Staff

[Email addresses are @ku.edu]
For general questions, send an email to: lifemapper at ku dot edu

Jim Beach    Director - Phone: 785.864.4645 - Email: beach Jim has been Assistant Director for Informatics at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center for 12 years. He also directs the Specify Software Project which produces open source software for biological collections data management. He has broad research and cyberinfrastructure interests in biodiversity informatics including applications for field station sensor networks.

Aimee Stewart    Senior Software Developer - Phone: 785.864.2233 - Email: astewart Aimee's background is in Computer Science and Geography. She has worked in the GIS and Remote Sensing fields for the last 12 years, focusing on software development and mapping applications in the Informatics department of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute since 2001. After her initial seduction by proprietary software, she came to her senses and now uses open source tools whenever possible.

CJ Grady    Software Developer - Phone: 785.864.7792 - Email: cjgrady CJ has been a part of the Informatics staff since Fall 2004 and became a full-time developer after graduation in Spring 2006. He was a member of the Specify Software Project before joining the Lifemapper team. He has interests in web development and services as well as grid computing.

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