A core interdisciplinary staff and faculty at ASU includes taxonomists, curators, computer engineers, philosophers, historians and others who reach out to colleagues, students, museums, herbaria and sister universities as we build an international community of institutions, researchers and educators to transform taxonomy.

Core Faculty

• Nico Franz (Entomology)
• Andrew Hamilton (Philosophy of Science)
• Leslie Landrum (Botany)
• Kathleen Pigg (Paleobotany)
• Quentin Wheeler (Entomology)
• Martin Wojciechowski (Botany)

ASU Collections

ASU collections are being consolidated and maintained as vital infrastructure within the School of Life Sciences under the direction of Thomas Dowling. Collections include DNA and Tissues, Fossil Plants, Insects, Lichens, Vascular Plants, Shells and Vertebrates. For more information, see the Natural History Museum.

Partners

The IISE's world-wide network of partner institutions includes museums, herbaria, universities and scientific organizations that are committed to species exploration, bringing attention to the planet's biodiversity and to advancing the science of taxonomy. Partners of the IISE include:

• American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA
• Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
• Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico
• Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, London, UK
• Italian Carnivorous Plant Association, Venice, Italy
• Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Institute of Oceanography Library, Woods Hole, USA
• Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, USA
• Museo National de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain
• Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
• National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
• The Natural History Museum, London, UK
• New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA
• Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
• Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, USA
• Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Roy Larimer at Visionary Digital

Advisory Board (ASU)

• Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan
• Dr. Manfred Laubichler
• Dr. Steven Goodnick

International Advisor e-Board

• Dr. Malcolm Scoble (The Natural History Museum, London)
• Dr. Antonio Valdecasas (Museo National Ciencias Naturales, Madrid)
• Dr. Dennis Stevenson (New York Botanical Garden, New York)
• Dr. Thierry Bourgoin (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris)