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MUSSELp Credits: Who is Behind All This?
The MUSSELp is:
A large portion of our funding comes from the National Science Foundation. Our current grants are entitled "Systematic Revision of the Etherioidea, the Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Unionoida) of the Gondwanan Continents" (DEB-0316125 and DEB-0316488) and "Evolution in a Vortex: An Inventory of the Fishes and Mollusks of the Lower Congo River Rapids" (DEB-0542575). DLG also serves as a Senior Investigator on Gonzalo Giribet's collaborative research grant with Rüdiger Bieler and Paula Mikkelsen, "AToL: Phylogeny on the half-shell — Assembling the Bivalve Tree of Life" (DEB-0732903).
Our 2005 expedition to Zambia was funded in part by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia.
Support for systematic research on the Unionoida is provided by the Laboratory for Molecular Systematics & Ecology @ ANSP.
Satellite Participants
The scope of the MUSSELp is enormous and we couldn't have done as much as we have already without the assistance of the people who have been so generous with their assistance.
Bama People
John Pfeiffer, Bama Graduate Student. |
Nathan Whelan, Bama Graduate Student. |
Bama Undergrads:
Jessica Hearn
Jonah White
Sarah Wofford
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INHS People
Chris Mayer, INHS Collections Database Manager: general server administration. |
Jeremy Tiemann, INHS Research/Curatorial Assistant. |
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ANSP People
Collaborators at Other Institutions
Alex Chilala, Fisheries Research Officer, Zambia. |
Curt Elderkin, Asst. Professor, The College of New Jersey. |
Kohar Garo, Professor, Cairo University, Egypt and co-founder of Mashrua Al Mahar. |
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Hugh Jones, University of Sydney graduate student & ANSP Jessup Fellow. Click here to read Hugh's report. |
Ellinor Michel, British Museum of Natural History researcher. Click here to see Ellinor's report. |
Karlo Nagel contributes to identifications of European species. |
Bob Schelly, AMNH Ichthyology Post-Doc and Congo Collaborator. |
Melanie Stiassny, AMNH Curatrix of Ichthyology and Congo Collaborator. |
Fumunda' Fromage: Malacological Mascot and Inspiration. |
All opinions expressed on the MUSSEL Project Web Site are those of the PIs and are not necessarily those of our collaborators, home institutions or funding agencies. |
