The following people have registered to attend the 2024 ISG Meeting.
An * denotes a potential presentation.
Allison Alberts – EcoLeaders, California, USA (LinkedIn; ResearchGate; EcoLeaders)
Daniel Ariano-Sánchez – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Yolanda Barrios – Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), La Ciudad de México, México
*John Bendon – Explorers Against Extinction, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
“Poster: Spiny-tailed Iguanas of the Americas”
Carmen Blazquez Moreno – Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), La Paz, México
Amie Bräutigam – International Iguana Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
Nathalie Duporge – Nathalie Duporge Wildlife Consultant, Le Carbet, Martinique, French West Indies (LinkedIn; FaceBook personal; homepage; FaceBook AquaSearch)
“”Protecting” Trees to Control Invasive Iguanas: 2023–2024 Results of the REMMICoM Project for Multi-modal Regulation of the Common Iguana in Martinique”
Andrea Echeverry – Global Center for Species Survival, Indianapolis Zoo, Indiana, USA (homepage)
*Robert Fisher – U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, California, USA
“Moving Forward With Systematics With Uncertain Regulatory Frameworks”
*Maria Fernanda Flores Bueso – Bay Islands Foundation, Útila, Honduras
“Population Estimate of the Endangered Útila Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)”
*Lorenzo Garizio – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
“Differences in Thermoregulatory Patterns Between Two Syntopic Galápagos Land Iguanas (Conolophus marthae and C. subcristatus): The Role of Behavior and Potential Implications of Distinct Skin Pigmentations”
*Johana Gil – Heloderma Natural Reserve, Zacapa, Guatemala
“Update on Ctenosaura palearis Project”
Eric Goode – Turtle Conservancy, USA
*Tandora Grant – Independent, California, USA (ResearchGate)
“Update on the ISG, and the IUCN Red List and Green Status of Species”
*Jane Haakonsson – Department of Environment, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
“Overabundance and Management of Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana) in the Cayman Islands — Update”
Stacie Hathaway – U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, California, USA
William Hayes – Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA
Gordon Brian Henley – Cameron Park Zoo, Waco, Texas, USA
Evert Henningheim – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jose Luis Herrera – Island Conservation, Puerto Rico, USA (homepage)
Jill Jollay – International Iguana Foundation, Arizona, USA
Charles Knapp – John G. Shedd Aquarium, Illinois, USA (homepage; GoogleScholar; ResearchGate)
Jeff Lemm – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, California, USA
Catherine Malone – Independent, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*Daisy Maryon – Kanahau Wildlife and Conservation Organization, Útila, Honduras
“Saving the Swamper — Updates on the Útila Conservation Project”
*Yoni Muggen-van Uden – Dutch Iguana Foundation, Koningsbosch, The Netherlands
“Effective Education for Conservation: Pilot Study on Educational Materials in Curaçao”
*Ann-Elizabeth Nash – University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, and Colorado Reptile Humane Society, Longmont, USA (homepage; X)
“Personality and Male Success: Does it Matter?”
Karin Nelson – University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, USA
*Cecilia Paradiso – University of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy & Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Getting the Full Picture on Conolophus Genus Biogeographic and Evolutionary History: Comparison Between RAD-seq and Low Coverage WGS Preliminary Results”
*Stesha Pasachnik – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA (ResearchGate; LinkedIn)
“Conservation of the Jamaican Iguana”
Cayle Pearson – Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
*Kim Rainwater – Fort Worth Zoo, Texas, USA
“Serum Trace Nutrients and Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 in Headstarted Jamaican Iguanas (Cyclura collei) at the Hope Zoo
*Víctor Hugo Reynoso – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
“Especies Invasoras en Baja California Sur con Énfasis en Gatos e Iguanas Verdes”
“Successful Technique to Preserve Blood for Protein Extraction in the Field at Extremely Hot Temperatures as Tested With Chuckwallas”
Alyssa Scagnelli – School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Wendy Townsend – Independent, New York, USA
Joe Wasilewski – Natural Selections of South Florida, USA
“The Path for Herpetofauna Invading Caribbean Islands”
*Jimmy Wehsener – University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
“Applying the Movement Ecology Framework to Conservation of West Indian Rock Iguanas (Genus: Cyclura)”
Bruce Weissgold – International Iguana Foundation, Virginia, USA
*Mark Welch – Mississippi State University, Starkville, USA
“Quantifying the Loss of Genetic Variation Following Translocations of Cyclura pinguis, the Anegada Iguana, in the British Virgin Islands”
*Tom Wiewandt – Wild Horizons Publishing, Arizona, USA
“Building Public Awareness for Habitat Conservation in the Sonoran Desert”
“Desert Dreams”, video presentation
*Eugenia Zarza – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, México
“Can We Detect Iguanas in eDNA Metabarcoding Studies?”
