Staff and Graduate Students

Forbes Biological Station staff, each holding a duck, November 2024.
Forbes Biological Station staff, November 2024, Josh Osborn, Andy Gilbert, Mindy Lowers, Auriel Fournier, Lizz Beilke, Therin Bradshaw, Abby Blake-Bradshaw.

Full-Time Staff

Auriel M.V. Fournier – Director, Forbes Biological Station – auriel@illinois.edu

Josh M. Osborn – Facilities Manager/Wetland Bird Ecologist – osbornjm@illinois.edu

Andrew D. Gilbert – Waterfowl Ecologist – agilb849@illinois.edu

Therin M. Bradshaw – Wetland Bird Ecologist – therinmb@illinois.edu

Elizabeth A. Beilke – Applied Ecologist – ebeilke@illinois.edu

Abigail G. Blake-Bradshaw – Postdoc – agblake@illinois.edu

Mindy E. Lowers – Office Administrator – mlowers@illinois.edu

Stephen P. Havera –  Waterfowl Ecologist, Emeritus – shavera@illinois.edu

Aaron P. Yetter – Waterfowl Ecologist, Emeritus – ayetter@illinois.edu

Graduate Students

Lauren Monopoli – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. Candidate

Scott Herman – Northern Illinois University, Ph.D. Student

Anne Puchalsky – University of Arkansas, M.S. Student

Interested in grad school or being a technician at Forbes?

We advertise all our technician positions on the Texas A&M Job Board.

Graduate student positions will also be advertised on the Texas A&M Job Board. Interested students are encouraged to contact Auriel (auriel@illinois.edu) ahead of time to discuss Master’s and Ph.D. opportunities. Auriel most frequently advises students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.