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Curriculum Vitae  

                                                                                                            Last updated: Apr 2026

MARY E. BLAIR  

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History

200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

mblair1@amnh.org

Research Interests 

Conservation biology; biogeography; evolutionary ecology; global change biology;  primatology; social-ecological systems.

Research approaches: biocultural conservation; biodiversity informatics; co-produced research; ecological niche modeling; landscape genetics and ecology; metagenomics; molecular phylogenetics; museomics, remote sensing.       

Education 

2011           Ph.D., Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. Columbia University, New York, NY. 

2006           M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University.

2005           B.A., Biology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Phi Beta Kappa

Current Appointments

Associate Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2025-Present.

Affiliated Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2014-Present.

Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2014-Present.

Resource Faculty, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, NY, 2010-Present.

Previous Appointments

Director of Biodiversity Informatics Research, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2016-2025.

Assistant Director for Research and Strategic Planning, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2013-2016.

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES), Columbia University, New York, NY, 2013-2016.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2011-2013.

Scientific Publications (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and Books; 55 published, 6 in-review) - For citations see Google Scholar 

Dobson, K.M., Burges, C., Clark, P., Schapiro, S.J., Lambeth, S.P., Blair, M., Chu, E., Pruetz, J., & Carlos-Shanley, C. (In Review). Influence of facility-living on squirrel monkey (Saimiri) gut microbiome biodiversity: comparison with wild Costa Rican conspecifics. American Journal of Primatology.

Yang, W., Song, L., Roehrdanz, P.R., McManus, N., Willett, E. Krieger, J., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Rodríguez Buriticá, S., Ramos, K., Blair, M.E., Cruz-Rodríguez, C.A., Jair Muñoz, C., Frazier, A.E. (Submitted) A Geographically Replicable Framework for Area of Habitat (AOH) Maps at National and Sub-National Scales. Conservation Biology

Dobson, K., Burges, C., Clark, P., Blair, M., Pruetz, J., Carlos-Shanley, C. (Submitted). Impact of heterospecific housing on squirrel monkey (Saimiri) gut microbiome. Zoo Biology.

Dobson, K., Burges, C., Clark, P., Schapiro, S.J., Lambeth, S.P., Blair, M., Pruetz, J., Carlos-Shanley, C. (Submitted). Significant impact of zoological facility location characteristics on the gut microbiome of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). Primates.

Mathiesen, S.D., Reinert, E., Blair, M.E., Eira, N.I., Turi, J.M., Tonkopeeva, M. (In Review). Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry Trapped Between Science and Traditional Knowledge. Harvard Business History Review.

Goodman, A., Tolman, E.R., Beatty, C.D., Blair, M.E., et al. (Submitted). The Great Dividing Range as a driver of genetic divergence in a low-dispersing dragonfly. Ecological Entomology.

Tocktoo Turner, D., Schaeffer, J.Q., Donatuto, J., Landrum, L., Nunn, C., Lukin, M.K., Robards, M., Kerttula, B., Forehlich, E., Blair, M.E., Daniel, C. 2025. Nunakut Naguatun Atugluu/ Co-Stewardship: ‘Co-production’ through the lens of the Study of Environmental Arctic Change’s Human Wellbeing Team. PLoS Climate 4(8): e0000692. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000692 

Everson, K.M., Pozzi, L., Barrett, M.A., Blair, M.E., Donohue, M.D., Kappeler, P., Kitchener, A.C., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Radespiel, U., Randrianambinina, B., Rasoloarison, R.M., Rasoloharijaona, S., Roos, C., Salmona, J., Yoder, A.D., Zenil-Ferguson, R., Zinner, D., and Weisrock, D.W. 2025. Multiple bursts of speciation in Madagascar's endangered lemurs. Nature Communications  16(1): 7070. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62310-y 

Ngo, H.T., McCormack, T.E.M., Hoang, H.V., Nguyễn, L.T., Nguyễn, T.T., Nguyễn, V.T.H., Do, H.T., Trinh, H.L.T., Ziegler, T., Blair, M.E., Le, M.D. 2025. Introgressive hybridization and a natural barrier: Molecular analyses lay out a conservation blueprint for the critically endangered Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis). Diversity. 17(4):260. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/4/260

Penna, A., Clark, L., Salis, A., Macey, S., and Blair, M.E. 2025. Applications of museum collections and genomics to biodiversity conservation. Lessons In Conservation 14(1): 107-147. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.7 

Penna, A., Wallace, M., Clark, L., Macey, S., Pozzi, L., Blair, M.E. 2025. Designing a conservation genomics project incorporating DNA from museum specimens. Lessons In Conservation 14(1): 160-176. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.9 

Clark, L., Salis, A., Penna, A., Santiago Coyle, M., Wallace, M., Blair, M.E. 2025. Applications of conservation museomics approaches to the protection of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). Lessons In Conservation 14(1): 148-159. https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.linc.14.1.8

Orkin, J.D., Kuderna, L., Hermosilla-Albala, N., Fontsere, C., Aylward, M., Janiak, M., Andriaholinirina, N., Balaresque, P., Blair, M.E., et al. 2025. Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Nature Ecology and Evolution 9:42-46. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02596-1 

Blair, M.E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Ochoa-Quintero, J.M., Paz, A., Lopez-Gallego, C., Echeverry-Galvis, M.A., Zuloaga, J., Rodríguez. P, Lemus-Mejia, L., et al. 2024. Software co-design between end-users and developers to enhance utility for biodiversity conservation. BioScience 74(12):867-873. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae097 

Gutiérrez-Vélez, V.H., Rodriguez-Escobar, J., Mejia, A.M., Espejo, J., Anaya, J.A., Blair, M.E. 2024. Mapping forest cover and change as continuous rather than discrete variables is essential to advance consistency across forest monitoring products. GIScience & Remote Sensing 61(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2024.2427305 

Blair, M.E. 2024. Conservation Museomics. Conservation Biology 38(3): e14234.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14234  

Gerstner, B.E., Blair, M.E., Bills, P., Cruz-Rodriguez, C.A., and Zarnetzke, P.L. 2024. Assessing the impact of scale-dependent geodiversity on species distribution models in a biodiversity hotspot. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 382(2269): 20230057. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2023.0057

Goodman, A., Beatty, C., Busse, S., Ubukata, H., Miyazaki, T., Blair, M.E., Ware, J. 2024. Paleoecological niche modeling of Epiophlebia (Epiophlebioptera: Epiophlebiidae) reveals continuous distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum. International Journal of Odonatology 27: 60-76. https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2024.1917262 

Penna, A., Lui, H-L., Blair, M., Kistler, L., and Pozzi, L. 2024. Overcoming challenges to extracting and sequencing archival DNA to support primate evolutionary research and conservation, with an application to galagos. International Journal of Primatology 45(6): 1375-1403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-024-00429-3 

Miller, E., Luhrs, A., Mancini, A., Blair, M., and Pozzi, L. 2024. Assessing ecological divergence and speciation scenarios of the Paragalago zanzibaricus species complex through climatic niche modeling. International Journal of Primatology 45(6): 1354-1374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-023-00374-7

Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Paz, A., Johnson, B.A., Blair, M.E., and Pearson, R.G. 2023. A Brief Introduction to Species Distribution Modeling for Conservation Educators and Practitioners. Lessons in Conservation 13(1): 61-75. https://ncep.amnh.org/linc  Full teaching module available at: https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0184 En español: https://doi.org/10.5531/cbc.ncep.0185  

Blair, M.E., Cao, G.T.H., López-Nandam, E.H., Veronese-Paniagua, D.A., Birchette, M.G., Kenyon, M., Md-Zain, B.M., Munds, R., Nekaris, K.A.I., Nijman, V., Roos, C., Thach, H.M., Sterling, E.J., and Le, M.D. 2023. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and unveiling novel genetic diversity among slow and pygmy lorises, including resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius. Genes 14(3), 643. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14030643  

Kass, J., Pinilla-Buitrago, G., Paz, A., Johnson, B., Grisales-Betancur, V., Meenan, S., Attali, D., Broennimann, O., Galante, P., Maitner, B., Owens, H., Varela, S., Aiello-Lammens, M., Merow, C., Blair, M., and Anderson, R.P.  2023. Wallace 2: a shiny app for modeling species niches and distributions redesigned to facilitate expansion via module contributions. Ecography 2023(3), e06547.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06547 

Galante, P.J., Chang, S., Paz, A., Aiello-Lammens, M., Gerstner, B.E., Johnson, B.A., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., and Blair, M.E. 2023. changeRangeR: an R package for reproducible biodiversity change metrics from species distribution estimates. Conservation Science & Practice 5(1): e12863. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12863 *Wiley Top Downloaded Paper for 2023 

Merow, C., Galante, P.J., Kass, J.M., Aiello-Lammens, M., Babich Morrow, C., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Moore, A., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Pinilla- Buitrago, G.E., Velasquez-Tibatá, J., Anderson, R.P., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Operationalizing expert knowledge in species' range estimates using diverse data types. Frontiers of Biogeography 14.2: e53589. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3m7719vv.

Kass, J., Takashina, N., Friedman, N., Kusumoto, B., and Blair, M. 2022. Idea Paper: improving forecasts of community composition with lightweight biodiversity monitoring across ecological and anthropogenic disturbance gradients. Ecological Research 37(4): 466-470. http://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12294

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., and Xu, M. 2022. Species distribution modeling to inform transboundary species conservation and management under climate change: promise and pitfalls. Frontiers of Biogeography 14.1: e54662. http://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG54662

Trinh-Dinh, H., Nguyen, T.A., Le, M.D., Li, X.K., Cao, T.H.N., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Assessment of climate change impacts on one of the rarest apes on Earth, the Cao Vit Gibbon Nomascus nasutus. Frontiers of Biogeography 14.1: e53320. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG53320

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Tu, N.B., Le, C.S., and Nguyen, H.Q. 2022. Climate change threatens the conservation of one of the world’s most endangered transboundary tree species: Magnolia grandis. Frontiers in Biogeography 14.1: e51059. http://dx.doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG51059 

Blair, M.E., Nguyen, T.A., Le, M.D., Liu, Z., Meng, T., Horning, N., Sterling, E.J., Thach, H.M., Xu, M., and Galante, P.J. 2022. Karst as an abiotic driver of the distribution of endangered François’ langurs, with predictions for biological communities on karst under climate change. Frontiers in Biogeography 14.1:e51838. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG51838 

Hagani, J.S., Kross, S., Clark, M., Wynn-Grant, R., and Blair, M.E. 2021. Mapping and modeling human-black bear interactions in the Catskills region of New York using resource selection probability functions. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257716. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257716

Rivera, C.J., Macey, S.K., Blair, M.E., and Sterling E.J. 2021. Assessing Ecological and Social Dimensions of Success in a Community-based Sustainable Harvest Program. Environmental Management 67: 731–746 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021-01425-6

Musher, L.J., Galante, P.J., Thom, G., Huntley, J.W., and Blair, M.E. 2020. Shifting ecosystem connectivity during the Pleistocene drove speciation and gene-flow in a species-complex of Neotropical birds (Tityridae: Pachyramphus). Journal of Biogeography 47(8): 1714-1726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13862 

Pozzi L., Roos, C., and Blair, M.E. 2020. Molecular Advances in Lorisid Taxonomy and Phylogeny. In: Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos (Nekaris, K.A.I., Burrows, A.M., Editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. pp 57-66. ISBN 9781108429023.

Chiou, K.L. and Blair, M.E. 2020. Modeling niches and mapping distributions: progress and promise of ecological niche models for primate research. In Spatial Analysis in Field Primatology: Applying GIS at Varying Scales (Dolins, F., Shaffer, C.A., Porter, L.M., Hickey, J.R., and Nibbelink, N.P., eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. ISBN 9781107062306

Urbina-Cardona, N., Londoño, M.C., Blair, M.E., Velásquez, J., Loyola, R., and Morales-Devia, H. 2019. Species distribution modeling in Latin America: a 25-year retrospective review. Tropical Conservation Science 12:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082919854058

Barrowclough, G., Groth, J., Muck, W., and Blair, M.E. 2019. Phylogeography and species-limits in the red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus): Characterization of the northern Florida suture zone in birds. Ecology and Evolution 9(11): 6245-6258. DOI:10.1002/ece3.5190  

Md-Zain, B.M., Mohhoyua, K.S., Aifat, N.R., Yaakop, S., Rovie-Ryan, J.J., Mohd-Ridwan, A.R., Blair, M.E., and Abdul-Latiff, M.A.B. 2019. Molecular Data Confirms the Presence of Nycticebus bengalensis on Langkawi Island, Malaysia. Biodiversitas 20(4):1115-1120.

Kodis, M., Galante, P., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2018. Ecological niche modeling for a cultivated plant species: A case study on taro (Colocasia escuelenta) in  Hawaiʻi. Ecological Applications 28(4): 967-977. DOI:10.1002/eap.1702

Thạch, H.M., Le, M.D., Vũ, N.B., Panariello, A., Sethi, G., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2018. Slow loris trade in Vietnam: Exploring diverse knowledges and values. Folia Primatologica 89(1):45-62. DOI:10.1159/000481196

Sterling, E.J., Filardi, C., Newell, J., Albert, S., Alvira, D., Bergamini, N., Betley, E., Blair, M.E., et al. 2017. Biocultural approaches to sustainability indicators: bridging local to global for human capacity and ecological resilience. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1:1798-1806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0349-6

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., Sethi, G., Thạch, H.M., Nguyen, V.T.H., Amato, G., Birchette, M., and Sterling, E.J. 2017. The importance of an interdisciplinary research approach to inform wildlife trade management in Southeast Asia. BioScience 67(11):995-1003. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix113 Highlighted by the Editor: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix129

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., Thạch, H.M., Panariello, A., Vũ, N.B., Birchette, M., Sethi, G., and Sterling, E.J. 2017. Applying systems thinking to inform studies of wildlife trade in primates. American Journal of Primatology 79(11): e22715. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22715

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., and Sterling, E.J. 2017. Multidisciplinary studies of wildlife trade in primates: Challenges and priorities. American Journal of Primatology 79(11): e22710. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22710

Phillips, S., Anderson, R.P., Dudik, M., Schapire, R., and Blair, M.E. 2017. Opening the black box: an open-source release of Maxent. Ecography 40(7):887-893. DOI:10.1111/ecog.03049. **Web of Science “highly cited paper” for 2019-2020**

Sterling, E.J., Betley, E., Sigouin, A., Gomez, A., Toomey, A., Pekor, A., ^Malone, C., Cullman, G., Arengo, F., Blair, M., Filardi, C., Landrigan, K., and Porzecanski, A.L. 2017. Assessing the evidence for stakeholder engagement in biodiversity conservation. Biological Conservation 209: 159-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.02.008

Geller, G.N., Halpin, P.N., Helmuth, B., Hestir, E.L., Skidmore, A., Abrams, M.J., Aguirre, N., Blair, M., Botha, E., Colloff, M., Dawson, T., Franklin, J., Horning, N., James, C., Magnusson, W., Santos, M.J., Schill, S.R., and Williams, K. 2016. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity. In Walters M and RJ Scholes, eds., Chapter 8 in The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp 187-210. Full text available at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319272863

Foster, M.J., Blair, M.E., Bennett, C., Bynum, N., and Sterling, E.J. 2014. Increasing the Diversity of U.S. Conservation Science Professionals via the Society for Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology 28:288-291. DOI:10.1111/cobi.12182.

Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J., Dusch, M., Raxworthy, C., and Pearson,R.G. 2013. Ecological divergence and speciation in Eulemur sister species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26(8): 1790-1801. DOI:10.1111/jeb.12179

Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E. editors. 2013. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Series in Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199659456.do#.UWP0yKuPh90.

Blair, M.E. and Morales-Jimenez, A.L. 2013. Population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, and phylogeography. In Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E., eds. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Series in Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 238-256.

Blair, M.E., Bynum, N., and Sterling, E.J. 2013. Determining conservation status and contributing to in situ conservation action. In Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E., eds. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Series in Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 278-293.

Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E. 2013. Introduction. In Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E., eds. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Series in Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-9.

Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E. 2013. Conclusion: Studying Primates in a Changing World. In Sterling, E.J., Bynum, N., and Blair, M.E., eds. Primate Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Series in Techniques in Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 346-350.

Blair, M.E., Gutierrez-Espeleta, G., and Melnick, D.J. 2013. Subspecies of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii) as units for conservation. International Journal of Primatology 34(1): 86-98. DOI:10.1007/s10764-012-9650-z.

Blair, M.E., Rose, R.A., Ersts, P., Sanderson, E.W., Redford, K.H., Didier, K., Sterling, E.J., and Pearson, R.G. 2012. Incorporating climate change into conservation planning: Identifying priority areas across a species' range. Frontiers in Biogeography 4(4): 157-167. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5bx4919t.

Blair, M.E., and Melnick, D.J. 2012. Scale-dependent effects of a hetereogeneous landscape on genetic differentiation in the Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii). PLoS ONE 7(8): e43027. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0043027.

Bett, N., Blair, M.E., and Sterling, E.J. 2012. Ecological niche conservatism in doucs (genus Pygathrix). International Journal of Primatology 33(4): 972-988. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9622-3.

Blair, M.E., and Melnick, D.J. 2012. Genetic evidence for dispersal by both sexes in the Central American Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus. American Journal of Primatology 74(1):37-47. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21007. Selected as a feature article. 

Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J., and Hurley, M.M. 2011. Taxonomy and conservation of Vietnam's primates: A review. American Journal of Primatology 73(11): 1093-1106. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20986.

Blair, M.E. 2011. Habitat modification and gene flow in Saimiri oerstedii: Landscape genetics, intraspecific molecular systematics, and conservation. Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbia University, New York, NY. 205 p. Available from: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses and also through Columbia University's Academic Commons.

Grobler, P., Jacquier, M., deNys, H., Blair, M., Whitten, P.L., and Turner, R.T. 2006. Primate sanctuaries, taxonomy and survival: a case study from South Africa. Ecological and Environmental Anthropology 2(2): 12-16.

Other Scientific Publications (*indicates peer-reviewed)

Blair, M.E., Nguyen, T.A., López-Lozano, D., Gazagne, E., and Le, M.D. (2025). Policy Brief: Developing capacity and informing priorities for ape conservation under climate change in Vietnam: Project summary report with recommendations for policy and management. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 11pp.  https://www.amnh.org/research/center-for-biodiversity-conservation/resources-and-publications/conservation-action-and-planning/developing-capacity-and-informing-priorities-for-ape-conservation-under-climate-change-in-vietnam 

*Nekaris, K.A.I., Nadler, T., Ni, Q., Samun, E. & Blair, M. (2025). Xanthonycticebus intermedius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T253587364A253587580. Accessed on 06 May 2025. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/253587364/253587580 

*Nekaris, K.A.I., Nadler, T., Ni, Q., Samun, E., Streicher, U. & Blair, M. (2025). Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T253585790A253586168. Accessed on 06 May 2025.  https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/253585790/253586168

Petriello, M.A., Aini, J., Amepou, Y., Anthony, K., Avrami, E., Badaki, O., Bisson, K., Blair, M., et al. (2024). Good practices in the co-production of knowledge: Working well together in the climate sciences. Center for Science and Society & Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. October 2024. https://doi.org/10.7916/1h4j-2204. 

Betley, E., Blair, M.E., Cullman, G. 2023. Eleanor Jane Sterling (1960-2023). Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02054-4     

Blair, M.E., Arengo, F., Bynum, N., Cullman, G., Douglas, L. R., Groom, M.J., Rivera, C.J., and Porzecanski, A.L. 2023. In memoriam: Eleanor Jane Sterling (1960–2023). Conservation Biology, e14099. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14099 

*SEARCH and Justin, W. 2022. Consequences of rapid environmental Arctic change for people. Arctic Report Card 2022, pp 123-129 (Druckenmiller, M.L., Moon, T.A., and Thoman, R.L., eds.). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington, D.C. https://doi.org/10.25923/kgm2-9k50. Available at: https://arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/Report-Card-2022/ArtMID/8054/ArticleID/1001/Consequences-of-Rapid-Environmental-Arctic-Change-for-People . Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH): https://searcharcticscience.org/product/consequences-of-rapid-environmental-arctic-change-for-people/

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Nguyen, T.A., Xu, M., and Le, M.D. 2022. Policy Brief: Conservation of vulnerable species and habitats in the Sino-Vietnamese border region: Addressing climate change threats through collaborative transboundary conservation. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 8pp. 

*Blair, M., Nadler, T., Ni, O., Samun, E., Streicher, U. and Nekaris, K.A.I. 2020. Nycticebus pygmaeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T14941A17971417. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14941/17971417

*Nekaris, K.A.I., Al-Razi, H., Blair, M., Das, J., Ni, Q., Samun, E., Streicher, U., Xue-long, J. and Yongcheng, L. 2020. Nycticebus bengalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39758A17970536. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39758/17970536

Blair, M.E.  2019. Towards more equitable and inclusive spaces for primatology and primate conservation. International Journal of Primatology 40: 462-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-019-00093-y 

Arengo, F., Porzecanski, A.L., Blair, M., Amato, G., Filardi, C., and Sterling, E.J. 2018. The essential role of museums in wildlife conservation. In The Future of Natural History Museums (Dorfman, E., ed.), pp. 82-100. ICOM Advances in Museum Research Series. Routledge, New York.

Sterling, E.J., Betley, E., Gomez, A., Sigouin, A., ^Malone, C., Arengo, F., Blair, M., Cullman, G., Filardi, C., Landrigan, K., Roberts, K., and Porzecanski, A.L. 2016. Measuring Impact: Stakeholder Engagement for Biodiversity Goals; Assessing the Status of the Evidence. Biodiversity Technical Brief, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C., April 2016.

Blair, M.E. 2011. Habitat modification and gene flow in Saimiri oerstedii: Landscape genetics, intraspecific molecular systematics, and conservation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, New York, NY. 205 p. Columbia University Academic Commons http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8C8292K.

Research Grants and Fellowships

2025-2028 NASA Applied Sciences Division Disasters & Resilience Program. Enhancing the capacity and community resilience of Arctic Indigenous reindeer herders to implement change monitoring solutions (PI). $684,297

2023-2024 NASA Applied Sciences Division Environmental Conservation Program. Integrated multi-project impact assessment for the contribution of NASA Earth Observation products to support biodiversity decision-making in Colombia (to PI Gutierrez-Velez at Temple University, coPI). $114,890

2022-2025 Arcus Foundation. Developing capacity and informing priorities for ape conservation under climate change in Vietnam (PI) $200,000

2021-2025 NASA Applied Sciences Division Ecological Forecasting Program. Advancing tools to support and test an integrated biodiversity monitoring system for Colombia’s Protected Areas (PI). $837,510

2019-2025    National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Program. Collaborative Research: Phylogenomic analyses of lorisiform primates using museum collections (Institutional PI; lead PI L. Pozzi UT San Antonio). $114,899 

2018-2023     NASA Earth Sciences Division GEO BON Program. Expanding Wallace biodiversity modeling software to support national biodiversity change indicator calculations for GEO BON assessment and reporting (PI). $693,320

2018-2020    Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (U.S.). Collaborative transboundary conservation of vulnerable species and habitats in the Sino-Vietnamese border region under climate change (PI). $250,000

2017            Fulbright Specialist Award, Faculty of Environmental Science, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University.

2014            National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Research Experience for Undergraduates Mentor-Student Travel Scholarship. $3,000 with Elora López.

2014-2017    USAID Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science Program. Biodiversity conservation in Indochina: Integrating research and training to enhance wildlife trade management. $294,251 to PI Minh Le (CRES-VNU)

2013-2016     National Science Foundation (NSF) Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellowship Program. SEES Fellows: Integrating biology and econometrics across multiple scales for sustainable wildlife trade management (PI). $418,464

2013-2014     Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. Conservation of the slow loris. $25,000

2012-2013     Eppley Foundation for Research. Conservation of the slow loris: Informing management of the wildlife trade in Vietnam. $25,000

2012-2013     Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation. Slow loris conservation in Vietnam: Informing management of the wildlife trade. $10,000

2010-2011     American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Writing Fellowship. $20,000

2009-2010     National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement. Habitat modification and gene flow in an endangered New World primate. $10,271

2009-2010     Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation. Habitat modification and gene flow in an endangered New World primate: Implications for conservation management. $10,000

2008-2009     International Society of Primatologists. Habitat modification and gene flow in an endangered New World primate. $1500

2008-2009     Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences International Traveling Fellowship. 1 yr. graduate stipend, $23,000

2008-2009     American Society of Primatologists Conservation Small Grant. The effects of habitat modification on gene flow: Matrix tolerance, dispersal and conservation in the Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii).

2007                   Daniel E. Fischer Conservation Grant, Northwest Primate Conservation Society, Eugene, OR. The effect of habitat fragmentation on population genetic structure in the Central American squirrel monkey.  

2007               Institute of Latin American Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Grant, Columbia University. The effect of habitat fragmentation on population genetic structure in the Central American squirrel monkey. 

2006               Earth Institute Travel Grant, Columbia University. The effect of habitat fragmentation on population genetic structure in the Central American squirrel monkey. 

2005-2010       NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Program Fellowship. New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology. 4 yr. graduate stipend + research stipend

Presentations and Published Abstracts

Gutierrez-Velez, V.H., Ceballos, V., Olaya-Herrera, M.H., Parra, C., Blair, M.E., Jantz, P., Londoño, M.C. (2025). Evaluating the impact of NASA-supported data and applications on biodiversity conservation decision-making in Colombia. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 15 Dec, 2025.

Blair, M.E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Ochoa-Quintero, J.M., Paz, A., Lopez-Gallego, C., Echeverry-Galvis, M.A., Zuloaga, J., Rodríguez. P, Lemus-Mejia, L., et al. (2025). Software co-design between end users and developers to enhance utility for biodiversity conservation. Invited Symposium Presentation. Living Data / Datos Vivos Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 21-24 Oct, 2025.

Blair, M.E., Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., López-Lozano, D., Johnson, B., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Chang, S., Ersts, P.J., Gerstner, B.E., ^Grisales-Betancur, V., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. (2025). Expanding Wallace EcoMod to calculate biodiversity change indicators from species distribution models for conservation management and planning. Invited Symposium Presentation. Living Data / Datos Vivos Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 21-24 Oct, 2025.

Gutierrez-Velez, V.H., ^Mejía, A., Rodriguez, J., Sarmiento, V., Blair, M.E. (2025). Integrating Expert Knowledge, Land Cover Data, and Post-Processing Workflows to Enhance Ecosystem Change Detection in Colombia's Protected Areas. Invited Symposium Presentation. Living Data / Datos Vivos Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 21-24 Oct, 2025.

Gutierrez-Velez, V.H., Ceballos, V., Olaya-Herrera, M.H., Parra, C., Blair, M.E., Jantz, P., Londoño, M.C. (2025). Evaluating the impact of NASA-Supported Biodiversity products for biodiversity decision-making in Colombia. Invited Symposium Presentation. Living Data / Datos Vivos Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 21-24 Oct, 2025.

Running Horse Collin, Y., Blair, M.E. (2025). Indigenous and Western Scientific Collaboration for Conservation: Following a New Path Toward our Sustainable Future. Conservation Showcase Podium Presentation. IUCN World Conservation Congress. Abu Dhabi, UAE. 11 October, 2025.

Blair, M.E., Nguyen, T.A., Lopez, D., Covert, H., Trinh-Dinh, H., et al. (2025). A collaborative modeling workflow to inform priorities for gibbon conservation under climate change in Vietnam. Podium Presentation. 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 22 July, 2025.

Blair, M.E. (2025). Museomics for primate conservation. Invited Symposium Presentation (Podium). 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 21 July, 2025.

Orkin, J.D., Kuderna, L., Hermosilla-Albala, N., Fontsere, C., Aylward, M., Janiak, M., Andriaholinirina, N., Balaresque, P., Blair, M.E., et al. (2025). Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Invited Symposium Presentation (Podium). 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 21 July, 2025.

Penna, A., Blair, M.E., Hawkins, M., Kistler, L., Pozzi, L. (2025). How many babies in the bush? Reevaluating species diversity and evolutionary history of western dwarf galagos (Galagoides) in Africa’s Guineo-Congolian forests. Invited Symposium Presentation (Podium). 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 21 July, 2025.

Weisrock, D., Everson, K.M., Pozzi, L., Barrett, M., Donohue, M., Yoder, A.D., Radespiel, U., Rasoloarison, R., Rasoloharijaona, S., Roos, C., Salmona, J., Sabatier, P., Blair, M.E., et al. (2025). What phylogenomic data can tell us about the tempo of diversification of Strepsirrhine primates. Invited Symposium Presentation (Podium). 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar. 21 July, 2025.

Mejia, A.M., Gutiérrez-Vélez, V., and Blair, M.E. 2024. Simple post-processing workflows to support the implementation of the OPERA-DIST by the Colombia Protected Areas System. Invited Symposium Presentation (Podium). American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. 11 December, 2024. 

Orkin, J., Kuderna, L., Hermosilla-Albala, N., Fontsere, C., Aylward, M., Janiak, M., Andriaholinirina, N., Balaresque, P., Blair, M.E., et al. 2024. Ecological and anthropogenic effects on the genomic diversity of lemurs in Madagascar. Podium Presentation. Joint Congress of Evolutionary Biology. Montreal, Canada. 26-30 July, 2024. 

Paz-Velez, A., Blair, M.E. 2024. Targeting needs in SDMs for conservation: Local capacity building and software co-creation. Podium Presentation. North American Congress on Conservation Biology. Vancouver, Canada. 27 June, 2024.  

Orkin, J., Kuderna, L., Hermosilla-Albala, N., Fontsere, C., Aylward, M., Janiak, M., Andriaholinirina, N., Balaresque, P., Blair, M.E., et al. 2024. Genomic diversity and demographic history of the non-anthropoid primates. Podium Presentation. 93rd meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Los Angeles, CA. 20-23 March, 2024.

Pozzi, L., Everson, K.M., Barrett, M.A., Blair, M.E., et al. 2024. Not one, but multiple radiations underlie the biodiversity of Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Podium Presentation. 93rd meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Los Angeles, CA. 20-23 March, 2024.

Gutierrez-Velez, V.H., Mejia, A., Rodriguez, J., Blair, M.E., Corredor, L. 2023. Bringing together expert knowledge with national and global land cover datasets to facilitate ecosystem change assessment in protected areas in Colombia. Podium presentation. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 12 December, 2023.

Pozzi, L., Blair, M.E., Penna, A. 2023. Unlocking museum collections: promises and challenges of museomic studies in African galagids. Podium Presentation. 17th Annual Meeting of the Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists (TABA). Fort Worth, TX. 4 November, 2023.

Doherty, L., Cooper, M.J., Nekaris, K.A.I., Blair, M.E., vonCramon-Taubadel, N., Poindexter, S.A. 2023. Characterizing separate slow loris species via landmark-based cranial morphology. Poster presentation. Joint Meeting of the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists and the Mid-Atlantic Biological Anthropology Interest Group. Richmond, VA. 4 November, 2023.

Gutierrez-Velez, V.H., Rodriguez, J., Mejia, A., Blair, M.E., Londoño, M.C. 2023. Mapping forest cover and change as continuous rather than discrete variables is essential to advance forest monitoring across scales. Podium presentation. Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) Global Conference, Quebec, Canada. 12 October, 2023. 

Gerstner, B.E., Blair, M.E., Zarnetske, P.L. Exploring geodiversity as a tool to enhance species distribution models for mammals in the Northern Andes. Podium presentation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. 7 August, 2023. 

Blair, M.E., Cao, G.T.H., López-Nandam, E.H., Veronese-Paniagua, D.A., Birchette, M.G., Kenyon, M., Md-Zain, B.M., Munds, R., Nekaris, K.A.I., Nijman, V., Roos, C., Thach, H.M., Sterling, E.J., Le, M.D. 2023. Molecular phylogenetic relationships and unveiling novel genetic diversity among slow and pygmy lorises, including resurrection of Xanthonycticebus intermedius. Podium presentation. International Primatological Society Congress, Kuching, Malaysia. 24 August, 2023.

Thach, H.M., Blair, M.E., Nguyen, H.M. 2023. Engagement of diverse actors: Lessons learned from inclusive primate field research in Vietnam. Invited podium presentation to the symposium "Diversifying perspectives: A new ethic for primatology." International Primatological Society Congress, Kuching, Malaysia. 21 August, 2023.

Penna, A., Blair, M.E., Pozzi, L. 2023 Unlocking museum collections: promises and challenges of museomic studies in African galagids. Podium presentation. International Primatological Society Congress, Kuching, Malaysia. 24 August, 2023.

Blair, M.E. 2023. Creating supportive fieldwork environments for all primatologists. Invited podium presentation to the symposium "Diversifying perspectives: A new ethic for primatology." International Primatological Society Congress, Kuching, Malaysia. 21 August, 2023.

Penna, A., Lui, H-L., Blair, M., Kistler, L., and Pozzi, L. 2023. Overcoming challenges to extracting and sequencing archival DNA to support primate evolutionary research and conservation, with an application to galagos. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Albuquerque, NM. 24 June, 2023. 

Everson, K.M., Pozzi, L., Barrett, M.A., Blair, M.E., et al. 2023. Not one, but multiple radiations underlie the biodiversity of Madagascar's endangered lemurs. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Albuquerque, NM. 23 June, 2023. 

Dobson, K.M., Pruetz, J., Schapiro, S.J., Lambeth, S., Burges, C., Clark, P., Blair, M.E., Carlos-Shanley, C. 2023. Comparing simple cores: the gut microbiome of captive housed Saimiri. Poster Presentation. American Society of Primatologists Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. 20 June, 2023.

Dobson, K.M., Pruetz, J., Schapiro, S.J., Lambeth, S., Burges, C., Clark, P., Blair, M.E., Carlos-Shanley, C. 2023. Captive housing features influence on the gut microbiome of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri). Podium Presentation. American Society of Primatologists Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. 20 June, 2023.

Everson, K.M., Pozzi, L., Donohue, M.D., Kappeler, P., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Salmona, J., Roos, C., Zimmerman, E., Radespiel, U., Rasoloarison, R.M., Blair, M.E., Yoder, A.D., and Weisrock, D.W. 2023. Phylogenomics reveals multiple radiations and patterns of gene flow in Madagascar's Lemurs. Society of Systematic Biologists. Podium Presentation. Mexico City, Mexico. 15 January 2023. 

Nguyen, T.A., Le, M.D., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Assessment of climate change impacts on two endemic primates in Vietnam. 8th Asian Primate Symposium. Podium Presentation. Hanoi, Vietnam. 13-16 November 2022.

Dobson, K.M., Carlos-Shanley, C., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Human Proximity Impacts on Wild Saimiri Gut Microbiome. Podium Presentation. Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 11-12 November 2022.

Blair, M.E., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Chang, S., Ersts, P.J., Galante, P.J., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Horning, N., Johnson, B., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., López-Lozano, D., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A. Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. 2022. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software to calculate biodiversity change indicators for conservation management and planning. Podium Presentation (Virtual). International Biogeography Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. 5 June 2022.

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Chang, S., Ersts, P.J., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Horning, N., Johnson, B.A., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., López-Lozano, D., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. 2022. Expanding the Wallace species distribution modeling software to calculate metrics of biodiversity change for conservation management and planning. Podium Presentation (Virtual). North American Congress for Conservation Biology. Reno, NV. 20 July 2022

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., Penna, A., Everson, K.M., Weisrock, D.W., and Pozzi, L. 2022. Unlocking museum collections for primate phylogenomics and conservation: case studies from lorisiform primates. Podium Presentation. American Society of Primatologists Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. August 25-28 2022.

Dobson, K.M., Carlos-Shanley, C., Schapiro, S.J., Lambeth, S., Burges, C., Clark, P., and Blair, M.E. 2022. A First Glimpse of the Captive Saimiri Gut Microbiome – Preliminary Data. Podium Presentation. American Society of Primatologists Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. August 25-28 2022.

Pozzi, L., Pringle, K., Penna, A., Everson, K.M., Weisrock, D.W., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Unlocking the past: museomics of African galagids. Poster Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Denver, Colorado. 26 March 2022. Abstract Published: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, S73, p. 147.

Miller, E., Luhrs, A., Blair, M., and Pozzi, L. 2022. The Power of the Senses: Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Evaluate the Role of Sensory Drive in the Divergence of Dwarf Galagos (Paragalago spp.). Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Denver, Colorado. 26 March 2022. Abstract Published: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, S73, p. 125.

Brown, M., Schmitt, C., Loyola, L, Douglas, L., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Faculty preferences for fieldwork experience in graduate program applications. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Denver, Colorado. 26 March 2022. Abstract Published: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, S73, p27.

Decamp, R.M., Trujillo, A.E., Tilton, K.M., Blair, M.E., Pozzi, L., Disotell, T.R., Tosi, A.J., Burrell, A.S., and Bergey, C.M. 2022. The Impacts of Mating System on Sperm Gene Evolution in Primates. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Denver, Colorado. 26 March 2022. Abstract Published: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, S73, p42.

Tilton, K.M., Trujillo, A.E., Decamp, R.M., Blair, M.E., Pozzi, L., Disotell, T.R., Tosi, A.J., Burrell, A.S., and Bergey, C.M. 2022. Adaptive evolution of Plasmodium- associated genes in primates. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists. Denver, Colorado. 26 March 2022. Abstract Published: American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 177, S73, p186.

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., Cao, G.T.H., Lopez, E.H., Veronese, D.A., Kenyon, M., Md-Zain, B.M., Munds, R., Nekaris, K.A.I., Nijman, V., Roos, C., Thach, H.M., and Sterling, E.J. 2022. Revisiting Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships among Slow Lorises (Genus Nycticebus): Unveiling Novel Genetic Diversity. Podium Presentation, International Primatological Congress, Quito, Ecuador. Jan 11 2022 [Virtual].  

Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Kass, J.M., Paz, A. Johnson, B., Grisales Betancur, V., Merow, C. Meenan, S.I., Broennimann, O. Varela, S., Maitner, B.S., Owens, H.L., Galante, P.J., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Blair, M.E., and Anderson, R.P. 2021. Wallace v2: Restructuring and new features for a modular and expandable species distribution modeling application. International Biogeography Society  Early Career Conference. Oct 23 2021 [virtual]. Podium Presentation.

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Chang, S., Ersts, P.J., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Horning, N., Johnson, B., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., López-Lozano, D., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. 2021. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software as a tool for assessment and reporting by Biodiversity Observation Networks. AmeriGEO Week, El Salvador Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Aug 23-27 2021 [Virtual]. Poster Presentation. 

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Babich Morrow, C., Ersts, P., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Horning, N., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., López-Lozano, D., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A. Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. 2020.  Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software to calculate biodiversity change indicators for conservation management and planning. 5th North American Congress for Conservation Biology. Oral Presentation. Denver, Colorado. 29 July 2020. 

Groom, M., Gallo, T., and Blair, M.E. 2020. Creating Supportive Workplaces for All Conservationists: Individual and institutional allyship strategies. 5th North American Congress for Conservation Biology. Invited Oral Presentation to the Interactive Session "Expanding Boundaries Through Allyship in Conservation Biology". Denver, Colorado. 29 July 2020.

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Babich Morrow, C. Ersts, P., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Horning, N., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., López-Lozano, D., Suarez-Valencia, E., Noguera-Urbano, E.A. Paz, A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., and Anderson, R.P. 2020. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software as a BON in a Box tool for national BON assessment and reporting. Invited Oral Presentation. GEO BON Open Science / All Hands Meeting. Leipzig, Germany. 6 July 2020.

Galante, P.J., Merow, C., Kass, J.M., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Ersts, P., Gerstner, B.E., Horning, N., Pinilla Buitrago, G.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., Anderson, R.P., and Blair, M.E. 2019. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software to support national biodiversity change indicator calculations. Podium presentation. International Biogeography Society Humboldt-250 Meeting. Quito, Ecuador. 5 – 9 August 2019.

Babich Morrow, C., Kass, J.M., Galante, P.J., and Blair, M.E. 2019. Delineating parapatric ranges using species distribution models and support vector machines: an example with three-toed sloths. Podium presentation. International Biogeography Society Humboldt-250 Meeting. Quito, Ecuador. 5 – 9 August 2019.

Porzecanski, A.L., Arengo, F., Blair, M., Sterling, E.J., Amato, G., and Filardi, C. 2019. The essential role of museums in wildlife conservation. Oral presentations at the VII Symposium of Natural History Museums, XII International Convention on Environment and Development. Havana, Cuba. 1-5 July 2019.

Babich Morrow, C., Galante, P.J., Kass, J.M., and Blair, M.E. 2019. Improving species range estimates for an arboreal species group with a parapatric distribution. Poster presentation. 99th meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists. Washington, D.C. 29 June – 2 July 2019.

Musher, L.J., Galante, P.J., Blair, M.E., Huntley, J., and Thom, G. 2019. Testing the causes of speciation with gene flow in a Neotropical avian species pair. Poster Presentation. American Ornithological Societies Meeting. Anchorage, AK. 24 June – 28 June 2019.

Galante, P.J., Merow, C., Kass, J.M., Gerstner, B.E., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Horning, N., Ersts, P., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Anderson, R.P., and Blair, M.E. 2019. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software to support national biodiversity change indicator calculations for GEO BON assessment and reporting.  Invited talk. 1st Symposium on Asian Biodiversity Data and Research. City College of New York, CUNY. New York, NY. 28 January 2019.

Galante, P.J., Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J. 2019. Applying GIS and Remote Sensing to Conservation and Improving Ecological Niche Models. Guest lecture in Zoogeography, Graduate Center, CUNY. New York, NY. 2 April 2019.

Galante, P.J., Merow, C., Kass, J.M,, Gerstner, B.E., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Horning, N., Ersts, P., Velasquez-Tibata, J., Anderson, R.P., and Blair, M.E. 2018. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software to support national biodiversity change indicator calculations for GEO BON assessment and reporting. Poster Presentation. 100th meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Washington DC. 10–14 December 2018.

Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., Kass, J.M., Johnson, E., Galante, P.J., Horning, N., Ersts, P., Merow, C., Gerstner, B.E., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Velásquez-Tibatá, J., Blair, M.E., and Anderson, R.P. 2018. Wallace: un software para estimar la distribución de especies y cuantificar cambios en la biodiversidad. Podium Presentation. Colombian Congress of Zoology. Bogota, Colombia. 3 Dec 2018.

Blair, M.E. 2018. Moving beyond diversity to inclusion: recommendations for the International Primatological Society. Roundtable: Diversity and Inclusion in Primatology. International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya. August 2018.

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Le Duc Minh, Sterling, E.J., Horning, N., and Xu, M. 2018. Ecological niche models to inform primate conservation under climate change: promise and pitfalls. Symposium: Clima-primatology: primates and climate change. International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya. August 2018.

Kodis, M., Galante, P.J., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2018. Ecological niche modeling for a cultivated plant species: A case study on taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Hawaiʻi. North American Congress in Conservation Biology, Toronto, July 2018.

Ford, C., Blair, M.E., Horning, N., and Galante, P.J. 2018. Environmental drivers of sweet potato leaf folder (Herpetogramma hipponalis) garden crop devastation in the Solomon Islands. North American Congress in Conservation Biology, Toronto, July 2018.

Ford, C., Blair, M.E., Horning, N., and Galante, P.J. 2018. Investigating sweet potato leaf folder crop destruction in the Solomon Islands. Society for Conservation GIS Annual Meeting, Monterrey, July 2018.

Ford, C., Horning, N., and Blair, M.E. 2018. Investigating the spatial-environmental drivers of sweet potato crop devastation by Herpetogramma hipponalis in the Solomon Islands. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, April 2018.

Blair, M.E., Anderson, R.P., Kass, J.M., Gerstner, B., Pinilla-Buitrago, G., Aiello-Lammens, M., Merow, C., Horning, N., Galante, P., Ersts, P., and Velásquez-Tibatá, J. 2018. Expanding Wallace modeling software to support national biodiversity change indicator calculations for GEO BON assessment and reporting. Invited Poster Presentation. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting, Washington, D.C. 24-26 April 2018.

Thach, H.M., Le, M.D., Vu, N.B., Panariello, A., Sethi, G., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2017. Slow loris trade in Vietnam: Exploring diverse knowledges and values. Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York. New York, NY, 11-13 October 2017.

Sigouin, A., Sterling E.J., Betley E., Gomez A., Toomey A., Cullman G., ^Malone C., Pekor, A. Arengo F., Blair M., Filardi C., Gazit N., Landrigan K., and Porzecanski A.L. 2017. How does engaging stakeholders affect conservation outcomes? An analysis of evidence. Poster presentation. Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS) 2017. New York. New York, NY. 11-13 October 2017. 

Cao, G., Blair, M., Le, M., and Nekaris, K.A.I. 2017. Conservation of the Slow Loris Nycticebus spp. at the Genetic Level: Phylogenetics, Phylogeography and Population Genetics. Poster Presentation at the European Federation for Primatology. 21-25 August, 2017, University of Strasbourg, France. Folia Primatologica 88 (2): 170 (Abstract). 

Blair, M.E., Galante, P.J., Herrera, J., Raxworthy, C., Sterling, E.J., and Pearson, R. 2017. Using phylogenetic endemism for conservation priority-setting: Clades, climate, and scale matter. International Congress for Conservation Biology, 23-27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.

Arengo, F., Amato, G., Blair, M.E, Filardi, C., Porzecanski, A.L., and Sterling, E.J. 2017. Conservation strategies at natural history museums: An overview. International Congress for Conservation Biology, 23-27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.

Porzecanski, A.L., Arengo, F., Blair, M.E., and Sterling, E.J. 2017. Capacity development, conservation and museums. International Congress for Conservation Biology, 23-27 July 2017, Cartagena, Colombia.

Blair, M.E., Le, M.D., Thach, H.M., Panariello, A., Vu, N.B., Birchette, M., Sterling, E.J., and Sethi, G. 2016. Slow loris trade in Vietnam: Examining drivers and scales of trade with an interdisciplinary approach. Podium presentation at the International Primatological Society Congress, Chicago, IL, August 2016. 

Blair, M.E., Thach, H.M., Vu, N.B., Panariello, A., Le, M.D., Sterling, E.J., and Sethi, G. 2016. Wildlife trade management and ethnoprimatology in Vietnam: Exploring different knowledges and values in a social-ecological systems framework. Podium presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 2016.  

Cao, G.T.H., Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J., Le, M.D., and Nguyen, T.V. 2015. Inferring genetic diversity of threatened slow loris populations in Vietnam. Student Conference on Conservation Science - New York. New York, NY, October 2015.

Blair, M.E., Thach, H.M., Vu, N.B., Le, M.D., Sethi, G., and Sterling, E.J. 2015. Slow loris trade in Vietnam: Examining drivers and trade networks. Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, July 2015.

Blair, M.E., Thach, H.M., Vu, N.B., Panariello, A., Le, M.D., Sterling, E.J., and Sethi, G. 2015. Comparing wildlife trade networks, prices, and drivers across geographic scales in Vietnam - Podium Presentation at the Association of American Geographer’s Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2015.

Sterling, E.J., Filardi, C.E., Betley, E., Gazit, N., Jupiter, S., Cullman, G., Caillon, S., Esbach, M., Blair, M.E., Woltz, H., Albert, S., Horning, N., McCarter, J., Pikacha, P., Mauli, S., and Sirikolo, M. “Biocultural indicators of resilience: linking across scales.” Presentation: International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF), Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies chapter, New Haven, CT, January 2015.

Blair, M.E. and Sterling, E.J. 2014. Ecological niche evolution and speciation processes in primates. Podium presentation at the Northeastern Evolutionary Primatology Group conference, New Brunswick, NJ, Nov 7-8 2014.

López, E.H., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.V, Duong, H.T., Cao, G.T.H, Sterling, E.J., and *Blair, M.E. 2014. Inferring molecular phylogenetic relationships among endangered slow lorises (genusNycticebus). Poster presentation at the Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section Meetings, Melaka, Malaysia, August 2014.  *=presenter.

Le, M.D., Thach, H.M., Nguyen, V.H., Amato, G., DeSalle, R., Sethi, G., Birchette, M., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. DNA barcoding as a part of an interdisciplinary research approach to facilitate improved wildlife trade management. Podium presentation at the Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section Meetings, Melaka, Malaysia, August 2014. 

Matthews, L.C., Le, M.D., Lopez, E.H., Bergey, C.M., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. The utility of nuclear introns to diagnose among slow loris species (genus Nycticebus). Podium presentation at the International Primatological Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014.

López, E.H., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.V, Duong, H.T., Cao, G.T.H, Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. Inferring molecular phylogenetic relationships among slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Poster presentation at the International Primatological Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014. 

Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J., Dusch, M., Raxworthy, C. and Pearson, R.G. 2014. Inferring speciation process from ecological niche evolution: A case study of lemurs in Madagascar. Podium presentation at the International Primatological Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014.

Le, M.D., Thach, H.M., Nguyen, V.H., Amato, G., DeSalle, R., Sethi, G., Birchette, M., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. DNA barcoding and forensic tools as a part of an interdisciplinary research approach to facilitate improved wildlife trade management. Podium presentation at the International Primatological Congress, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014.

Cullman, G., Blair, M.E., Filardi, C., Landrigan, K., Newell, J., and Sterling, E.J. 2014. Exploring the boundaries of a biocultural approach to conservation. Podium presentation at the Society for Conservation Biology North America Section Congress, Mizzoula, Montana, July 2014.

Matthews, L.C., Le, M.D., Lopez, E.H., Bergey, C.M., Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. Species Identification and Evolutionary History of Slow Lorises (genus Nycticebus) as Inferred by Nuclear Introns. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 153 (Suppl.178-179): [Abstract]. Podium presentation at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting April, 2014 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

López, E.H., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.V, Duong, H.T., Cao, G.T.H, Sterling, E.J., and Blair, M.E. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships among slow lorises (genus Nycticebus) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis. Poster presentation at the Ivy Plus Symposium, Cambridge, MA, March 2014. 

Blair, M.E., Sterling, E.J., Dusch, M., Raxworthy, C. and Pearson, R.G. 2013. Using ecological niche models to infer evolutionary processes and inform conservation: A case study of lemurs in Madagascar. Podium presentation at the 2013 International Congress on Conservation Biology, Baltimore, MD.

Escovar, T., Blair, M.E., and Pearson, R.G. 2012. Assessing the predictive ability of ecological niche models using data from the north slope of Alaska. Poster presentation at the 2012 Society for Conservation Biology North America Congress, Oakland, CA.

Foster, M.J., Blair, M.E., Bennett, C., Bynum, N., and Sterling, E.J. 2012. Increasing diversity in conservation science through education policy: Barriers to success and ways forward. Poster presentation at the 2012 Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Blair, M., Rose, R., Ersts, P., Redford, K., Sanderson, E., and Pearson, R.G.. 2011. Incorporating climate change into conservation planning: a case study in Range Wide Priority Setting. Podium presentation at the 2011 Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Blair, M. 2010. Landscape genetics and biological corridors in Saimiri oerstedii. Podium presentation at the 2010 Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York (SCCS-NY), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Bett, N., Blair, M., and Sterling, E.J. 2010. Ecological niche modeling of grey-shanked doucs (Pygathrix cinerea) in Vietnam. Poster presentation at the 2010 Student Conference on Conservation Science - New York (SCCS-NY), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 

Blair, M. and Melnick, D.J. 2010. Landscape heterogeneity influences gene flow in the Central American Squirrel Monkey. Primate Research 26 (Suppl): [Abstract]. Podium presentation at the 2010 International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress, Kyoto Japan. Presented as a part of a symposium I organized, “Landscape Genetics in Primates: New Methods and Applications.”

Blair, M. and Melnick, D.J. 2010. Population genetic structure and landscape genetics of the endangered Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141 (Suppl.50): [Abstract]. Poster presentation at the 2010 American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) Annual Meeting, Albequerque, NM.

Hodgson, J.A. and Blair, M. 2010. Inferring geographic origin of a population range expansion using GIS and multi-locus genomic data: the origin of modern humans as a test case. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141 (Suppl.50): [Abstract]. Poster presentation at the 2010 AAPA Annual Meeting, Albequerque, NM.

Blair, M. and Hagelin, J.C. 2009. Fecal odor is a putative alarm signal in the doemstic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). Poster presentation at the 2009 American Ornithologists' Union Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Blair, M. and Melnick, D.J. 2008. The effect of habitat fragmentation on population genetic structure in the Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii). Primate Eye 96 (Abst#192): [Abstract]. Poster presentation at the 2008 IPS Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Blair, M. and Cords, M. 2008. Behavioral indicators of female choice in blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135 (Suppl. 46): [Abstract]. Poster presented at the 2008 AAPA Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.

Dacier, A., Morales-Jimenez, A.L., Blair, M. and Disotell, T.R. 2008. Phylogeny of New World monkeys (Primates: Platyrrhini) based on large genomic sequence data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135 (Suppl. 46): [Abstract]. Podium presentation at the 2008 AAPA Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.

Blair, M. 2007. The effect of habitat fragmentation on the population genetic structure of the Central American Squirrel Monkey. Poster Presentation at the 2007 NSF IGERT Project Meeting, Arlington, VA.

Blair, M. 2004. Genotyping South African and Kenyan vervets (Chlorocebus aethiops) for eight human microsatellite markers. Poster presentation at the Sigma Xi Poster Session, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA.

Popular Articles, Media Events & Coverage

“Reindeer and Resilience.” American Museum of Natural History SciCafe. Free, public lecture. https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/adults/scicafe/sami-resilience (7 January 2026).

"Unlocking tomorrow’s scientific solutions today for SDGs," By Ruwoku, E. University World News. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250725105859817  (27 July 2025).

"Indigenous knowledge leading transdisciplinary science to action for SDG implementation in the Arctic". Invited remarks given at "Science Day 2025: Unlocking tomorrow’s solutions, today", hosted by the International Science Council at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). https://council.science/events/science-day-2025/  (25 July 2025).   

"On the Side Lines of UNPFII: Reindeer Herders Call for Action on Land Fragmentation and Indigenous Rights." By Tonkopeeva, M. Reindeer Herding and Resilience News Post. https://reindeerherdingandresilience.org/news/on-the-side-lines-of-unpfii-reindeer-herders-call-for-action-on-land-fragmentation-and-indigenous-rights/  (22 April 2025).

"Finding Family – and a Reindeer Herd – in Norway’s Far North.” By Shahbazi, A. Study of Environmental Arctic Change News Post. https://searcharcticscience.org/highlights/finding-family-and-a-reindeer-herd-in-norways-far-north/ (26 Sept 2023). 

"Grey Areas.” The Moth Storytelling Radio Hour and Podcast (25 July 2023) and Two Moth Mainstage events (Troy, NY 7 April 2023, Tarrytown, NY 12 March 2023). https://themoth.org/stories/grey-areas  or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTFpcRTpLpY

"Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises are actually Two Different Species.” By Nuwer, R. Scientific American 328(6). https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cute-and-ugly-pygmy-lorises-are-actually-two-different-species/ (1 Jun 2023).

“Biodiversity and the Climate Crisis.” Invited appearance on the Podcast Series "Talk that Walks: Leaders at the Crossroads" by the Alliance of Leadership Fellows. https://www.allianceofleadershipfellows.org/podcast/biodiversity-and-the-climate-crisis  (29 Apr 2023).

"Museum researchers describe new species of nocturnal primate." Featured Research Blog Post, American Museum of Natural History, by Snyder, K. https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/pygmy-loris-new-species (Mar 13, 2023).

"Human-caused climate change fuels warmer, wetter, stormier Arctic: 2022 Arctic Report Card features Indigenous observations and knowledge." NOAA News & Features, by Allen, M. https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/human-caused-climate-change-fuels-warmer-wetter-stormier-arctic (Dec 13, 2022). 

"Wildlife don’t recognize borders, nor does climate change. Conservation should keep up" by Jim Tan. https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/wildlife-dont-recognize-borders-nor-does-climate-change-conservation-should-keep-up/ (April 28, 2022).

"Instituto Humboldt y el Museo de Historia Natural de Nueva York unen esfuerzos por la biodiversidad colombiana," by Laura Garzón. http://humboldt.org.co/es/actualidad/item/1732-instituto-humboldt-y-el-museo-de-historia-natural-de-nueva-york-unen-esfuerzos-por-la-biodiversidad-colombiana (April 11, 2022). 

“Museum and Colombia’s Humboldt Institute To Collaborate on Conservation” Featured News Post, American Museum of Natural History, by Snyder, K.  https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/museum-agreement-colombias-humboldt-institute (April 1, 2022).

“Protecting Colombia’s Biodiversity.” Featured Project News Post, NASA Applied Sciences Website, by Keck, A, http://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/news/protecting-colombias-biodiversity (March 30, 2022).

"Conservation Efforts Must Work Across Borders, Studies Show." Featured Research Blog Post, American Museum of Natural History, by Snyder, K. https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/prevent-biodiversity-loss-across-borders (March 22, 2022).

Featured Storyteller. The Moth Mainstage Event "There is a place for us" in Tarrytown, NY. (March 12, 2022). 

“Frontiers Issue 14.1 Announcement” Featured News Post, International Biogeography Society, by Faller, K. https://www.biogeography.org/news/news/frontiers-issue-14-1/ (March 2, 2022).“March Mammal Madness Museum Tour" American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) You Tube Live Broadcast (7300 views, 1300 live) *highest live attendance of a virtual hall tour to date* https://youtu.be/WUOS8-A9CpU (19 March 2021).

“The Scientist is In: Reindeer Special” AMNH Facebook Live Broadcast. (7000 views). https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistory/videos/201614691513078  (Dec 22, 2020).

“Endangered Species and Climate Change” AMNH Scientists at Home Facebook Live Broadcast. (9500 views). https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistory/videos/281697306369677/ (July 23, 2020).

"Mary Blair: Creating Better Biodiversity Maps." Profile, NASA Applied Sciences Website, by Keck, A and Stewart, E. https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/people/mary-blair-creating-better-biodiversity-maps (June 2, 2020).

“Mary Blair: Researcher Spotlight.” NASA Biodiversity & Ecological Forecasting Newsletter and Website. Winter 2020. https://cce-datasharing.gsfc.nasa.gov/programs/spotlight/10/0/a/ (2 Feb 2, 2020).

“The unique biodiversity of Vietnam.” Public lecture at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi’s American Center and Facebook Live Broadcast (9,000 views). https://www.facebook.com/usembassyhanoi/videos/2213069472055236/ (Aug 8, 2018).

“Joining forces to address the threat of wildlife trafficking.” Science at AMNH Podcast. https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/podcasts/joining-forces-to-address-the-threat-of-wildlife-trafficking (Nov 2, 2017).

“Live with conservation scientist Mary Blair.” (5,000 views) AMNH Facebook Live Broadcast. https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistory/videos/10154685165896991/ (Oct 20, 2017).

“A New Approach to Combating Illegal Wildlife Trafficking.” AMNH Research Blog Post featuring M.E. Blair. https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/research-posts/a-new-approach-to-combating-illegal-wildlife-trafficking (Oct 13, 2017).

“New Study Combines Biology, Anthropology, and Economics for More Complete Picture of Illegal Wildlife Trade.” AMNH Press Release. https://www.amnh.org/about-the-museum/press-center/study-combines-biology-anthropology-and-economics-for-more-complete-picture-of-illegal-wildlife-trade (Oct 2017).

“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Wildlife Trade Management.” American Institute of Biological sciences (AIBS) Podcast "BioScience Talks".  http://bioscienceaibs.libsyn.com/interdisciplinary-approaches-to-wildlife-trade-management (Oct 11, 2017).

“No longer a black box: How did maxent go open-source?” by M.E. Blair and R.P. Anderson. Ecography Blog Post. http://www.ecography.org/blog/no-longer-black-box-how-did-maxent-go-open-source (July 3, 2017).

“Five Ways to Move Beyond the March: A Guide for Scientists Seeking Strong, Inclusive Science” by Sutton Lawrence, A., Wynn-Grant, R., Malone, C., Sterling, E., Groom, M., Blair, M. Union of Concerned Scientists, Science and Democracy Blog. http://blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogger/five-ways-to-move-beyond-the-march-a-guide-for-scientists-seeking-strong-inclusive-science (May 15, 2017).

“The Search for Slow Lorises.” American Museum of Natural History SciCafe. Free, public lecture. http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/adults/scicafe/the-search-for-slow-lorises (March 1, 2017).

“Live with conservation biologist Mary Blair talking about her work on lorises in Southeast Asia.” (8,000 views) AMNH Facebook Live Broadcast. https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistory/videos/10154080554746991/ (Feb 27, 2017).

“Slow Loris Conservation in Vietnam” AMNH.tv Science Video. https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/research-and-collections/slow-loris-conservation-in-vietnam (October 13, 2016).

“Live now with Assistant Director for Research at the CBC.” (11,000 views) AMNH Facebook Live Broadcast. https://www.facebook.com/naturalhistory/videos/10153546832411991/ (April 22, 2016).

Spotlight Asia: Ring in the Year of the Monkey, media coverage of AMNH event featuring our research on primates in Vietnam on Sinovision: http://video.sinovision.net/?id=32937.  (February 21, 2016).

National Science Foundation Discovery Blog. “Saving the slow loris: Fighting wildlife trafficking with interdisciplinary research and a legacy of international collaboration.” https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135668  (July 13, 2015).

American Museum of Natural History Fieldwork Journal Blogs: https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/the-search-for-slow-lorises-in-vietnam-amnh  (Mar-April, 2014 and July 2015).

“Tracking Down a Slow Loris” Oxford University Press Blog Post: http://blog.oup.com/2014/07/slow-loris-conservation/ (July 14, 2014).

“Field Research and Work-Life Integration” Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Magazine, Summer 2014 Edition, pp. 10-11.

“The Primate Tracker: Mary Blair combs the forests of Vietnam looking for endangered slow lorises.” Scholastic News for Your Classroom. http://magazines.scholastic.com/news/2014/04/The-Primate-Tracker (April 16, 2014).

“The Primate Tracker: Mary Blair combs the forests of Vietnam looking for endangered slow lorises.” Cool Science Jobs. Scholastic’s ScienceWorld Magazine.  http://scienceworld.scholastic.com/cool-science-jobs  (March 24, 2014).

“Tracking Tiny Primates,” Scholastic’s SuperScience Magazine Vol. 25 No. 6 (March 2014).

“How Does Evolutionary Biology Inform Biodiversity Conservation?” Free, public lecture for the Secret Science Club, The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY.  http://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/2014/02/wednesday-february-12-8pm-bell-house.html (February 12, 2014).

“Science Bulletins: Slow Loris Venom-Solving a Toxic Puzzle.” American Museum of Natural History BioNews Science Bulletins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOyC6rEpHJk (December 12, 2013).

New York Times Scientist at Work Blogs (April-May 2013).

"Evolutionary Primatologist Discusses Diversity in the Scientific Workforce," The Wilson Billboard, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. (December 8, 2011).

"Meet Mary Blair: Mentor and Biologist." American Association of University Women Blog. (January 11, 2011).

Research Projects

Study of Environmental Arctic Change: Informing Arctic decisions with Indigenous and scientific knowledge. Human Well-being Coproduction Team Member. https://searcharcticscience.org/ 2022-Current.

Unlocking museum collections for primate phylogenomics and conservation: Museomics of lorisiform primates. University of Texas at San Antonio and Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2019 - Current 

Expanding Wallace biodiversity modeling software to support biodiversity assessment and reporting. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and City College of New York (City University of New York), the University of Connecticut, Pace University, and the Alexander von Humboldt Institute. 2018-Current

An integrative social ecological systems framework for research on illicit wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Vietnam National University. 2014-Current

Diversity, evolution, and conservation of the slow and pygmy lorises in Vietnam: integrating evolutionary biology, anthropology and economics to address the complex threat of illicit trade. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation and the Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2012-Current

Conservation of evolutionary processes: Ecological Niche Evolution, Phylogenetic Endemism, and Ecotones in Madagascar. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2012-Current

Collaborative transboundary conservation of vulnerable species and habitats in the Sino-Vietnamese border region under climate change. Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Rutgers University, Vietnam National University. 2018-2020

Biocultural resilience across landscape mosaics in Pacific Islands. (Eleanor Sterling, PI) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2014-2019

Ecological niche modeling, biogeography, and population monitoring of the douc langurs (Pygathrix spp). Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York NY, 2010-2012

Incorporating the threat of climate change into range-wide conservation planning for the jaguar (Panthera onca). Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History and the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY (2010-2011)

Habitat modification and gene flow in an endangered New World primate, the Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii). Columbia University and Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University (2006-2011)

Inferring the geographic origin of modern humans using GIS and multi-locus genomic data. Columbia University and Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University (2009-2010)

Phylogeny and divergence dating of New World monkeys based on large non-coding genomic sequence data. Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University (2007-2009)

New World primate microsatellite marker screening in Saimiri fecal samples. Molecular Primatology Laboratory, New York University, New York, NY (2007)

Behavioral indicators of female choice in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. Columbia University (2006-2007)

Mapping Saimiri oerstedii troop locations and illegal deforestation sites using GIS. Fund for Costa Rica, Quepos, Costa Rica (2006)

Comparative methods of DNA extraction from mammalian feces. Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (2006)

Behavioral monitoring of free-ranging golden lion tamarins to facilitate their reintroduction into Brazil. The National Zoo, Washington, D.C. (2005)

Microsatellite genotyping and mitochondrial sequencing of non-human primates for species, population, and individual-level barcoding. Integrated Primate Biomaterials and Information Resource (IPBIR), Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Camden, NJ. (2004)

Handedness and food preference in captive Central American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedii). The Primatological Foundation of Costa Rica, San Miguel de Turrucares, Costa Rica. (2004)

Infant carrying behavior in Rufous-naped tamarins (Saguinus geoffroyi). The Primatological Foundation of Costa Rica, San Miguel de Turrucares, Costa Rica. (2004)

Invited Talks

Apr 2026. “Predicting the future of biodiversity under climate change.” Invited lecture to the Sustainable Development Program at Columbia University, New York, NY.  

Apr 2026. Invited Panelist, “Arctic Transformations: Resilience, Partnership, and Lessons from a Warming World.” The Spring Lunch: Science, Society, and Our Environment. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.  

Apr 2026. Invited Panelist, "Rights to Lands, Territories and Mobility: Celebrating the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists in Advance of UNCCD COP17." Side Event at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), New York, NY.  

Apr 2026. “Conservation museomics: the role of museums for innovation in conservation biology”. Invited lecture to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Biology Seminar Series. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.  

Feb 2026. “Conservation Museomics”. Invited lecture to the Bard College Department of Biology Seminar Series. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 

Dec 2025. "Primate Conservation and Conservation Genetics." Guest lecture for the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology's Core Graduate Course in Primate Evolution and Behavior. New York University, New York, NY.

Oct 2025. Invited panelist, “Mapping futures: Technology, Indigenous knowledge, and mobility in the Arctic.”  Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykyavik, Iceland. 

Jul 2025. "Indigenous knowledge leading transdisciplinary science to action for SDG implementation in the Arctic". Invited talk at "Science Day 2025: Unlocking tomorrow’s solutions, today", hosted by the International Science Council at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), New York, NY.     

May 2025. Invited Keynote. Science and Nature Program Graduation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.  

May 2025. Invited Panel Moderator, "Humans and Nature in the Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives." The 2025 Mack Lipkin Man and Nature Series Panel Discussion at the Margaret Mead Film Festival, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 

Apr 2025. "Predicting the future of biodiversity under climate change.” Invited lecture to the Sustainable Development Program at Columbia University, New York, NY.  

Apr 2025. Invited Panel Moderator, "Challenges of Land Fragmentation and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Implementation." Side Event at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), New York, NY.  

Mar 2025. “Bridging Worlds - The Power of Knowledge Co-Production”. Invited session moderator. Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning, Arctic Science Summit Week, Boulder, CO. 

Oct 2023.  Partnerships for Impact: Collaborative science to inform biodiversity conservation.” Invited Talk, Stony Brook University Ecology and Evolution Colloquium Series, Stony Brook, NY. 

Mar 2023. Wallace: un software para estimar la distribución de especies y cuantificar cambios en la biodiversidad. Invited Keynote Speaker at the “IV Colombian Symposium on Distribution Modeling" at the VI Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Monteria, Colombia.  

Sep 2022. Invited Plenary: Software Tool Demonstration. Modeling and Decision Support Tools for the Colombia Biodiversity Observation Network. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting, College Park, MD.

Jan 2022. Creating better biodiversity maps. NASA Topical Workshop: Broadening the use of NASA datasets by the Species Distribution Modeling community.  Invited Presentation. University of Montana (Virtual).

Nov 2021. Expanding Wallace species distribution modeling software as a tool for assessment and reporting by Biodiversity Observation Networks. At the GEO WEEK side event entitled ‘Biological Earth observations in support of transformative commitments and sustainable development’ co-organized by GEO BON, MBON, the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica and UNDP. (Virtual). https://geobon.org/geo-week-2021/ 

Sep 2021. Special Issue Preview: Transboundary Conservation Under Climate Change. Invited Talk for the Frontiers of Biogeography event at International Humboldt Day. (Virtual). https://www.humboldtday.org/event/frontiers-of-biogeography/ 

Aug 2020. Biodiversity data, frameworks and tools: Scientific collaborations to guide conservation. Invited lecture. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education U.S. Nominee Awards Session. U.S. State Department’s Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Washington, D.C. https://vimeo.com/450279960/16b63bcf34

Oct 2018. Wildlife trade in Vietnam: exploring drivers, scales, and diverse knowledges in a social-ecological systems framework. Invited lecture. Department of Biology Seminar Series. Fordham University, New York, NY.

May 2018. A new R package to process SDMs to estimate species’ ranges. Invited talk. New York Species Distribution Modeling Discussion Group. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Apr 2018. GIS and Remote Sensing for Biodiversity Conservation. Invited talk. Teacher’s Professional Development Spring Break Institute: Global Trends in Biodiversity and their Causes. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Mar 2018. How does evolutionary primatology inform primate conservation? From wildlife trade to climate change. Invited lecture. Center for the Study of Human Origins, New York University, New York, NY.

Nov 2017. The promise and pitfalls of new machine learning methods for biodiversity modeling. Invited University Public Seminar. Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Oct 2017. Ecological niche divergence, conservatism, and speciation processes. Guest lecture for graduate course in Speciation, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Oct 2017. Ph.D. Career Trajectories: Beyond the Tenure-Track. New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology Graduate Program Seminar, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 

Oct 2017. Illicit wildlife trade in Vietnam: examining drivers and scales of trade in a social-ecological systems framework. Invited Lecture. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Aug 2017. How does evolutionary biology inform biodiversity conservation? A case study of slow lorises in Vietnam. Keynote Lecture. NYU Courant Institute’s Girls’ Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GSTEM) Summer Program Symposium. New York, NY.

Mar 2017.  How Does Genetics Inform Biodiversity Conservation? Opportunities and Pitfalls. Invited Lecture. Sigma Xi - Swarthmore College Chapter, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. 

Feb 2017.  Integrating Biodiversity Conservation Science Research Across Disciplines and Scales in the Lower Mekong Basin. Invited Talk. Lower Mekong Research Collaboration Initiative Symposium. U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Dec 2016.  Slow loris conservation in Vietnam. Invited lecture for the Yeshiva University Natural History Society, New York, NY.

Dec 2016.  Primate Conservation and Conservation Genetics. Guest lecture for the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology's Core Graduate Course in Primate Evolution and Behavior. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Nov 2016.  Primate Conservation Case Studies from Vietnam. Invited lecture, Rutgers University Primate Conservation Club, New Brunswick, NJ.

Nov 2016.  Illicit wildlife trade in Vietnam: exploring drivers, scales, and diverse knowledges in a social-ecological systems framework. Yale Southeast Asia Studies Council, Southeast Asia Seminar Series, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 

Oct 2016.  How can genetics inform biodiversity conservation?: Opportunities and pitfalls. Keynote Address. Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists Conference, SUNY Old Westbury, Long Island, NY.

Apr 2016. Examining the drivers of wildlife trade in Vietnam with an interdisciplinary approach. Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. 

Feb 2016.  How does evolutionary biology inform biodiversity conservation?: A case study of the slow loris trade. George Z. Tokieda Memorial Lecture, Brearley School, New York, NY.    

Feb 2016.  Scales of Wildlife Trade in Vietnam: Integrating Evolutionary Biology  Anthropology, and Econometrics to Address a Complex Problem. City College Biology Department Seminar, New York, NY.  

Dec 2015.  Enhancing Capacity for Research and Management of Wildlife Trafficking in the Lower Mekong Basin: Integrating Across Disciplines and Scales. Second NSF 2015 International Workshop to Explore Research Frontiers through Partnerships in the Lower Mekong Basin. Can Tho University, Vietnam.

Oct 2015.  Scales of Wildlife Trade in Vietnam: Integrating Molecular Phylogenetics, Ethnography, and Econometrics to Address a Complex Problem. Rutgers Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program Seminar Series, New Brunswick, NJ.

Oct 2015. Invited Panelist. “Successes in Primate Conservation.” Student Conference on Conservation Science-New York, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 

Sept 2015.  Enhancing Capacity for Research and Management of Wildlife Trafficking in the Lower Mekong Basin: Integrating Across Disciplines and Scales. NSF 2015 National Workshop to Explore Research Frontiers through US Engagement in the Lower Mekong Basin. Laurel, MD.

Aug 2015.  Slow loris conservation genetics in Vietnam. Assessing the present status of Pygmy loris conservation in South Vietnam Workshop. Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam.

Jul 2015.  Slow Loris Conservation in Vietnam. Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies joint program with the National University of Singapore. Hanoi, Vietnam.

May 2015.  Panelist and Discussant, “Socioeconomic factors and consumer demand.” The Biodiversity Affinity Group of the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program’s half-day symposium “Combating Wildlife Trafficking: Communicating, Connecting, and Evaluating Challenges and Solutions for Policy Development and Implementation.” Washington, DC. http://aaaspolicyfellowships.org/event/combating-wildlife-trafficking https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxDfY7QHVcySJJV5qtnOQK1r1U-QHGBjk

Dec 2014. Slow loris trade in Vietnam: An interdisciplinary research approach to study trade networks, prices, and drivers across scales. Natural Resource Economics and Environmental Economics course, Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Nov 2014.  Saving the Slow Loris: An Endangered Primate from Southeast Asia. Biology Department Club Hour, Long Island University – Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.

Oct 2014. Ph.D. Career Trajectories: Beyond the Tenure-Track. New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology Graduate Program Seminar, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY. With co-presenters R. Delgado and J. Zichello. 

May 2014.  Slow Loris Conservation in Vietnam: Integrating Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, and Economics to Address a Complex Problem. Astronomy Department Seminar, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Feb 2014.  Slow Loris Conservation in Vietnam: Conservation Genetics as part of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Address a Complex Conservation Problem. Biology Department Seminar, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Feb 2014.  Ecological Niche Modeling for Biodiversity Conservation. Guest lecture for graduate seminar in Zoogeography, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY.

Dec 2013.  Slow Loris Conservation in Vietnam: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Address a Complex Conservation Problem. Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

Apr 2013.  Ecology and Conservation: Primate Conservation Case Studies. Guest lecture for the Introduction to Ecology course, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Nov 2012.  Conserving the Slow Loris. Invited speaker for the Biology Research Seminar. Long Island University - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.

Nov 2012.  Primate Conservation and Conservation Genetics. Guest lecture in the New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology's Core Graduate Course, New York, NY.

Aug 2012.  Remote Sensing at the Center for Biodiversity and Conserevation. Guest lecture for the Lang Science Program, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Aug 2012.  Conservation Science at the Center for Biodiversity and Conserevation. Guest lecture for the Summer Science Institute, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

July 2012.   Variación Genética y Dispersión del Mono Tití en el Pacífico Central de Costa Rica. Institución Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre (ICOMVIS), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.

Jun 2012. Genética de Paisaje y la Conservación: Estudio del Mono Tití en el Pacífico Central de Costa Rica. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica.

Nov 2011.  Women and Diversity in Science: An Imperative for Biodiversity Conservation. For the"Science and Society" Speaker Series, sponsored by the Institute for Women in Science, Mathematics and Technology, and the Women's Studies Advisory Group. Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA.

Oct 2011.  Primate Conservation and Conservation Genetics. Guest lecture for the New York Consortium for Evolutionary Primatology's Core Graduate Course in Primate Evolution and Behavioral Ecology, Hunter College, New York, NY.

Aug 2011.  Conservation Genetics. Guest lecture in Biodiversity and Conservation, Summer Science institute, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

Mar 2011. Conservation Genetics. Guest lecture in Conservation Biology, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Feb 2010. Conservation of the Central American Squirrel Monkey: Preserving Evolutionary and Population Processes. Guest lecture in Primate Conservation, Dept. of Anthropology, Hunter College, New York, NY.

Nov 2009.  Landscape Genetics as a Tool for Conservation Management. Guest lecture in Wildlife Ecology and Management, Dept. of Biology, Barnard College, New York, NY.

Mar 2009.  La modificación del hábitat y el flujo genético del mono tití (Habitat modification and gene flow in the Central American Squirrel Monkey), Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus. Presentation to the Technical Scientific Committee (Comité Científico Técnico) of the Central Pacific Conservation Area (ACOPAC), System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), Ministry of Energy and the Environment (MINAET), Santiago de Puriscal, Costa Rica.

Feb 2008.  Habitat fragmentation and gene flow. Guest lecture in Conservation Genetics, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY

Aug 2007.  La fragmentación del hábitat y la estructura genética del mono tití (Habitat fragmentation and genetic structure in the Central American Squirrel Monkey). Conferencias sobre los monos tití, Association for the Conservation of the Mono Tití, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

University Teaching

Foundational Papers in Ecology, Evolution, and Informatics. Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2023-Present.

Trading Nature: A Conservation Biology Perspective, Undergraduate Advanced Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY 2016-Present.

GIS and Remote Sensing for Conservation and Evolutionary Biology, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2011-Present

Spatial Bioinformatics, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2018.

Fundamentals of GIS for Ecology and Conservation, Graduate Level, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2012

Biodiversity, Undergraduate Level, Columbia University, 2010.

Issues in Biological Conservation, Columbia University High School Summer Program, New York, NY, 2010.

Introduction to Human Evolution, Undergraduate Level, Lehman College, New York, NY, 2008. 

Software Developed

-        Maxent software for modeling species niches and distributions.

o   For download, tutorial, and other training materials see: https://biodiversityinformatics.amnh.org/open_source/maxent/

o   Publication: Phillips, S., Anderson, R.P., Dudik, M., Schapire, R., and Blair, M.E. 2017. Opening the black box: an open-source release of Maxent. Ecography 40(7):887-893. DOI:10.1111/ecog.03049.

o   Associated blog post: “No longer a black box: How did maxent go open-source?” http://www.ecography.org/blog/no-longer-black-box-how-did-maxent-go-open-source

-        Wallace: a modular platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions.< https://wallaceecomod.github.io/> 

o   Vignette: <https://wallaceecomod.github.io/wallace/articles/tutorial-v2.html>

o   Publication: Kass, J., Pinilla-Buitrago, G., Paz, A., Johnson, B., Grisales-Betancur, V., Meenan, S., Attali, D., Broennimann, O., Galante, P., Maitner, B., Owens, H., Varela, S., Aiello-Lammens, M., Merow, C., Blair, M., and Anderson, R.P. 2023. Wallace 2: a shiny app for modeling species niches and distributions redesigned to facilitate expansion via module contributions. Ecography 2023(3): e06547. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06547 

o   Download: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=wallace

-        maskRangeR: an R package that post-processes species distribution models (SDMs) for estimating a species’ current range. https://wallaceecomod.github.io/maskRangeR/ 

o   Vignette: <https://wallaceecomod.github.io/maskRangeR/maskRangeR_Tutorial.html> 

o   Publication: Merow, C., Galante, P.J., Kass, J.M., Aiello-Lammens, M., Babich Morrow, C., Gerstner, B.E., Grisales-Betancur, V., Moore, A., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Pinilla- Buitrago, G.E., Velasquez-Tibatá, J., Anderson, R.P., and Blair, M.E. 2022. Operationalizing expert knowledge in species' range estimates using diverse data types. Frontiers of Biogeography 14.2: e53589. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3m7719vv

o   Download: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=maskRangeR

-        changeRangeR:  an R package for repeatable and transparent translations of species distributions into meaningful conservation metrics. https://wallaceecomod.github.io/changeRangeR/ 

o   Vignettes:

• Single Species Analyses - https://wallaceecomod.github.io/changeRangeR/singleSpeciesMetrics.html 

• Biodiversity Metrics - https://wallaceecomod.github.io/changeRangeR/BiodivMetrics.html 

o   Publication: Galante, P.J., Chang, S., Paz, A., Aiello-Lammens, M., Gerstner, B.E., Johnson, B.A., Kass, J.M., Merow, C., Noguera-Urbano, E.A., Pinilla-Buitrago, G.E., and Blair, M.E. 2023. changeRangeR: an R package for reproducible biodiversity change metrics from species distribution estimates. Conservation Science & Practice 5(1): e12863. DOI 10.1111/csp2.12863 

o   Download: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=changeRangeR 

-        shinyscholar:  A Template for Creating Reproducible 'shiny' Applications. https://simon-smart88.github.io/shinyscholar/. (Contributor) 

Boards, Committees and Trusteeship

•Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Conservation Science and Practice, 2023-Present

•Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, Frontiers of Biogeography, 2021-Present

•Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Primatology, 2018-Present

•Executive Board, New York Women in Natural Sciences, New York Chapter of the Association for Women in Science, 2012-Present (President 2013-2019, 2021-2023)

•International Primatological Society Conservation Committee (2015-2018), Committee on Diversity (2016-Present), and Congress Scientific Program Committee (2018)

•Society for Conservation Biology Board Committee on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, 2014-2019

•Lower Mekong Research Collaboration Initiative Steering Committee, U.S. Department of State, 2016-2018

•Roosevelt Wildlife Station Honorary Advisory Council, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry 2014-2019

•Editorial review board member, Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, Columbia University, 2006-2010

•Secretary and departmental representative, Women in Science at Columbia, Columbia University, 2006-2008

•Board of Directors, Fund for Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, 2007-2008

•Elected departmental representative to the Graduate Student Advisory Council, Columbia University, 2006-2008

Symposia and Special Issues Organized

•Symposium co-organizer, “Data Integration for Conservation: Earth Observations for Biodiversity Monitoring in Colombia.” Living Data / Datos Vivos Conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 21-24 Oct, 2025. 

•Symposium co-organizer, “Ancient Biomolecules” at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY, Sept 2025.

•Symposium moderator and invited speaker, "Bridging Worlds - The Power of Knowledge Co-Production" at the University of Colorado at Boulder in Boulder, CO, 26 March 2025 at the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP) as a part of the 2025 Arctic Science Summit.

•Special Issue Editor: “Transboundary Conservation under Climate Change” Frontiers of Biogeography Vol. 14 Issue 1, Mar 2022. https://escholarship.org/uc/fb/14/1 

•Symposium co-organizer, “Cross-boundary Cooperation for Biodiversity Conservation in Asia under Global Change” at Henan University, in Kaifeng City, China, July 2019 

•Special Issue Editor: “Multidisciplinary Studies of Wildlife Trade in Primates” American Journal of Primatology Vol. 79 Issue 11, Nov 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajp.v79.11/issuetoc

•Symposium and Panel Discussion: Frontiers of biodiversity informatics and modeling species distributions” (M. E. Blair, R. P. Anderson, and D. Schigel, organizers). Global Biodiversity Information Facility and American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 4 November 2015

•International Primatological Congress Scientific Committee and Symposium Organizer "Multidisciplinary Studies of Primates in Trade" Hanoi, Vietnam, 2014

•Symposium organizer, “Landscape Genetics in Primates: New Methods and Applications,” International Primatological Society Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 2010

Invited Working and Advisory Groups and Other Professional Service

•Invited Member, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) – Primate Specialist Group (PSG) – Special Section on Asian and African Nocturnal Prosimians (SAAP), 2025-Present

•Working Group Member, Local Contexts (localcontexts.org), Cultural Institutions Working Group, Biocultural and Sciences Working Group, Technical Implementation Working Group, 2025-Present

•Working Group Member, Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Conservation Genetics Working Group, 2024-Present

•Invited Contributor, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Standards and Petitions Committee (SPC)’s  Review and Revision of Guidelines for Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, 2022-2023

•Study of Environmental Arctic Change: Informing Arctic decisions with Indigenous and scientific knowledge. Human Well-being Coproduction Team Member, 2022-2025

•Group on Earth Observations - Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) Species Population Working Group, 2018-Present

•Vietnam Primate Technical Working Group Member (IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group), 2015-Present

•Coordinator of the New York Region Species Distribution Modeling Discussion Group, 2012-Present

•Asia Field Advisor, Association of Zoos and Aquariums Prosimian Taxon Advisory Group, 2013-2018

•Mentor, speed talk session moderator, and poster reviewer, Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York, American Museum of Natural History, 2011-Present

•Member of US Delegation, U.S.-Vietnam Science and Technology Joint Committee Meeting, Working Group on STEM Education and Research Exchange, Dec 2-4, 2015 in Ho Chi Minh City.

•Mentor to teams of high school students for the AMNH Student Research Mentoring Program and the NYC Urban Barcode Project, 2012-13.

Research Grant and Publication Reviewing

• Ad-hoc grant reviewer and grant review panel service: MacArthur Fellows Program, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI), Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences – Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (BCS-SBE), Division of Geosciences -  Office of Polar Programs (GEO-OPP), Division of Environmental Biology (DEB); U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Division of Earth Science – Biological Diversity and Ecological Conservation Programs (BDEC); The Leakey Foundation; The National Geographic Society; Primate Conservation, Inc.; University of Tennessee Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering (CEACSE) Grant Competition.

•Manuscript Reviewer (67 journals):  American Journal of Biological Anthropology, American Journal of Primatology, American Naturalist, Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, Asian Primates, Biodiversitas, Biological Conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biological Reviews, Biology Letters, BioScience, Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy, Conservation Biology, Conservation Genetics, Diversity, Diversity and Distributions, Ecography, Ecological Informatics, Ecology & Evolution, Elementa, Endangered Species Research, Environment and Natural Resources, f1000 Research, Folia Geobotanica, Folia Primatologica, Forest Ecology and Management, Forests, Frontiers of Biogeography, Genes, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology and Conservation, Heliyon, Heredity, Hystrix, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Integrative Zoology, International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, International Journal of Primatology, International Zoo Yearbook, iScience, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Herpetology, Journal for Nature Conservation, Mammalia, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Mitochondrial DNA, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Nature Scientific Reports, Oryx, Perspectives in Ecology & Conservation, Perspectives in Ecology & Evolution, Plants, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS ONE, Primate Conservation, Primates, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Science, Studies on Neotropical Fauna, Zoo Biology, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

•Book Reviewer, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell

Honors and Awards

Rizavi Innovation in Conservation Fellow, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, 2021-2023

U.S. APEC Science Prize Nominee for Innovation, Research, and Education - Runner Up, 2020

Fulbright Specialist Program Fellow, 2017

NSF Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability Fellow, 2013-2016

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Writing Fellow, 2010-2011

First Place, Student Oral Presentation Competition, International Primatological Society Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 2010

Finalist, Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University, 2008

Phi Beta Kappa, Swarthmore College, 2005

Leo M. Leva Memorial Prize Recipient, Swarthmore College Biology Department, 2005

Professional Affiliations

· American Association of University Women

· American Geophysical Union

· American Primatological Society

· Association for Women in Science

· International Primatological Society

· International Biogeography Society

· Society for Conservation Biology

· Phi Beta Kappa

Additional Skills

· R programming language, QGIS, ArcGIS and other GIS and statistical platforms

· Fluent in Spanish (written and spoken), conversational Vietnamese

· Coaches little league baseball