Ologies Creators & Guests

Alie Ward is a writer, actress, and television & podcast host. She hosts the Ologies podcast.

Jennifer Colbourne is a researcher and Raccoonologist.

Jessica M. Andersen is a certified wildlife rehabilitator.

Kelly E. Lane is an Associate Professor and Director of the Center for One Health at Fontbonne University.

Geoff Manaugh is a freelance writer and author.

Dr. Rachel Storer is a Colorado State research scientist working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Her research focus is currently on using satellite data and cloud-resolving models to learn about deep convection.

Michael Kirk is a research scientist in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Jay Duckworth is an adjunct professor at Pace University.

Cole Imperi is a dual-certified thanatologist, TedX speaker, writer, podcast host, and founder of the School of American Thanatology.

Dr. Tom Volk is a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin.

Tara Stoinski is a primatologist and Chief Scientific Officer at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Dr. Rachel Zoffness is a pain psychologist, medical educator, and leader in the field of pain education.

Merlin Devere Tuttle is an American ecologist, conservationist, and wildlife photographer. Currently, he is active as founder & executive director of Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation (MTBC).

Dr. Jonathan C. Hall is a condorologist.

Dr. Michael Habib is an Assistant Professor in the Keck School of Medicine of USC, a Research Associate in the Dinosaur Institute at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and a Research Associate in Vertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

J. Casey Clapp is an enthusiastic tree expert

Gene Kritsky is a Professor of Biology at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati and Adjunct Curator of Entomology at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

Beth Pratt is a regional executive director at National Wildlife Federation.

Dr. Randy Lewis is a spider silk expert and SBC director at Utah State University.