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Tree of Life Participants

David Maddison conceived the Tree of Life project, and serves as the lead designer, lead coordinator, and programmer. He also coordinates insects, beetles, carabid beetles, and tetrapods.

Wayne Maddison serves as designer and programmer. He also coordinates the pages for phyla of animals other than chordates and insects.

Here is a partial list of additional people who have agreed to contribute to pages in the Tree of Life. For some contributors we give a general indication of the groups they will be working on, although this might not be precise. Apologies to participants who have not yet been listed!

There are 138 contributors listed here for the Tree of Life.


Eubacteria, Archaebacteria

Olsen, Gary (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Viruses

Calisher, Charlie
McClure, Marcie (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Basal Eukaryotes

Sogin, Mitch (MBL, Woods Hole)
Patterson, David (University of Sydney)

Red Algae

Fredericq, Suzanne (Smithsonian Institution)
Freshwater, Wilson (Univ. of North Carolina, Wilmington)
Hommersand, Max (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Saunders, Gary (University of New Brunswick)

Green Plants

Crane, Peter (Field Museum, Chicago) - fossil plants
Gensel, Pat (University of North Carolina) - fossil plants
Kendrick, Paul - fossil plants

Angiosperms

Donoghue, Michael (Harvard University) - Basal angiosperm pages.
Barker, Nigel (University of the Western Cape) - Grasses
Baum, David - Epilobium
Bogler, David (University of Texas, Austin) - Agavaceae
Hahn, Bill (Smithsonian Institution) - Monocots
Hapeman, Jeff (University of Wisconsin) - Myrtales
Olmstead, Dick (University of Washington)
Soltis, Doug (Washington State University)
Sytsma, Ken (University of Wisconsin) - Myrtales
Zimmer, Elizabeth (Smithsonian Institution)

Bryophytes

Crandall-Stotler, Barbara - Liverworts and Hornworts
De Luna, Efrain - Mosses
Mishler, Brent (University of California, Berkeley) - Lead coordinator, bryophytes
Speer, Brian (University of California, Berkeley) - Liverworts and Hornworts
Stotler, Ray - Liverworts and Hornworts

Ferns

Pryer, Kathleen (Indiana University) - Ferns
Smith, Alan (UC Berkeley)

Green Algae

McCourt, Rick (DePaul University) - Lead coordinator, green algae
Buchheim, Mark
Chapman, Russ (Louisiana State University)
Lewis, Louise A. (Duke University)

Fungi


Blackwell, Meredith (Louisiana State University) - Basal Fungal page
Vilgalys, Rytas (Duke University) - Basal Fungi page

Ascomycota

Lutzoni, François (Indiana University)
Spatafora, Joey (Oregon State University)
Taylor, John (University of California, Berkeley)

Basidiomycota

Swann, Eric (University of Minnesota)

Chytridiomycota

Longcore, Joyce (University of Maine)

Zygomycota

O'Donnell, Kerry (USDA, Peoria)
Simon, Luc (Université Laval)

Chordata


Lundberg, John (University of Arizona) - Basal vertebrates, some fish pages
Gauthier, Jacques (California Academy of Sciences)
Hedges, Blair
Klembara, Jozef - Discosauriscus
Laurin, Michel (University of California, Berkeley) - Basal Tetrapod page

Amphibians

Beerli, Peter (University of Washington.) - Western European water frogs
Cannatella, David (U. of Texas, Austin) - Basal Frog and Toad pages
Ford, Linda (American Museum of Natural History) - frogs and toads
Frost, Darrel (American Museum of Natural History)
Graybeal, Anna (University of Texas, Austin) - toads
Hillis, David (University of Texas) - basal page of living amphibians
Larson, Allan (Washington University, St. Louis) - salamanders

Birds

Edwards, Scott (University of Washington)
Lanyon, Scott (University of Minnesota)
Mindell, David (University of Michigan)

Crocodylians

Brochu, Christopher (University of Texas, Austin) - Crocodylia
Poe, Stephen (University of Texas, Austin) - Crocodylia

Fish

Albert, James (University of Michigan) - gymnotoids
Berra, Tim - salamander fish
Bornbusch, Alan (U. Mass, Amherst) - Siluridae
Friel, John (Florida State University)
Mabee, Paula (San Diego State University)
Naylor, Gavin (Yale University) - Sharks
Pietsch, Ted (University of Washington) - anglerfishes
Reis, Roberto E. (University of Michigan) - Callichthyids
Stiassny, Melanie (American Museum of Natural History) - Cichlids
Westneat, Mark (Field Museum, Chicago) - Some coral reef fishes.

Mammals

Honeycutt, Rodney (Texas A+M University)
Rowe, Timothy (University of Texas, Austin)

Squamata

de Queiroz, Kevin (Smithsonian Institution) - Lead coordinator, squamates
de Queiroz, Alan (University of Colorado) - Garter snakes
Hodges, Wendy (University of Texas, Austin) - Horned lizards
Martins, Emilia (University of Oregon)

Arthropoda


Arachnida

Maddison, Wayne P. (University of Arizona) - Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Stockwell, Scott (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) - Scorpions

Crustacea

Abele, Larry
Brusca, Richard
Brusca, Gary
Crandall, Keith (University of Texas, Austin) - Crayfish

Hexapoda

Blattaria

Grandcolas, Philippe

Coleoptera

Maddison, David R. (University of Arizona) - Basal Coleoptera pages, Carabidae, Bembidiini, various other carabid beetles.
Ball, George E. (University of Alberta) - Carabidae
Browne, Jonathan (University of Cape Town) - Scarabaeoidea
Caterino, Michael (UC Berkeley) - Histeridae
Farrell, Brian (Harvard University) - Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea
Hall, W.E. - ptiliids
Johnson, Paul (South Dakota State University) - Elateroids
Kavanaugh, David (California Academy of Sciences) - Carabid tribe Nebriini.
Kovarik, Peter W. (Ohio State University) - Histeridae
Kukalová-Peck, Jarmila (Carleton University) - Scarabaeoidea
Leibherr, James K. (Cornell University) - Carabidae
Leschen, Rich - Tenebrionoidea
Lingafelter, Steve - Cerambycidae
Newton, Alfred (Field Museum, Chicago) - Staphylinoidea
Noonan, Gary (Milwaukee Public Museum) - Carabidae, Harpalini
Pakaluk, Jim (Smithsonian Institution) - Cucujoidea
Pearson, David (Arizona State University) - Tiger beetles
Pollock, Darren - Tenebrionoidea
Scholtz, Clarke H. (University of Pretoria) - Scarabaeoidea
Slipinski, S. Adam (Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsaw) - Cucujoidea
Thayer, Margaret (Field Museum, Chicago) - Staphylinoidea
Vogler, Alfried (British Museum of Natural History) - Tiger beetles

Collembola

Soto, Felipe (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)

Dermaptera

Haas, Fabian (Institut fŸr Spezielle Zoologie, Jena)

Diptera

Currie, Douglas (Royal Ontario Museum) - Simuliidae
Moulton, J. Kevin (University of Arizona) - Simuliidae
Wiegmann, Brian (North Carolina State University) - Basal Diptera pages
Yeates, David (University of Queensland) - Basal Diptera pages

Embiidina

Ross, Ed (California Academy of Sciences)

Hemiptera

Andersen, Nils Möller (Copenhagen University) - Coordinate Hemiptera, Gerromorphs
Moran, Nancy (University of Arizona) - aphids
Stern, David (Cambridge University) - Aphids

Hymenoptera

Agosti, Donat - ants
Brothers, Denis - Mutillidae
Carpenter, James (American Museum of Natural History)
Johnson, Norm (Ohio State University)
Minckley, Bob

Lepidoptera

Kristensen, Niels (University of Copenhagen) - Coordinate Lepidoptera
Sperling, Felix (University of California, Berkeley)

Neuropteroids

Oswald, John (Texas A&M University)

Odonata

Trueman, John (CSIRO, Australia)

Orthoptera

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure (MNHN, Paris) - Grylloidea
Flook, Paul (Zoologisches Institut, Basel)
Gerber, Anne (University of Arizona)
Gwynn, Darryl (University of Toronto)

Plecoptera

Nelson, C. Riley (University of Texas, Austin)

Thysanoptera

Crespi, Bernie (Simon Fraser University)
Heming, Bruce (University of Alberta)

Hymenoptera

Wahl, Dave - Ichneumonidae

Other Metazoans


Annelida

McHugh, Damhnait (Harvard University)
Siddall, Mark (Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences) - Leeches

Cnidaria

Romano, Sandra L. (Smithsonian)

Mollusca

Lindberg, David L. (UC Berkeley) - Lead coordinator, molluscs
Hickman, Carole (UC Berkeley)

Nematoda

Powers, Tom (U. Nebraska)

Onychophora

Rowell, David