of University University of New Mexico New of University Harvard University Harvard Nico Franz Nico Boris Kondratieff Boris Paula Cushing Paula Scott Bundy Wendy Moore Kelly Miller Kelly James Hanken James Collaborating Award PIs Award Collaborating Project Sponsor Project University Arizona Northern 1207371 Number Award NSF Investigators Principal Investigator) (Principal Cobb Neil Investigator) (Co-Principal Miller Kelly Investigator) (Co-Principal Heinrich Paul Current Research Current taxonomic improving and ecology, historical modeling, niche/biodiversity for data the use is to focus research current The taxonomists. of involvement direct the have not do that studies ecological and monitoring, inventories, for resources distribution species modeling, niche present-day including activities possible of a suite involves aspect modeling The include can modeling All formal biodiversity. of patterns examine to modeling multi-species and MaxEnt), (e.g., modeling possible understand to projections backward and scenarios, change climate various under projections forward both distributions. paleo or historical Project Summary Summary Project universities at collections arthropod diverse 10 together (SCAN) brings Network Arthropods of Collections Symbiota The are notably which arthropods dwelling ground of network a virtual create to Southwest the throughout museums and Southwest’s the of much document collections 10 These changes. environmental spatial and temporal to responsive overcome To accessible. easily are not specimens arthropod of millions with associated data the currently but biodiversity, electronic new develop specimens, catalogue-image databases, existing integrating for methods SCANwill develop this, spiders, grasshoppers, (beetles, arthropods of ground-dwelling library a virtual produce and techniques, identification provide to experts of capacity the increase to Push Filtered project existing the with will work project the In addition ants). network. the throughout sent be can that data of annotations and identifications remote in professionals as well as public the to available will be information expert and library SCAN online comprehensive The for sets data large to access increased provided will be institutions Smaller science. change climate and ecology, taxonomy, environmental of effects the examining projects ongoing of a number will support SCAN datasets The research. promoting new SCAN will stimulate information, this to access increasing By species. arthropod individual on change land-use and will be also undergraduates 50 Over region. the throughout conservation in biodiversity awareness increased and research ecology. and systematics, in cyberinfrastructure, trained Project Websites Project http://scan1.acis.ufl.edu http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/index.php

ADBC Projects 32 ADBC Projects 33

Iowa State University State Iowa Carnegie Institute Carnegie University of Kansas of University Ohio State University State Ohio South Dakota State Dakota South Michigan State University State Michigan Gregory Courtney Gregory John Rawlins John Andrew Short Andrew Johannes Klompen Johannes Paul Johnson Paul Anthony Cognato Anthony Urbana-Champaign at of Illinois University Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University

Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University

NDSU-Fargo UM Columbia Purdue University Purdue UW Oshkosh UW Madison University of Minnesota of University Kansas State University State Kansas David Rider Robert Sites Jeffrey Holland Jeffrey Jennifer Zaspel Jennifer Daniel Young Daniel Paul Tinerella Paul Gregory Zolnerowich Gregory Investigator) (Co-Principal Taylor Christopher Website Project http://invertnet.org Collaborating Award PIs Award Collaborating Umberto Ravaioli (Co-Principal Investigator) Investigator) (Co-Principal Ravaioli Umberto Investigator) (Co-Principal Sobh Nahil Investigator) Hart John (Co-Principal Principal Investigators Investigators Principal Investigator) (Principal Dietrich Christopher Urbana-Champaign at Illinois of University 1115112 Number Award NSF Project Sponsor Project The main research focus of the InvertNet team has been on developing robust hardware and efficient workflows for digitizing digitizing for workflows efficient and hardware robust developing on been has team InvertNet the of focus research main The (doi: paper ZooKeys A specimens). pinned and slides, (vials, collections in arthropod deposited benchmark objects of cost kinds various $0.10/specimen the achieve is to which of goal the approach, our describes 10.3897/zookeys.209.3571) quality highest the obtaining and handling excessive through specimens to damage minimizing time, same the at while, specimens of ethanol-preserved vials digitizing for workflows implemented and tested have we date, To possible. data of whole of images capturing for systems robotic prototype three tested also have We specimens. slide-mounted of trays and of stages final is in the robot, delta linear a four-armed on based prototype, recent most The specimens. students pinned of drawers graduate Two year. this later beginning institutions collaborating at system the implementing anticipate we testing; of 3D models create to us will enable that algorithms testing and in developing involved been far so have science in computer view. in a top-down visible not labels and specimens of details reveal to tilting virtual for allowing insects, pinned of drawers Current Research Current Project Summary Project collections, biological in macro-organisms of group abundant and diverse most are the crabs) spiders, (insects, Arthropods synthesize and to access centralize will project This elsewhere. or online accessible in databases are underrepresented but optical including technology, innovative will use It collections. arthropod American North of years 160 from information basic and biodiversity, on change use land of effects the on inquiry scientific support to reconstruction, and 3D imaging digitally- digitization, collection for IT infrastructure provide will award The identification. and discovery species on research impacts human on inquiry scientific for data specimen-level of availability management; collection and curation, assisted specimen to access through non-scientists by collections scientific for appreciation and of use greater and biodiversity; on data. related and images InvertNet: An Integrative Platform for Research on Environmental Change, Change, on Environmental Research for Platform InvertNet: An Integrative (InvertNet) Discovery Identification and Species American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) History Natural of Museum American (AMNH) History Natural of Museum American roject Summary P insect by are attacked America in North species plant 20,000 nearly All the bugs”), “true the as (known Hemiptera group in the those including pests, (sawflies, Hymenoptera in the insects parasitoid by attacked are in turn which Plants, Herbivores, and Parasitoids: A Model System for the the for System A Model and Parasitoids: Herbivores, Plants, Associations of Tri-trophic Study Many newly digitized records! TTD had approximately 1,151,424 newly transformed insect records and and records insect transformed newly 1,151,424 approximately TTD had records! digitized newly Many 2015. June, of as completed images 1,325,086plant recent in the articles two and meetings, workshops, iDigBio at attendance through information of Dissemination (http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/209/). Behind Left Specimen No issue, special ZooKeys in 2013. held was course short informatics biodiversity level specimen focused, research An intensive, particularly institutions, participating at productivity databasing and georeferencing increased volunteers Numerous AMNH. NYBG and the at an is now who Frank, Jeremy to 2014 in Summer Undergraduates for Experience a Research AMNH offered TTD at The Student. Graduate Gilder Richard incoming (http://www.discoverlife.org/ portal public interaction a host developed had TTD partners, the of one DiscoverLife, project. the for services matching and cleaning locality sophisticated of a series and tttcn/) in interest her pursue to (http://eol.org/info/52) Fellow Rubenstein an EOL received AMNH digitizers our of One coloration. floral in specificity altitude Arthropod collections, history natural from data –parasitoid – insect host capturing for software principal The (http://sourceforge.net/projects/arthropodeasy/). open-sourced been has Capture, Data Easy • • • • • • • • • • wasps, ants), widely used for biological control of agricultural pests. 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ADBC Projects 34 ADBC Projects 35 specimens. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ann Michigan, of University Delaware of University Garden Botanical York New Garden Botanical York New Garden Botanical Missouri Riverside California, of University Riverside California, of University Amherst Massachusetts, of University digitized 40,000 40,000 digitized Collaborating Award PIs Award Collaborating Award winning digitizers at the American Museum of Natural History. The top contender contender top The History. Natural of Museum American the at digitizers winning Award www.facebook.com/Insects-Plants-and-Parasites-Digitizing-Natural-History-Collections http://tcn.amnh.org/ Social Media Project Website Project Bartlett Charles Naczi Robert Tulig Melissa Magill Robert Heraty John Weirauch Christiane Normark Benjamin Rabeler Richard University of Wisconsin - Madison Wisconsin of University - Madison Wisconsin of University North American Lichens and Bryophytes: Sensitive Indicators of Sensitive Indicators Bryophytes: Lichens and NorthAmerican Arctic lichen flora and of the Southern Subpolar region Subpolar Southern the of and flora lichen Arctic Fiji of flora Bryophyte Pennsylvania and Carolina North Missouri, Maine, Illinois, of Bryophytes species Frullania Wisconsin and Carolina, & South North Massachusetts, Florida, Colorado, California, Arizona, Alaska, of Lichens Parks National U.S. of Lichens • • • • • • Environmental Quality and Change (LBCC) Change and Quality Environmental Investigator) (Co-Principal Nash Thomas Project Sponsor Project - Madison Wisconsin of University 1115116 Number Award NSF Investigators Principal Investigator) (Principal Gries Corinna Proposed Research Proposed environmental man-made with correlated time over bryophytes and lichens of patterns in distribution are changes How to damage and gases, greenhouse to due change climate global pollution, atmospheric change, use land as such changes, layer? ozone the these can and changes such document to used be collections bryophyte and lichen recent and historic of mapping Can to is required action where regions geographic and issues to attention our draw to bioindicators as used be organisms environment? healthy a maintain both information, GIS and data herbarium existing using be found can species specific where predict we can accurately How future? in the and currently include: projects Flora Project Summary Project are dominant and change, environmental of indicators are sensitive relatives) their and (mosses bryophytes and Lichens will project This are well-documented. change climate of effects the where habitats, desert and in arctic-alpine organisms questions address to collections 60 than more from specimens bryophyte and lichen American North 2.3 million about image future. the into projected and past in the both events, environmental major after change distributions species how of to designed programs fostering are likely, changes such where regions identify will help mapping distribution Large-scale seminars, online provide and community, volunteer a national enhance and build to plan Awardees organisms. these protect trips. field and workshops local and materials, training online extensive

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PKL. Ng B, Mantle J, Salle La C, Dietrich MC, Michat J, Hájek M, A, Fikáek L, Zwick Krogmann R, A, Ubaidilla Polaszek 55. , 10: in Zoology Frontiers ‘metacollection.’ history natural global a virtual for - a call hands your into Biodiversity doi:10.1186/1742-994-10-55 185-208. , 140(1): Society Entomological American the of Transactions 510-518. , 3946: Zootaxa list. species regional a preliminary with America Central 1-287. , 50: Society Entomological American the of ZooKeys Delphacidae). 370-372. , 124(5): News Entomological in Alaska. Delphacidae) Fulgoroidea: 115-132. 209: ZooKeys, project. GigaPan doi:10.1117/12.905545 , 82901G. II Applications and (3DIP) Processing Image Three-Dimensional BioControl diet. aphid various on novemnotata, Coccinella 31-45. , 3710: Zootaxa Archipelago. Bismarck Island, Britain New eastern of Mountains 3307-3319. , 3(10): Evolution and Ecology revisited. transect plant Mountain Arizona 1963 Whittaker’s Robert southwest: 242-267. , 6(8): 1098-1108. Sciences Plant of Journal L.). American perfoliatum (Silphium Plant , 0350: 1-11. , 0350: Mundi Insecta Ecuador. of (Coleoptera) 163-173. , 20(2): Colombiana Biológica Acta Institute. Humboldt the of collection tissue the of years 16 Systematic Zhangsolvidae). Stratiomyomorpha: (Diptera: amber in Cretaceous flies brachyceran (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae) from Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica. from Delphacidae) Fulgoroidea: (Hemiptera: Parkana genus planthopper the of species New 2014. CR. Bartlett from Delphacidae) Fulgoroidea: (Hemiptera: planthopper delphacid of species and genus A new 2015. G. Kunz CR, Bartlett Memoirs States. United the of Fulgoroidea) (Hemiptera: planthoppers the of A review 2014. SW. Wilson LB, O’Brien CR, Bartlett (Hemiptera, Delphacodes Nearctic of segregate , a new Spartidelphax genus planthopper The 2014. MD. Webb CR, Bartlett Museum NCSU Insect the from insights and Results 2012. A. Deans K, K, Seltmann Dew T, Stanfield Blinn R, M, Bertone 8290, SPIE Proc. in entomology. applications with algorithm reconstruction stereo A parallel 2012. Hart JC. WJ, Jang R, Bhasin ZooKeys dark. the of out collections Bringing 2012. VS. Smith V, Blagoderov in the change climate to response Dramatic 2013. W. Moore JT, K, Overpeck Franklin J, Eble WM, Meyer JF, RC, Wiens Brusca Balke M, Schmidt S, Hausmann A, Toussaint EFA, Bergsten J, Buffington M, Häuser CL, Kroupa A, Hagedorn G, Riedel A, Riedel G, Hagedorn A, CL, Kroupa M, Häuser Buffington J, Bergsten EFA, A, Toussaint Hausmann S, Schmidt M, Balke (Hemiptera: 1861) (Flor paludosus Paradelphacodes of Record World New First 2015. DS. Sikes SW, Wilson CR, Bartlett beetle, lady a predatory of survivorship and Development 2014. LS. Hesler M, Catangui JE, Losey PJ, Johnson D, Brandt Nakanai the from (Ceratobatrachidae) Platymantis genus in the frog shrub A new 2014. TS. Broadhead SJ, Richards RM, Brown Assefa T, Wu J, Albrecht KA, Johnson PJ, Boe A. 2015. Genetic variation for biomass and related morphological traits in Cup in Cup traits morphological related and biomass for variation Genetic A. 2015. Boe PJ, KA, Johnson Albrecht J, Wu T, Assefa Bioscience community. online world’s the to bollections biological US bring to push New 2011. B. Baker Aguirre-Tapiero MP, Johnson PJ. 2014. A preliminary checklist, classification, and four new country records for the Elateridae Elateridae the for records country new four and classification, checklist, A preliminary 2014. PJ. Johnson MP, Aguirre-Tapiero biodiversity: frozen Colombian CA. 2015. Medina AM, Mendoza JD, Palacio-Mejía D, López-Álvarez MF, Torres E, Arbeláez-Cortés proboscid Long 2015. DA. ML, Grimaldi Riccio PM, Barden J, X, Criscione Delclos R, Fuente La De Pérez E, A, Peñalver Arillo Publications Produced as a Result of ADBC a Result as Produced Publications

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Natural history collections as emerging resources for innovative education. education. innovative for resources emerging as collections history Natural 2014. M. KL, Liu Cooper AC, Carnaval TA, 725-734. , 64(8): BioScience conservation value of ex situ tree collections. Oryx collections. tree situ ex of value conservation , 7(1): 20. doi:10.1186/ , 7(1): 20. Outreach and Education Evolution: trilobites. using theory macroevolutionary and ecology, s12052-014-0020-5 , 7(1): 417-423. Research Bioenergy , 6(2): 808-812. , 6(2): Research Bioenergy switchgrass. of cultivars Linnaeus, 1758 (currently Ptychoptera contaminata (currently 1758 Linnaeus, contaminata Tipula 3664 Case 2014. GW. A, Courtney Fasbender Farnsworth EJ, Chu M, Kress WJ, Neill AK, Pickering J, Courtney GW, VanDyk JK, Ellison AM. 2013. Next-generation field guides. guides. field Next-generation 2013. AM. JK, Ellison VanDyk GW, Courtney J, AK, Pickering Neill WJ, Kress M, Chu EJ, Farnsworth Everill PH, Primack RB, Ellwood ER and Melaas EK. 2014. Determining past leaf-out times of New England’s deciduous forests forests deciduous England’s New of times leaf-out past Determining EK. 2014. Melaas ER and Ellwood RB, Primack PH, Everill Tetraopes huetheri huetheri Tetraopes of validity species test to barcoding CO1 of Use MA. 2013. Ivie FW, Skillman PJ, Johnson J, Huether F, Etzler Ellwood ER, Dunckel B, Flemons P, Guralnick R, Nelson G, Newman G, Newman S, Paul D, Riccardi G, Rios N, Seltmann KC, Mast Mast KC, Seltmann N, Rios G, Riccardi D, Paul S, Newman G, Newman G, Nelson R, Guralnick P, Flemons B, Dunckel ER, Ellwood , 12(1): 69-71. , 12(1): Record Plant Native Oklahoma age. of come herbaria Virtual 2012. W. Elisens , Zootaxa Membracidae). and Aetalionidae (Hemiptera: fauna treehopper Nearctic the of Richness 2012. MS. Wallace LL, Deitz Dietrich C, Hart J, Raila D, Ravaioli U, Sobh N, Sobh O, Taylor C. 2012. InvertNet: A new paradigm for digital access to invertebrate invertebrate to access digital for paradigm A new InvertNet: 2012. C. Taylor O, Sobh N, Sobh U, Ravaioli D, Raila Hart J, C, Dietrich , 13(1): , 13(1): Biology PLoS phenotypes. through way our Finding 2015. et al. M, Ashburner SS, Anzaldo E, Huala SE, Lewis AR, Deans Dai W, Dietrich CH. 2015. A new genus of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Peru and a new species of Daveyoungana of species a new and Peru from Cicadellidae) (Hemiptera: Iassinae of genus A new CH. 2015. Dietrich W, Dai Cushing PE, Casto P, Knowlton ED, Royer S, Laudier D, Gaffin DD, Prendini L, Brookhart JO. 2014. Comparative morphology and and morphology Comparative 2014. JO. L, Brookhart Prendini DD, Gaffin D, Laudier S, Royer ED, Knowlton P, Casto PE, Cushing , 37(1): 13-16. , 37(1): Conservation Invertebrate on Essays Wings: survey. spider Colorado 2014. PE. Cushing Cook JA, Edwards S, Lacey EA, Guralnick RP, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Welch CK, Bell KC, Galbreath KE, Himes C, Allen JM, Heath Heath JM, Allen C, Himes KE, Galbreath KC, Bell CK, Welch DE, PS, Soltis Soltis RP, EA, Guralnick Lacey S, Edwards JA, Cook Cavender N, Westwood M, Bechtoldt C, Donnelly G, Oldfield S, Gardner M, Rae D, McNamara W. 2015. Strengthening the the Strengthening 2015. W. McNamara D, Rae M, Gardner S, Oldfield G, Donnelly C, Bechtoldt M, Westwood N, Cavender Casey MM, Lieberman BS. 2014. Beyond memorization: An intermediate-level paleontology activity that integrates anatomy, anatomy, integrates that activity paleontology An intermediate-level memorization: Beyond 2014. BS. Lieberman MM, Casey Gagné) in the Northern Great Plains. Plains. Great Northern in the Gagné) virgati (Chilophaga midge gall switchgrass The A. 2014. Boe PJ, Johnson V, Torrez Calles Calles Torrez V, Johnson PJ, Boe A. 2013. 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The Digital Atlas of Ancient Life: Delivering information on paleontology and and paleontology on information Delivering Life: Ancient of Atlas Digital The 2015. BS. AL, Lieberman Stigall JR, Hendricks Gries C, Gilbert EE, Franz NM. 2014. Symbiota - a virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information information biodiversity voucher-based creating for platform - a virtual Symbiota 2014. NM. Franz EE, Gilbert C, Gries from amber in Miocene Tetrigidae) (Orthoptera: grasshopper pygmy new A remarkable 2014. Y. Wang MJ, Thomas SW, Heads Gezon ZJ, Wyman ES, Ascher JS, Inouye DW, Irwin RE. 2015. The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and and abundance bee wild on sampling lethal repeated, of effect The Irwin 2015. RE. DW, Inouye JS, Ascher ES, Wyman ZJ, Gezon , Bulletin Coleopterists The Elateridae). (Coleoptera: Candèze Anoplischius of species two for names New 2014. PJ. Johnson Insecta Bahamas. 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Androw EH, Nearns Kim S, Miller A, Brunson C, Netchy K, Clouse R, Janies D, Tardy E, Kerr A. 2014. Shallow-water holothuroids (Echinodermata) of of (Echinodermata) holothuroids Shallow-water A. 2014. Kerr E, Tardy D, Janies R, K, Clouse Netchy C, A, Brunson Miller Kim S, Khoo M, Rosenberg G. 2015. Historical considerations in biodiversity informatics. iConference 2015 Proceedings, http://hdl. Proceedings, 2015 iConference informatics. in biodiversity considerations Historical 2015. G. Rosenberg M, Khoo Myers CE, Stigall AL, Lieberman BS. 2015. PaleoENM: Applying ecological niche modeling to the fossil record. Paleobiology record. fossil the to modeling niche ecological Applying PaleoENM: 2015. BS. AL, Lieberman Stigall CE, Myers Moore W, Meyer WM, Eble JA, Franklin K, Wiens JF, Brusca RC. 2013. Introduction to the Arizona Sky Island Arthropod Project Project Arthropod Island Sky Arizona the to Introduction RC. 2013. 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She She management. information and manages staff and volunteers who who volunteers and staff manages biodiversity specimen digitization digitization specimen biodiversity turn the Cal Academy’s specimens specimens Academy’s Cal the turn Sciences, a dedicated space for for space a dedicated Sciences, into digital bits. digital into bit Lab at the California Academy of of Academy California the at Lab bit Anne is the Project Manager for the the for Manager Project is the Anne [email protected] [email protected] iDigBio’s of is director Anne and project Life of Libraries Reality (Augmented ARPEO and Education Public for Group. Working Outreach) on focuses research Anne’s of impact cognitive potential the in STEM AR/MR/VR technologies in promoting a tool as and education equity. educational [email protected] Informatician Phil is a Biological History Natural Illinois the at Illinois, of University the Survey at Urbana-Champaign. Philip Anders Informatician Biological Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Anne Barber Manager Project (SCAN) Network Arthropods of Collections - Symbiota PEN Anne Basham Coordinator Outreach and Education (SCAN) Network Arthropods of Collections - Symbiota TCN Diego is based at the University of Michigan Herbarium Herbarium Michigan of University the at is based Diego oversees Diego training, by A biochemist in Ann Arbor. plants, vascular invasive of databasing and imaging the for as liaison serves M, and of at U mollusks and fish, digitization similar coordinating in institutions other at efforts interests His Ohio. and Michigan and management data include informatics. biodiversity [email protected] Diego Barroso Manager Project (GLI) Invasives Lakes - Great TCN Betsy Arnold Betsy Collaborator - Macrofungi TCN Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN (MaCC); Consortium Collections (MiCC) [email protected] of University the at Professor is an Associate Betsy L. Gilbertson Robert the at a Curator and Arizona diversity, the studies She Herbarium. Mycological fungi. plant-associated of roles ecological and evolution [email protected] of Professor is an Associate Cathie and University Purdue at Mycology Kriebel and Arthur the of Director the the on are focused interests research Her Herbaria. lineages diverging early of systematics and biodiversity in diversity and ecology fungal and Basidiomycota of tropical ecosystems. Cathie Aime Cathie Investigator Co-Principal Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

Participant Bios 44 Participant Bios 45 David Baxter David TCN - Microfungi Collections Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

[email protected] Collaborator programs around paleontology. paleontology. around programs includes developing activities and and activities developing includes

She serves on the team that is that team the on serves She David is based at the University University the at is based David Education and Outreach, a role that that a role Outreach, and Education redesigning the new fossil halls halls fossil new the redesigning of California, Berkeley. He serves as as serves He Berkeley. California, of Amy is the Manager of Deep Time Time Deep of Manager is the Amy opening in 2019. opening Technical Editor for the Consortium Consortium the for Editor Technical of California Herbaria and the Jepson eFlora where where eFlora Jepson the and Herbaria California of collection the for development for is responsible he CollectionSpace. software management [email protected] Cathy training, by A biologist Assistant Project Lead is the is She in Gainesville. iDigBio at and coordinating for responsible and workshops iDigBio organizing reservations, travel with assists also She events. other co- and functions social and catering spaces, meeting efforts. media social iDigBio’s manages Amy Bolton Member Group Working & Outreach Education iDigBio [email protected] Cathleen Bester Cathleen Coordinator Event Assistant; Project iDigBio University North Central. North University Professor of Chemistry at Purdue Purdue at Chemistry of Professor A plant biologist, Scott is an Assistant an Assistant is Scott biologist, A plant Rüdiger is Curator of Invertebrates at the Field Museum Museum Field the at Invertebrates of is Curator Rüdiger and collections various with is involved He in Chicago. an editor as serves and projects management data . His MolluscaBase and of WoRMS evolutionary on focuses research of biodiversity and systematics mollusks. [email protected] Rüdiger Bieler Rüdiger Investigator Principal - InvertEBase TCN Reed is in NSF’s Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI) (DBI) Infrastructure Biological of Division is in NSF’s Reed for responsibilities program has and Informatics in Biological Advances of in Support Collections (ABI), and (CSBR), Research Biological Biodiversity of Dimensions FY2016. [email protected] [email protected] Scott Bates Consultant Project (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Reed Beaman Reed Director Program (NSF) Foundation Science National brachiopods and brachiopod brachiopod and brachiopods paleocommunities. Her main interest is in Carboniferous in Carboniferous is interest main Her Peabody Museum of Natural History. History. Natural of Museum Peabody of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Yale Yale the at Paleontology Invertebrate of Susan is the Senior Collections Manager Manager Collections Senior is the Susan [email protected] State Arizona at is based Ben the of is one He University. Symbiota the of developers lead provides and platform software TCNs current the of many for support main their as Symbiota are using that entrydata system. [email protected] [email protected] CRIA, at in Brazil, is based Dora development is part the of and speciesLink. of team Benjamin Brandt Benjamin Lead Developer Symbiota Susan Butts Susan Investigator Principal Award Collaborating - Paleoniches TCN (FIC); Collaborative Insect - Fossil TCN Dora Ann Lange Canhos Ann Lange Dora Director Associate (CRIA) Ambienta Informação em Referência de Centro Ken is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin-Madison of University the at is a Professor Ken (WIS). Herbarium State Wisconsin the of Director also and aquatic invasive document effort to his TCN’s leads He Great the in mollusks fish and plants, research personal His Basin. Lakes molecular on mainly is focused orchids. of systematics [email protected] Cameron Kenneth Investigator Principal (GLI) Invasives Lakes - Great TCN [email protected] of University the at Professor is an Assistant Marin interests research and teaching Her in Athens. Georgia biology population and evolution molecular are in the fungi. plant-pathogenic of Marin Talbot Brewer Talbot Marin Co-Principal Investigator Microfungi TCN- Consortium Collections (MiCC) Jason is the Director of the the of Director is the Jason Museum University Auburn research His History. Natural of systematics, include interests with arthropods terrestrial of evolution and taxonomy specifically myriapods, and arachnids on an emphasis millipedes. and spiders Jason Bond Jason Collaborator - InvertEBase TCN [email protected]

Participant Bios 46 Participant Bios 47 Neil Cobb Neil Investigator Principal of Collections - Symbiota TCN (SCAN) Network Arthropods

[email protected]

Professor in Geological Sciences Sciences in Geological Professor and Cultural History and Assistant Assistant and History Cultural and

at the University of Oregon in Oregon of University the at Neil is based at Northern Arizona Arizona Northern at is based Neil Collections at the Museum of Natural Natural of Museum the at Collections Eugene. His TCN activities include include activities TCN His Eugene. University in Flagstaff. A biologist A biologist in Flagstaff. University Edward is the Curator of Fossil Fossil of Curator is the Edward digitizing UO’s collection of Cenozoic Cenozoic of collection UO’s digitizing by training, his teaching and research research and his teaching training, by marine invertebrates and georeferencing georeferencing and invertebrates marine [email protected] localities from coastal Oregon. coastal from localities interests include arthropod biodiversity, ecological ecological biodiversity, arthropod include interests change. use land and change climate gradients, [email protected] Mycology Soil of is Professor Marc NC at Ecology Disease Plant and focuses research His in Raleigh. State reducing of goal the with management disease on promoting while disease plant to losses economic health. plant and sustainability productivity, increased Davis Edward Investigator Principal the of Communities Invertebrate Marine - Fossil TCN (EPICC) Pacific Eastern Marc Cubeta Marc Investigator Co-Principal Collections - Macrofungi TCN TCN (MaCC); Consortium Collections - Microfungi (MiCC) Consortium scale information systems. He He systems. information scale and in archaeology interests has [email protected] leading teams to deliver large large deliver to teams leading is currently and palaeontology Australia. His background is in background His Australia. the for a strategy developing digital aspects of NRCA as well as as NRCA of well as aspects digital Simon is based at NRCA in Canberra, NRCA at in Canberra, is based Simon implementing a new CMS. a new implementing

Anne Marie Countie Anne Marie Collaborator (LBCC) Bryophytes and Lichens American - North TCN Eduardo is the Director of the Instituto de Pesquisas Pesquisas de Instituto the of Director is the Eduardo Janeiro. de Rio do Botânico Jardim [email protected] Dalcin Eduardo Member (GBIF): Facility Information Biodiversity Global Task Data Biocollections of Discovery the Accelerating Force Anne Marie is Digital Imaging Project and Program Program and Project Imaging is Digital Marie Anne University’s Harvard at Manager Libraries. and Herbaria [email protected] Simon Checksfield Group Bioinformatics and Collections Digital of Manager - Com (NRCA); Australia Collections Research National - Organisa Research Industrial and Scientific monwealth (CSIRO) tion planning team. planning Interest Group, and WeDigBio WeDigBio and Group, Interest Public Participation in Digitization in Digitization Participation Public Education and Outreach Working Group, Group, Working Outreach and Education in Gainesville. She is a member of the the of is a member She in Gainesville. [email protected] Appalachian at is based Michael North in Boone, University State his SERNEC to In addition Carolina. Notes is a part the of he activities, His project. transcription Nature from of patterns temporal and spatial the on focuses research plants. vascular [email protected] History Natural of Museum Florida the at is based Betty [email protected] time her splits currently Libby University State Florida between southern and in Tallahassee by A biologist California. research Libby’s training, public broadening on focuses of digitization in the participation specimens. research biodiversity WeDigBio the of is a member She team. planning Michael Denslow Michael Manager Project of Network Regional - Southeast TCN ) (SERNEC Collections and Expertise Betty Dunckel Educator Science iDigBio Libby EllwoodLibby Researcher Postdoctoral iDigBio Shari is based at the Florida Museum of Natural History History Natural of Museum Florida the at is based Shari and assessments needs conducts She in Gainesville. Data including partners its and iDigBio for evaluations . GBIF and WeDigBio Carpentry, [email protected] Shari Ellis Shari Evaluator Program iDigBio Chris is an insect systematist and Curator of Insects Insects of Curator and systematist is an insect Chris Research Prairie Survey, History Natural Illinois the at focuses research His Illinois. of University Institute, of evolution and biogeography phylogeny, the on treehoppers. and leafhoppers Christopher Dietrich Christopher Principal Lead Investigator - InvertNet TCN [email protected] Andy is an Associate Professor Professor is an Associate Andy State Penn at Entomology of Frost the of Director is the and Museum. Entomological Andrew Deans Collaborator - InvertEBase TCN [email protected]

Participant Bios 48 Participant Bios 49 Mary Ann Feist Mary Investigator Principal Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

[email protected] research interests are in the areas areas are in the interests research

iDigBio’s IT cyberinfrastructure. His His cyberinfrastructure. IT iDigBio’s of distributed computing, autonomic autonomic computing, distributed of development and operation of of operation and development Mary Ann is based at the University University the at Ann is based Mary computing, computer architecture, architecture, computer computing, Florida. He supervises the design, design, the supervises He Florida. of Wisconsin in Madison. Mary Ann is a Mary Madison. in Wisconsin of parallel processing and fault tolerant tolerant fault and processing parallel José is based at the University of of University the at is based José computing. Senior Academic Curator at the Wisconsin Sate Herbarium. Herbarium. Sate Wisconsin the at Curator Academic Senior Apiaceae the of systematics the on focuses research Her of Wisconsin. flora the and family [email protected] the at is based Matthew Michigan of University where in Ann Arbor Herbarium participates and coordinates he extensive the digitize to in efforts His institution. this at held collections macrofungal molecular systematics, fungal include interests research to access increasing diversity, fungal phylogeny, education. science public and data scientific José Fortes Cyberinfrastructure of Director Investigator; Co-Principal iDigBio [email protected] Matthew Foltz Matthew Coordinator Project Collection - Macrofungi TCN Consortium and Editor of the museum’s museum’s the of Editor and main . Her PaleoBios journal Paleobotany Collection Manager Manager Collection Paleobotany Cenozoic is on focus research on the Berkeley campus. She is the is the She campus. Berkeley the on America. North western of plants California Museum of Paleontology Paleontology of Museum California Diane is based at the University of of University the at is based Diane Linda is Director of Collections Operations for the Museum Museum the for Operations Collections of is Director Linda oversees She Harvard. at Zoology Comparative of encompass that initiatives and projects museum-wide collection research ten museum’s the the including departments, IT and database museum-wide infrastructure. [email protected] Ford Linda Member Board Advisory External iDigBio Renato is a senior member of the iDigBio IT team at the the at team IT iDigBio the of member a senior is Renato interests research His UF. at lab ACIS cloud and are in cyberinfrastructure computing. [email protected] [email protected] Diane ErwinDiane Investigator Principal (FIC) Collaborative Insect - Fossil PEN Renato Figueiredo Renato Personnel Senior iDigBio biogeography and and biogeography conservation of plants. plants. of conservation to inform phylogenetics, phylogenetics, inform to using natural history collections collections history natural using History. Her research involves involves research Her History. Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural Natural of Museum Florida the at Lab [email protected] in the based iDigBio with student is a graduate Lauren Genetics Evolutionary and Systematics Molecular Soltis [email protected] Manager Collection the is Chris Illinois the at Insects of Survey. History Natural the for is responsible He an ever of management daily specimen 7 million increasing collection. Charlotte Germain-Aubrey Charlotte Researcher Postdoctoral iDigBio CHARLOTTEGERMAINAUBREY@GMAIL. COM is a postdoctoral Charlotte in working iDigBio with fellow and Systematics Molecular the under Lab Genetics Evolutionary Florida the at Soltis Pam and Doug Drs. History. Natural of Museum Lauren Gonzalez Lauren Student Graduate iDigBio Christopher Grinter Christopher Manager Collection - InvertNet TCN Jillian is iDigBio Project Assistant based at the Florida Florida the at based Assistant Project is iDigBio Jillian A biologist in Gainesville. History Natural of Museum daily with assists Jillian training, by educator and operations. [email protected] Jillian GoodwinJillian Assistant Project iDigBio Ed is a Biodiversity Informatician & Faculty Research Research & Faculty Informatician Biodiversity is a Ed and research His University. State Arizona at Associate and informatics, biodiversity on focus activities service Symbiota. of development lead the on particularly Edward GilbertEdward Lead Developer Symbiota EGBIODIVERSITY@ GMAIL.COM [email protected] Faculty the at Lecturer a Senior is Jean Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, of University the of Agronomy of GBIF-Benin. of Manager Node the and Jean Ganglo Jean Member Information Biodiversity Global Accelerating (GBIF): Facility - Biocollec of Discovery the Force Task (ADBC) Data tions

Participant Bios 50 Participant Bios 51 (BISON); Nation Our Biodiversity Information Serving Serving Information Biodiversity Integrated Taxonomic Taxonomic Integrated on fungal diversity, systematics systematics diversity, fungal on Director training, and her research centers centers research her and training, Information System (ITIS) System Information and evolution. She is involved is involved She evolution. and Gerald “Stinger” Guala Gerald of Florida. She is a mycologist by by is a mycologist She Florida. of [email protected] with FLAS as part of the Microfungi Microfungi FLAS part the of as with Rosanne is based at the University University the at is based Rosanne Collections Consortium Digitization TCN. TCN. Digitization Consortium Collections [email protected] the at is a Curator John at Herbarium Norton-Brown His Maryland. of University the molecular include interests research on focus a particular with algae green of systematics of distribution and biodiversity algae, green conjugating preservation and genomics algal green algae, freshwater of biological collections. Healy Rosanne Researcher Postdoctoral (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN [email protected] Stinger is Branch Chief for Eco-Science Synthesis at at Synthesis Eco-Science for Chief is Branch Stinger Information Biodiversity of activities the directs He USGS. Taxonomic Integrated the and (BISON) Nation Our Serving BioEco, co-chairs also He (ITIS). System Information data environmental on group working a multi-agency use. and sharing John Hall Collaborator Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN (MHC) Consortium AIBS Public Policy Report, and and Report, Policy Public AIBS Washington Alliance NSC the Washington Watch column, the the column, Watch Washington the leads also Rob Report. policy and edits the AIBS journal’s journal’s AIBS the edits and policy Biodiversity the for council advisory Collections Network. Collections ob writes regularly about science science about regularly writes Rob Jim is Professor of Biology at Harvard University, where where University, Harvard at Biology of Jim is Professor in the Herpetology of Curator and is Director he Zoology. Comparative of Museum FilteredPush of is PI/co-PI He are which projects, Kurator and for tools software developing control quality and annotation of collections databases. [email protected] Hanken James Investigator Principal Network Arthropods of Collections - Symbiota TCN - InvertEBase (SCAN); TCN [email protected] of Curator is an Associate Rob Florida the at Informatics Biodiversity His History. Natural of Museum causes what on focuses research in changes spatiotemporal diversity. species and genetic the of a member is also He transcription Nature from Notes project. [email protected] Robert Gropp Policy Public of Director - Biodi (AIBS); Sciences Biological of Institute American (BCoN) Network Collections versity Robert Guralnick Investigator Principal Award Collaborating and Expertise of Network Regional - Southeast TCN ) (SERNEC Collections to infer historical evolutionary evolutionary historical infer to processes that have resulted in resulted have that processes gymnosperms and flowering plants plants flowering and gymnosperms current patterns of biodiversity. of patterns current and gene evolution among ferns, ferns, among evolution gene and include phylogeny, biogeography biogeography phylogeny, include Alaska Fairbanks. Her research interests interests research Her Fairbanks. Alaska [email protected] of (ALA),University Herbarium the at Curator the is Steffi [email protected] Florida the at is based David in History Natural of Museum A mechanical/ Gainesville. by engineer industrial daily oversees David training, including iDigBio of operations vs. budget tracking, progress of coordination expenditures, of preparation and teams diverse reports. and documentation [email protected] of Manger Collections is the Kathy the at Collections Paleobiology the Natural of Museum National Smithsonian TCN two on are collaborators team her and She History. projects. Kathy Hollis Kathy Collaborator Invertebrate Marine - Fossil TCN Pacific Eastern the of Communities Insect - Fossil TCN (EPICC); (FIC) Collaborative Steffi Ickert-Bond Investigator Principal (LBCC) Bryophytes and Lichens American - North TCN David Jennings David Manager Project iDigBio Shelley is based at the Florida Museum of Natural History History Natural of Museum Florida the at is based Shelley collections between a liaison as serves She in Gainesville. cyberinfrastructure and educators researchers, staff, natural of use the enhance to staff in data collections history questions. science big answering [email protected] Shelley James Coordinator Management Data iDigBio [email protected] at Paleontology of Museum the at is located Pat research Her Berkeley. California of University of process and pattern the understanding on focuses in warm intervals during biota continental in the change turtles. and mammals using past the Patricia Holroyd Patricia Co-Principal Investigator - Fossil TCN Invertebrate Marine the of Communities (EPICC) Pacific Eastern [email protected] Cornell the of Director is the Kathie Ithaca, in Herbarium Pathology Plant research does and teaches She NY. Her microfungi. of especially systematics, fungal about mycology undergrad and grad from ranges teaching fungi. about outreach public to courses Kathie Hodge Kathie Investigator Principal Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

Participant Bios 52 Participant Bios 53 Patricia Kaishian Patricia Technician Digitization Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

[email protected]

Collections Manager of the Vascular Vascular the of Manager Collections University, Baton Rouge. She is the is the She Rouge. Baton University,

Plant, Lichen, Bryophyte and and Bryophyte Lichen, Plant, ennie is based at the Louisiana State State Louisiana the at is based Jennie Patty is a first year doctoral student student doctoral year is a first Patty Fungi Herbaria (LSU and LSUM). Her Her LSUM). and (LSU Herbaria Fungi at SUNY Environmental Science & Science SUNY Environmental at research interests are in plant ecology. are in plant interests research [email protected] Microfungi Collections Consortium (MiCC) Consortium Collections Microfungi Forestry, studying mycology under Dr. Alex Weir. Her Her Weir. Alex Dr. under mycology studying Forestry, fungal- and fungi neotropical include interests research ESF the digitizing of is in charge She interactions. insect microfungi. of collection [email protected] and Specialist is an IT Paul the at Manager Digitization of Museum National Smithsonian DC. in Washington, History Natural Jennifer Kluse Manager Project Investigator; Co-Principal (LLBC); Bryophytes And Lichen American - North TCN - (MHC); TCN Consortium Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN Paul Kimberly Paul Member Board Advisory External iDigBio and manages the entomological, entomological, the manages and marine and arthropod terrestrial Associate in Invertebrate Zoology Zoology in Invertebrate Associate invertebrate collections. Her York City. She is a Curatorial is a Curatorial She City. York research focuses on ant parasite- ant on focuses research Chris is based at the AMNH in New AMNH in New the at is based Chris host ecology and the use of museum museum of use the and ecology host collections. Talia Karim Talia Investigator Co-Principal (FIC) Collaborative Insect - Fossil TCN Mary is President and CEO of NatureServe, a nonprofit a nonprofit NatureServe, of CEO and is President Mary to information scientific provides that organization in the aids NatureServe conservation. effective guide and species of analysis and mapping identification, Earth’s the protect help to ecosystems places. imperiled and unique most Mary Klein Mary Member Board Advisory External iDigBio [email protected] [email protected] Paleontology Invertebrate is the Talia University the at Manager Collection Natural of Museum Colorado of is trilobite She in Boulder. History and training by systematist the of member is an active and Digitization Paleo iDigBio groups. working DROID [email protected] Christine Johnson Christine Investigator Co-Principal Parasitoids and Herbivores, : Plants, - Tri-trophic TCN (TTD) an NSF funded project building building project funded an NSF connections among the amateur amateur the among connections iDigBio and the FOSSIL Project, Project, FOSSIL the and iDigBio and professional paleo communities. communities. paleo professional and A paleobiologist, Ronny bridges bridges Ronny A paleobiologist, His research focuses on fossil fish fossil on focuses research His of Natural History in Gainesville. in Gainesville. History Natural of faunas and sharks. sharks. and faunas Ronny is based at the Florida Museum Museum Florida the at is based Ronny [email protected] [email protected] Ada the of Curator is the Deb at (ISC) Herbarium Hayden Her University. State Iowa include interests research floristics Iowa of study the World New of systematics and enjoys also Deb Linderniaceae. to public the with interacting history botanical/natural promote appreciation. and understanding [email protected] Plant the of is Curator Scott Cornell at Herbarium Pathology on focuses research His University. . floristics and systematics lichen Scott LaGreca Manager Project Curator; Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Ronny Leder Ronny Researcher Postdoctoral with STEM Synergistic for Opportunities Fostering iDigBio; (FOSSIL) Learners Informal Deborah Lewis Deborah Investigator Co-Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Taehwan is Mollusk Collection Manager and Assistant Assistant and Manager Collection is Mollusk Taehwan Museum Michigan of University the at Scientist Research molluscan include interests research His Zoology. of and systematics evolution, phylogeography. [email protected] Lee Taehwan Investigator Co-Principal - InvertEBase TCN [email protected] bridge to technologies emerging use is to vision John’s of processes the accelerate and divide digital the and description, and discovery species taxonomy, information of store rich the delivering and unlocking collections. history natural from [email protected] Biodiversity the of Kris is Director Kansas. of University Institute, advancing involves his work paleontologist, A vertebrate world’s the deploying and science biodiversity global 21st for data associated their and biocollections public and science education, research, century policy. Salle John La Director Living of Atlas (ALA); Australia Scientific Commonwealth Research Industrial and (CSIRO) Organisation Leonard Krishtalka Leonard Chair Information Biodiversity Global Accelerating (GBIF): Facility Biocollections of Discovery the Force Task Data

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of the Eastern Pacific (EPICC) Pacific Eastern the of TCN - Fossil Insect Insect - Fossil TCN Collaborative (FIC); Collaborative TCN - Fossil Collaborator Marine Invertebrate Communities Communities Invertebrate Marine E&O as well as matters related related matters as well E&O as Holly Little Holly

represents and promotes iDigBio iDigBio promotes and represents to paleontological collections. He He collections. paleontological to [email protected] and curator at the FLMNH. He He FLMNH. the at curator and is particularly interested in lifelong in lifelong interested is particularly Bruce is a vertebrate paleontologist paleontologist is a vertebrate Bruce learning (e.g., fossil clubs), K-12 K-12 clubs), fossil (e.g., learning education and broader impacts on society. on impacts broader and education [email protected] [email protected] iDigBio with Expert As an IT of University the at based Kevin in Gainesville, Florida infrastructure, IT with assists data architecture, software requests. service user general and management MacFadden Bruce & Education of Director Investigator; Co-Principal Outreach iDigBio Holly is the Paleo Informatics Specialist for the Paleobiology Paleobiology the for Specialist Informatics Paleo is the Holly Natural of Museum National Smithsonian the at Department digitization and management data oversees She History. collections. the for efforts Kevin Love Expert Technology Information iDigBio responsible for guiding, training training guiding, for responsible project with communicating and librarian by training, Elizabeth is Elizabeth training, by librarian personnel to ensure timely timely ensure to personnel Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. A in Urbana-Champaign. Illinois meeting of the MiCC project’s goals. project’s MiCC the of meeting History Survey at the University of of University the Survey at History Elizabeth is based at the Illinois Natural Natural Illinois the at is based Elizabeth Thorsten is the Curator and Director at the Integrative Integrative the at Director and Curator is the Thorsten in Chicago. Museum Field the at Center Research largest the on focuses program research Thorsten’s fungi sac the fungi, of group crown species especially (Ascomycota), algae with associations form that so-called cyanobacteria, and lichens. [email protected] Lumbsch Thorsten Investigator Co-Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN [email protected] in the Professor is Assistant Tanya Earth Biodiversity, of Department and Science & Environmental Botany, of Curator Assistant Sciences Natural of Academy in University Drexel at esearch Her Philadelphia. understanding include interests floral on acts selection natural how among diversity produce to function forms. floral [email protected] Elizabeth Lippoldt Elizabeth Manager Project (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Tatyana Livshultz Tatyana Investigator Principal Co- (MHC); Consortium Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN collections data. apps and GIS tools which utilize utilize which tools GIS and apps developing new and interesting interesting and new developing Systems. His interests include include interests His Systems. Derek works with the USGS Core Science Science Core USGS the with works Derek [email protected] [email protected] at based is a botanist Austin in University State Florida is a Steering He Tallahassee. for member Committee and Nature, from Notes iDigBio, the of Chair is also He WeDigBio. Group. Working Participation Public Blaine Marchant Blaine Assistant Research iDigBio [email protected] at is a PhD student Blaine and Florida of University the History Natural of Museum Florida and Systematics Molecular in the under Lab Genetics Evolutionary research His Soltis. Pam and Doug Drs. polyploidy. and evolution plant around revolve interests Derek Masaki Coordinator Technical (BISON) Nation Our Serving Information Biodiversity Austin Mast Austin Lead Participation Public iDigBio Currently Senior Research Scientist and formerly Head Head formerly and Scientist Research Senior Currently of Museums National the at Department Botany the of and in digitization experience extensive has Siro Kenya, for coordinator regional African as including databasing, helped he which for JSTOR/ITHAKA, Initiative. Plants Global the develop [email protected] Masinde Siro Mobilization Content for Officer Programme (GBIF) Facility Information Biodiversity Global [email protected] California of University the of is Director Charles in Integrative Professor and Paleontology of Museum Berkeley. California, of University the at Biology and patterns in the interest broad has Charles ecological and evolutionary time deep of processes change. Charles Marshall Charles Principal Lead Investigator - Fossil TCN Invertebrate Marine the of Communities (EPICC) Pacific Eastern [email protected] program cognizant is the Anne and award, iDigBio the for director She program. ADBC the manage helps required) (when and oversight sponsor-level provides activities. iDigBio’s of approval Anne Maglia (Acting) Director Division Deputy Foundation Science National (NSF)

Participant Bios 56 Participant Bios 57 Ellen McCallie Director Program Foundation Science National (NSF) Ellen is a program director in the in the director is a program Ellen

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Division of Research on Learning at at Learning on Research of Division Survey insect collection under under collection Survey insect digitize the Illinois Natural History History Natural Illinois the digitize

Christopher Dietrich. His research research His Dietrich. Christopher the University of Illinois working to to working Illinois of University the focuses on taxonomy and systematics systematics and taxonomy on focuses the National Science Foundation. Ellen’s Ellen’s Foundation. Science National the Brendan is a graduate student at at student is a graduate Brendan of Caribbean treehoppers. Caribbean of interests include learning in informal environments, environments, informal in learning include interests public engagement with science and argumentation. and science with engagement public public participation in scientific research, citizen science, science, citizen research, in scientific participation public [email protected] Collections is the Matt the at leader Management works He Library. Macaulay ML and contributors external with audio archive to specialists media to recordings these distribute and recordings video and others. and conservationists, educators, researchers, Morris Brendan Student Graduate - InvertNet TCN [email protected] Matthew Medler Matthew Manager Project Animal - Vouchered TCN (VACS) Signals Communication about iDigBio resources, Wiki resources, iDigBio about and map, collaborator and TCNs as their first point of contact contact of point first their as TCNs bi-monthly the co-leads she their biodiversity data. She supports supports She data. biodiversity their in is based Joanna meeting. IAC Chicago. Chicago. works with data providers to mobilize mobilize to providers data with works As a representative of iDigBio, Joanna Joanna iDigBio, of As a representative Andy is based at the University of Illinois Urbana- Illinois of University the at is based Andy and Mycologist the as serves he where Champaign research His Fungarium/Herbarium. the of Director systematics, the on focuses fungi of evolution and biodiversity areas. tropical and in temperate [email protected] Andrew Miller Investigator Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN [email protected] Earth Professor, and is Curator Rick the at Science & Environmental of Sciences Natural of Academy will They University. Drexel approximately digitizing be algae. of 30,000 specimens molecular the on works He and algae green of systematics in phylogenetic courses teaches botany. and biology [email protected] Joanna McCaffrey Joanna Manager Informatics Biodiversity iDigBio Richard McCourtRichard Investigator Co-Principal - (MHC); TCN Consortium Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN (MiCC) Consortium Collections Microfungi Arizona State University. University. State Arizona Herbarium and Emeritus Professor at at Professor Emeritus and Herbarium Senior Scientist at the Wisconsin State State Wisconsin the at Scientist Senior An ecologist and lichenologist, Tom is a is Tom lichenologist, and An ecologist [email protected] [email protected] Digitization iDigBio is the Gil on focusing Specialist, and research digitization is a He implementation. State Florida at member faculty Fellow a Beadel and University Research Timbers Tall at in Botany Conservancy. Land and Station Masanori Nakae Masanori Member Facility Information Biodiversity Global of Discovery the Accelerating (GBIF): Force Task Data Biocollections [email protected] National the at is based Masanori Science, and Nature of Museum His Japan. Ibaraki, City, Tsukuba studying include activities curatorial metadata digitizing and morphology fish museum. the at collection fish the of Thomas H. Nash III H. Nash Thomas Investigator Co-Principal (LBCC); Bryophytes and Lichens American - North TCN Symbiota Gil Nelson Gil Personnel Senior Specialist; Digitization iDigBio

- Neefus Christopher Investigator Principal (MHC) Consortium Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN New of University the at Biology Plant of Professor is Chris He Herbarium. Hodgdon the of Director and Hampshire Multitrophic Integrated in Biostatistics, courses teaches is especially Chris Botany. Aquatic and Aquaculture, to tools in developing interested to data MHC’s of use the facilitate research biogeographic answer questions. [email protected] student at the University of Florida. His research interests interests research His Florida. of University the at student and conservation phylogeography, comparative include population genetics. Andre is a biology graduate graduate is a biology Andre AANARANJO@UFL. EDU Andre Naranjo Student Graduate iDigBio [email protected] in the is Professor Zack A botanist, Appalachian at Biology of Department research His Carolina. North in Boone, University State and phylogeography boundaries, species on focuses informatics. biodiversity and floristics systematics, Zack Murrell Zack Director Project Net Regional - Southeast TCN - Collec and Expertise of work ) (SERNEC tions

Participant Bios 58 Participant Bios 59 iDigBio Investigator [email protected] Project Director; Lead Principal with organizations such as as such organizations with and education. He’s worked worked He’s education. and Larry Page Larry Encyclopedia of Life, Texas A&M, UC UC A&M, Texas Life, of Encyclopedia (e.g. GloBI, GoMexSI) for science science for GoMexSI) GloBI, (e.g. Larry is Curator of Fishes at the the at Fishes of is Curator Larry Berkeley, Indiana University, iDigBio iDigBio University, Indiana Berkeley, Florida Museum of Natural History History Natural of Museum Florida He builds open data software tools tools software data open builds He and Manylabs to help the liberation and and liberation the help to Manylabs and Jorrit is based in Oakland, California. California. in Oakland, is based Jorrit use of ecological data. ecological of use and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the the at Biology of Professor Adjunct and [email protected] and in Organismic Professor is Don and Library Farlow the at Curator and Biology Evolutionary plants about teaches He University. Harvard at Herbarium Ascomycota. the is on his research and fungi, and Poelen Jorrit Developer Tool Data Open Freelance [email protected] Principal Investigator Investigator Principal Herbarium - Macroalgal TCN - Macrofungi (MHC); TCN Consortium (MaCC); Consortium Collections Collections - Microfungi TCN - TCN (MiCC); Consortium and Lichens American North (LBCC) Bryophytes Donald Pfister Donald research primary His in Gainesville. Florida of University conservation and ecology systematics, are the interests organisms. freshwater of responsible for collections, collections, for responsible facilities. science and research His personal research is based is based research personal His Natural History Museum London and and London Museum History Natural on a combination of experimental, experimental, of a combination on Ian is Director of Science at the the at Science of is Director Ian phylogenetic and molecular approaches approaches molecular and phylogenetic [email protected] to study the evolutionary ecology of of ecology evolutionary the study to Deb Paul Specialist Technology and Digitization vertebrates, particularly birds. birds. particularly vertebrates, A biologist by training, Molly is responsible for for is responsible Molly training, by A biologist and education iDigBio implementing and coordinating facilitating and communicating and activities outreach among networking and coordination the edits also Molly TCNs. the iDigBio the newsletter, iDigBio co-manages and Spotlight, efforts. media social iDigBio’s [email protected] Molly Phillips Molly Coordinator Outreach and Education iDigBio [email protected] State Florida the at is based Deb Information of School University is She Florida. in Tallahassee, iDigBio, of in all aspects involved the on primarily focuses but development professional community collections the of and national building and related collaborations international digitization. to iDigBio; Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): (GBIF): Facility Information Biodiversity Global iDigBio; Force Task Data Biocollections of Discovery the Accelerating Ian OwensIan Member (GBIF): Facility Information Biodiversity Global Task Data Biocollections of Discovery the Accelerating Force Outreach Working Group. Mari is Mari Group. Working Outreach responsible for training data-entry data-entry training for responsible of the iDigBio Education and and Education iDigBio the of to personnel, providing assistance assistance providing personnel, to Garden in the Bronx. She is a member is a member She Bronx. in the Garden to partner institutions and recruiting recruiting and institutions partner to Mari is based at the New York Botanical Botanical York New the at is based Mari volunteers for multiple TCNs. multiple for volunteers [email protected] [email protected] the for is responsible Rusty programs of development collections, support to in outreach and informatics the at Botany of Department the prepares also He Smithsonian. collections for plans strategic and informatics programming, based activities. outreach Richard Rabeler Richard Investigator Principal ; TCN (GLI) Invasives Lakes - Great TCN and Herbivores, : Plants, - Tri-trophic (TTD) Parasitoids [email protected] Manager Collections is Senior Rich Scientist Research Associate and Herbarium Michigan of University at interests research His in Ann Arbor. and floristics Caryophyllaceae on focus herbarium from capture data efficient and phylogeny specimens. Rusty Russell Rusty Manager Collections Institution Smithsonian Mari Roberts Mari Coordinator & Volunteer Coordinator Project Parasitoids and Herbivores, : Plants, - Tri-trophic TCN Bryophytes and Lichens American (TTD) - North ; TCN (LBCC) Roland is in NSF’s Division of Biological Infrastructure Infrastructure Biological of Division is in NSF’s Roland Advancing for responsibilities program has and (DBI) (ADBC) Collections Biodiversity of Digitization Research Biological of in Support Collections and (CSBR). [email protected] Roberts Roland Director Program (NSF) Foundation Science National Greg is a professor in the School of Library and and Library of School in the is a professor Greg His University. State Florida at Studies Information information is in scientific specialization research management. [email protected] Greg Riccardi Greg Co-Principal Director Investigator; Digitization of iDigBio [email protected]. EDU State Michigan at professor is a Alan the of Curator and Director University Herbarium. MSC Alan Prather Alan Collaborator Collections - Microfungi TCN (MiCC) Consortium

Participant Bios 60 Participant Bios 61 [email protected]. ED [email protected]. and Bryophytes (LBCC) Bryophytes and

Michaela is based at the Harvard Harvard the at is based Michaela TCN - North American Lichens University Herbaria in Cambridge. Cambridge. in Herbaria University

A biologist by training, Michaela is Michaela training, by A biologist Coordination and Oversight and Coordination evolutionary biology; biodiversity, biodiversity, biology; evolutionary Her research interests include include interests research Her Michaela Schmull Michaela phylogeny, biogeography The Field Museum in Chicago. in Chicago. Museum Field The and systematics of Arthropoda; Arthropoda; of systematics and Petra is an Associate Curator at at Curator is an Associate Petra morphological evolution; and museum museum and evolution; morphological collections analyses. interested in lichen taxonomy and ecology. and taxonomy in lichen interested [email protected] Mollusks of Curator is the Liz of Museum Delaware the at in Wilmington, History Natural with is a biologist She Delaware. in cephalopod interests research is the Liz evolution. and ecology and Education iDigBio the to representative InvertEBase group. Working Outreach Sierwald Petra Investigator Principal - InvertEBase TCN [email protected] Elizabeth Shea Elizabeth Investigator Principal - InvertEBase TCN Laramie. at the University of Wyoming in Wyoming of University the at Library and is an Associate Librarian Librarian is an Associate and Library Larry is Head of the Brinkerhoff Geology Geology Brinkerhoff the of is Head Larry David is based at the Biodiversity Centre at the the at Centre Biodiversity the at is based David coordinates he where Montréal de Université Canadensys the of development and for training cyberinfrastructure. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] California. Barbara, in Santa lives Katja are in entomology, interests Her and management, collections mining data involving research specimen- of modeling and enjoys She information. based developing novel approaches outreach biodiversity to museum shows, radio including science- and exhibitions gallery and releases. musical themed Katja Seltmann Katja Manager Project Parasitoids and Herbivores, : Plants, - Tri-trophic TCN (TTD) [email protected] Lawrence Schmidt Lawrence Collaborator (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN David Shorthouse David Manager Informatics Biodiversity Canadensys Paleobiology (SGP). Paleobiology for Sedimentary Geology and and Geology Sedimentary for (EAR) and has program responsibilities responsibilities program has (EAR) and Judy is in NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences Sciences Earth of Division is in NSF’s Judy [email protected] [email protected] of University the at based is Matt Plant of (Department Florida of is curator and Pathology) the for Collection Fungal the Natural of Museum Florida fungal teaches Matt History. research conducts and biology and ecology systematics, fungal on evolution. Annie Simpson Coordinator Data Survey (USGS) Geological States United [email protected] and is an entomologist Annie in based Scientist Information USGS the within Virginia, Reston, Area. Mission Systems Science Core other and species invasive recruits She in inclusion for datasets biodiversity (BISON) Nation Our Serving Information Biodiversity the project. mapping Judy Skog Director Program (NSF) Foundation Science National Matthew Smith Matthew Investigator Co-Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Dena is the Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology and and Paleontology Invertebrate of Curator is the Dena Boulder CU at Sciences Geological of Professor Associate fossil loves She STEPPE. of Director Executive and to efforts supports and insects tools and data specimens, make enable to everyone to available collaboration multidisciplinary science. big and [email protected] Smith Dena Investigator Principal Marine - Fossil TCN (FIC); Collaborative Insect - Fossil TCN (EPICC) Pacific Eastern the of Communities Invertebrate Randy is a PhD student is a PhD student Randy museum on focusing Florida, in Gainesville, iDigBio with interdisciplinary to regards with communications in specializes He outreach. and education research, Asian Southeast and fishes sea (deep ichthyology fishes. of manager collection is a former and loaches) RSINGER@FLMNH. UFL.EDU Randy Singer Randy Student Graduate iDigBio Andrew is the Curator of Fishes Fishes of Curator is the Andrew Natural of Museum Bell the at Minnesota. of University History, include interests research His and fishes freshwater American North of phylogeography in shifts diet and morphology trophic of evolution the fishes. Andrew Simons Investigator Co-Principal (GLI) Invasives Lakes - Great TCN [email protected]

Participant Bios 62 Participant Bios 63 iDigBio Director of Research Activities Research of Director [email protected] Co-Principal Investigator; Investigator; Co-Principal Vertebrates and Plant Pathology Pathology Plant and Vertebrates technician both in the Museum of of Museum in the both technician Pamela Soltis Pamela Herbarium. He is interested is interested He Herbarium. Pam is Curator of Molecular Molecular of is Curator Pam where he works as a digitization a digitization as works he where in developing best practices for for practices best in developing Systematics at the Florida Museum Museum Florida the at Systematics John is based at Cornell University University Cornell at is based John collection digitization. His research research His digitization. collection of Natural History. She leads the the leads She History. Natural of interests include the systematics of of systematics the include interests [email protected] weakly electric fishes. electric weakly development of research applications for specimen specimen for applications research of development are in plant interests research Her media. and data data diverse linking and evolution genome phylogenetics, biodiversity. of analyses integrated for [email protected] Advanced is part the of Dan Information and Computing Laboratory (ACIS) Systems Florida. of University the at iDigBio the of is a member He Implementation Cyberinfrastructure ingestion. data on a focus with Team John Sullivan & Archivist Technician Digitization - TCN (MiCC); Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN (VACS) Signals Communication Animal Vouchered Dan Stoner Dan Expert Integration Data iDigBio NHM Data Portal (http://data. Portal NHM Data EU-funded the and nhm.ac.uk) Recent examples include the the include examples Recent project SYNTHESYS3 biodiversity informatics initiatives. initiatives. informatics biodiversity Museum, London, and leads various various leads and London, Museum, ince is based at the Natural History History Natural the at is based Vince Greg is a graduate student with iDigBio working in the in the working iDigBio with student is a graduate Greg Lab Genetics Evolutionary and Systematics Molecular Museum Florida the at Soltis Pam and Doug Drs. under History. Natural of [email protected] Stull Greg Student Graduate iDigBio Steve is based at the University of Arkansas in Arkansas of University the at is based Steve are interests research His Fayetteville. distribution the towards directed myxomycetes of ecology and in molds) slime (plasmodial ecosystems. terrestrial [email protected] [email protected] Vincent Smith Member Board Advisory External iDigBio Steve Stephenson Steve Investigator Co-Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN biodiversity, ecology and evolution. and ecology biodiversity, Tuscon. She is interested in microbial in microbial is interested She Tuscon. Sciences at the University of Arizona in Arizona of University the at Sciences Jana is based in the School of Plant Plant of School in the is based Jana [email protected] Wee Brian Alliances Strategic of Director NEON [email protected] in Washington, is based Brian Inc.’s is NEON, He D.C. Congress, US the to liaison and agencies, federal US He organizations. scientific informatics the represents also large-scale the of needs the before sciences environmental communities. data federal and science computer Jana U’Ren Jana Researcher Postdoctoral (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Barbara Thiers Barbara Investigator Principal Collections - Macrofungi TCN New - PEN (MaCC); Consortium (NEVP); Plants Vascular England Board Advisory External iDigBio [email protected] the at based is a botanist Barbara in the Garden Botanical York New NYBG the of Director is the She Bronx. Science the of Head and Herbarium collection include interests Her Garden. the at Division and herbaria of history the digitization, and management bryophytes. tropical Mike currently serves as an Instructor of Biology and the the and Biology of an Instructor as serves currently Mike Herbarium, Turrell Sherman Willard Miami’s of Curator in Ohio. herbarium largest is the which [email protected] Michael Vincent Michael Investigator Co-Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN Alex is based in the Advanced Computing and Information Information and Computing Advanced in the is based Alex of University the at Laboratory (ACIS) Systems technical primary is the He in Gainesville. Florida all of maintenance and development the for contact iDigBio. to ACIS by provided services infrastructure Alex Thompson Infrastructure and Engineer Programmer iDigBio [email protected]. EDU PATRICK.SWEENEY@YALE. EDU Yale the at is based Patrick History Natural of Museum Peabody A herbarium. the manages he where ranging are far interests Patrick’s training, by botanist evolution, and systematics plant flowering include and informatics. biodiversity and floristics American North Patrick Sweeney Patrick Investigator Principal Vascular England - New TCN (NEVP) Plants

Participant Bios 64 Participant Bios 65 TCN TCN - Microfungi Collections Alex is an Associate Professor Professor is an Associate Alex Collaborator Consortium (MiCC) Consortium Alexander Weir Alexander [email protected] as WeDigBio, build educational educational build WeDigBio, as coordinate outreach events such such events outreach coordinate materials and investigate ways ways investigate and materials in the lab of Dr. Austin Mast to to Mast Austin Dr. of lab in the of improving the iDigBio database. database. iDigBio the improving of in Tallahassee, FL. She works works She FL. in Tallahassee, Her research interests include using using include interests research Her Katie is based at Florida State University University State Florida at is based Katie biological collections to test evolutionary evolutionary test to collections biological hypotheses. hypotheses. University of New York) in Syracuse, New York. New in Syracuse, York) New of University in Environmental and Forest Biology at SUNY (State SUNY (State at Biology Forest and in Environmental Zheping XU Zheping Manager Project Specimen National China Infrastructure Information (NSII) [email protected] the at is based Zheping Chinese Botany, of Institute in Beijing, Sciences of Academy design the manages He China. Specimen National (China NSII of development and GIS, include interests His Infrastructure). Information diversity. cultural and informatics biodiversity geology, Stanley Katelin Student Graduate iDigBio [email protected] He is a herbarium curator and and curator is a herbarium He in interests with professor collection-based research, plant plant research, collection-based at the University of Minnesota. Minnesota. of University the at and insect phylogenetics, tropical tropical phylogenetics, insect and of the Bell Museum of Natural History History Natural of Museum Bell the of ecology and public engagement in engagement public and ecology George is the Interim Scientific Director Director Scientific Interim is the George science. James White James Investigator Principal (MiCC) Consortium Collections - Microfungi TCN [email protected] Comparative of Museum Harvard the at is based Tracy educational coordinates MA. She in Cambridge, Zoology is a member Life and of Encyclopedia the for projects Working Outreach and Education iDigBio the of Group. Tracy Barbaro Tracy Coordinator Project + Education Learning Life of Encyclopedia Jim is on the faculty at Rutgers University in New in New University Rutgers at faculty the Jim is on is a He Jersey. New Brunswick, and Biology Plant of Professor Mycological the of Director courses Jim teaches Collections. conducts and in mycology non- on effects on research plants. on microbes pathogenic [email protected] [email protected] George Weiblen George Investigator Co-Principal - TCN (MaCC); Consortium Collections - Macrofungi TCN - North PEN (MiCC); Consortium Collections Microfungi (LBCC) Bryophytes and Lichens American 2015 Annual Summit Arlington, Virginia November 4-6, 2015

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