Institute Staff

Paul Alan Cox, Ph.D. 
- Executive Director, Ethnobotany and Drug Discovery

Sandra Banack, Ph.D. 
- Senior Scientist, Ethnobotany

Rachael Dunlop, Ph.D. 
 - Senior Researcher,
Cellular & Molecular Biology

Christofer O. Noverola, MSc.
- Research Technician

Marya King
- Development Assistant

Marilyn Asay
 - Executive Assistant

Research Affiliates

James Metcalf, Ph.D. 
- Senior Scientist, Cyanotoxins

Michael Balick, Ph.D. 
- Research Associate, Ethnobotany

Aspasia Chatziefthymiou, Ph.D.
- Research Associate, Microbial Ecology

Samantha Gerlach, Ph.D. 
 - Research Associate, Pharmacology

Patrick Hunt, Ph.D. 
- Research Associate, Archeoethnobotany

Steven R. King, Ph.D.
- Research Associate, Ethnobotany

Renee Richer, Ph.D. 
 - Research Associate, Desert Ecology

Ryosei Sakai, Ph.D. 
 - Senior Research Associate

Robert Speth, Ph.D. 
 - Research Associate, Pharmacology

Peter B. Wyatt, DPhil
 - Research Associate, Synthetic Chemistry