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Our Team

Birds

Brent Pease
Southern Illinois University
Phone: (618) 453-7474
Study: Nightjars / ARUs

Patrick Ruhl
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 496-0055
Study: Cerulean Warblers

Herps (Reptiles & Amphibians)

William Peterman
Purdue University
Phone: (614) 292-9795
Study: Salamanders

Invertebrates (Insects)

Keith Summerville
Drake University
Phone: (515) 271-2265
Study: Lepidoptera (moths)

Matthew Ginzel
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-9369
Study: Bark and ambrosia beetles

Mammals

Scott Haulton
Indiana Division of Forestry
Phone: (317) 234-5725
Study: White-tailed deer, bats

Joy O’Keefe
University of Illinois
Phone: (217) 300-6933
Study: Bats

Vegetation

Mike Jenkins
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-3580
Study: Understory vegetation

Mike Saunders
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-2155
Study: Hardwood regeneration

Songlin Fei
Purdue University
Study: Digital Forestry

Fungi

M. Catherine Aime
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-0363
Study: Fungi associations with white oak

Former HEE Researchers

Rob Chapman
Purdue University
Study: Salamanders

Angie Shelton
Indiana University
Phone: (812) 855-1674
Study: Spring ephemerals

Jeff Riegel
Purdue University
Field Coordinator

Rob Swihart
Purdue University
Study: Small mammals, oak mast

Elizabeth Flaherty
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-3567
Study: Small mammals, squirrels, oak mast

Joe Duchamp
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Study: Bats

John Whitaker Jr.
Indiana State University
Study: Bats

Marc Milne
University of Indianapolis
Study: Spiders

Brian MacGowan
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 647-3538
Study: Eastern box turtle and timber rattlesnake

Kamal Islam
Ball State University
Phone: (765) 285-8847
Study: Cerulean warblers

Jeff Holland
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-7739
Study: Wood-boring beetles

Bill Hoover
Purdue University
Study: Human dimensions

Rod Williams
Purdue University
Study: Salamanders and eastern box turtle

Tim Carter
Ball State University
Study: Bats

John B. Dunning, Jr.
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 494-3565
Study: Songbirds and owls

Pat Zollner
Purdue University
Phone: (765) 496-9495
Study: Small mammals, squirrels, oak mast

Full-time HEE Staff

Mike Saunders
HEE PI
Purdue University
Email: msaunder@purdue.edu

Katelyn Rae Garrett
Project Coordinator
Purdue University
Email: krgarret@purdue.edu

Want to join HEE as a researcher? Contact our project coordinator. HEE Jobs

Indiana Department of Natural Resources Contacts

Scott Haulton
DNR Division of Forestry, Wildlife Program Director
Phone: (317) 234-5725
Email: shaulton@dnr.IN.gov