Sabo studies the importance of water in determining the viability and resilience of animal and plant populations in river and riparian ecosystems. He is director of the ByWater Institute at Tulane University.

Martin Wojciechowski is an evolutionary biologist who studies plants, with an emphasis on the genomics, biogeography, ecology, and phylogenetics of legumes (family Leguminosae) and cacti (family Cactaceae).

Dr. Hall is a conservation scientist, Assoc. Dean in the College of Global Futures, and award-winning teacher who studies ecosystem resilience and complex interactions between people and nature near protected areas.

Sangmi is the Collections Manager of Insects and Mollusks at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on micromoths, particularly twirler moths, as well as biodiversity, biogeography, and collections-based studies.

Gile is an evolutionary microbiologist who studies single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and symbiosis.

Sterner uses methods from philosophy and social science to investigate how knowledge systems can better address wicked problems. His current projects focus on biodiversity data, modeling, governance, and philosophy.

Program Manager for the Earth Systems Science for the Anthropocene (ESSA) initiative and the USEL lab.

Collins is an evolutionary ecologist whose research group studies the role of host-pathogen interactions in species decline and extinction, as well as ecological ethics.

Leslie Landrum is a senior research scientist and ASU Herbarium Curator.