Taxonomy Staff

 
Rhithron's 7 professional taxonomists hold
16 NABS Level II certifications

 

   

Dennis Vander Meer
Diatomist, Lead Taxonomist, Taxonomy QA Officer
 3 NABS Level-II certifications: West EPT, West Arthropods, East Arthropods
 
Graduate level training in diatom systematics and ecology at the
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

 

 

Uttam Rai
Chironomidae Specialist and Invertebrate Taxonomist
3 NABS Level-II certifications: West Chironomidae, East Chironomidae, West EPT

 

 

Sean McLaughlin
Invertebrate Taxonomist
3 NABS Level-II certifications: West EPT, East EPT, West Arthropods

 

Daye Piotrowski
Oligochaete Specialist and Chironomidae Taxonomist
2 NABS Level-II certifications: Oligochaetes, West Chironomidae

 

Bill LaVoie
Invertebrate Taxonomist and Non-diatom Algae Specialist
2 NABS Level-II certifications: West EPT, East EPT


 Gwen Sego
Chironomidae Taxonomist
2 NABS Level-II certifications: West Chironomidae, East Chironomidae

 
 

Sean Sullivan
Invertebrate Taxonomist
1 NABS Level-II certification: West EPT
Montana Water Course 2008 Educator of the Year