MAIS: Expedition Life

2009 Expedition Team

SAMPLE AREA: Southern Altai Mountain drainages

PERSONNEL	Expertise/Role in Expedition	Institution
PI's
Dr. Jon K. Gelhaus	Overall Expedition Leader, also Diptera; Tipuloidea, General Diptera	The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA USA
Dr. John Morse	Adult Trichoptera	Clemson University
Dr. C. Riley Nelson	General Aquatics, Plecoptera, Diptera	Brigham Young University, Utah USA
Dr. Barbara Hayford	Diptera; Chironomidae, general aquatic ecology	Wayne State College, Wayne, NB USA


Junior Researchers
Ms. Oyunchuluun Yadamsuren (Oyunaa)	Lab and Expedition Manager; Adult Tipuloidea, Biomonitoring in field, general Diptera in field, Orthoptera	Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey, at the Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolia
Ms. Bolortetseg (Boloroo) Erdene	Biomonitoring, particularly benthic insects, Ephemeroptera, Diatoms, biomonitoring, water chemistry	Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolia
Ms. Sosorburam (Soska) Boldbataar	Biomonitoring, particularly benthic insects, Odonata, Diatoms, biomonitoring, water chemistry	Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolia
Ms. Chuluunbat Suvdtsetseg (Suvdaa)	Trichoptera	Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey, at the Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Mongolia
Ms. Baigal-Amar	Biomonitoring	Mongolian Academy of Sciences

Senior Researchers
Dr. Sigitas Podenas	Tipuloidea (adult)	Vilnius University, Lithuania
Dr. Virginija Podeniene	Tipuloidea (immatures)	Vilnius University, Lithuania
Dr. Wayne N. Mathis	Diptera; Ephydridae, Sciomyzidae, other Acalyterates	Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Dr. Chen Young	Diptera; Tipuloidea for DNA bar code research	Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

Students
Mr. Paul Frandsen	Diptera; Empididae, also yellow pan sampling study	Undergraduate student, Brigham Young University, Utah USA. Funded through separate ANSP-REU
Ms. Sarah Walker Judson	Plecoptera	Graduate student, Brigham Young University, Utah USA
Ms. Jessica Wimmer	Grazing Impacts on streams	Undergraduate student, Wayne State College, Wayne, NB USA
Mr. Tomor-tsooj (Tsooj)	General Biomonitoring, Chironomidae	Undergraduate student, Agricultural University of Mongolia
Uranbayar (Umbaa) Nadmidtsevel	Coleoptera	Undergraduate student, National University of Mongolia
Boldsukh (Bobo) Erdenebileg	General Biomonitoring	Undergraduate student, National University of Mongolia

Support Staff
Doko (Dolgosuren)	Cook
Gerlaa	Cook
Sundarea	Cook's helper
Lead Driver (jeep)
Driver 2 (van)
Driver 3 (Truck 66)
Driver 4 (jeep)
Driver 5 (jeep)