B.A. Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D. Ecology + Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 

Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

I joined the National Museum of Natural History in 2015 as Curator of Amphibians + Reptiles in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology. In 2019 I moved to the California Academy of Sciences as Curator of Herpetology in the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability. I am broadly interested in the ecology and evolution of amphibians and reptiles with an emphasis on island biogeography, hybrid zones, and coloration phenotypes. 

A complete list of my publications is available here. To request PDFs contact me at rbell (at) calacademy (dot) org.

B.S. Biology, University of Masuku, Gabon

M.Sc. Cell Biology + Physiology, Environmental Health, University of Masuku, Gabon

Ph.D. student, Animal Biology + Physiology (Parasitology + Ecology), University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon

Abraham is a scientist at the Institut de Recherche Agronomique et Forestière and a Ph.D. student at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon. His research interests include biodiversity conservation and the ecology of amphibians and reptiles. He has participated in numerous expeditions in Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.

Abraham’s ResearchGate Profile

B.S. Animal Science, Tuskegee University

M.S. student, Biology, San Francisco State University

Ayanna is a masters student in the Bell and Esposito Labs, and part of the Academy’s Islands 2030 Initiative STEM Leadership Cohort. For her masters research, Ayanna is investigating genetic and phenotypic divergence with respect to marine incursions and environmental variation in Lesser Antilles anoles.

B. S., Biological Sciences | Natural Resources, Cornell University

Ph. D., Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis

Michael is the Islands 2030 initiative postdoctoral researcher for the Lesser Antilles cohort. He is leading research on the evolutionary and conservation genomics of Lesser Antilles anoles.

Michael’s website

B.S., Animal Biology, Université de Yaoundé I

M. Sc., Zoology (Ecology + Environmental Biology), University of Yaoundé I

Ph.D. Student, Animal Biology + Physiology (Zoology), University of Yaoundé I

Oscar is a Ph.D. student at the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon. His research interests include the conservation and ecology of pangolins, and more recently, amphibians. He has participated in numerous expeditions across Cameroon and is a fantastic naturalist!