Kim Medley

DIRECTOR

Kim directs all Tyson operations, including planning and facilitating use of Tyson for research, education, and outreach. She also leads a research program that focuses on the effects of human perturbations to ecological and evolutionary processes on disease vectors and their pathogens, and more broadly on understanding the drivers of insect diversity at multiple scales. Website

Katie Zimmer

Office Manager

Katie manages the business side of Tyson, from overseeing the budget to coordinating events to being the first point of contact for folkx interfacing with Tyson.

Solny Adalsteinsson

Staff Scientist

Solny develops, coordinates, and conducts research to support and expand long-term environmental research at Tyson. Solny’s research interests include tick-borne disease ecology, urban wildlife ecology, and human impacts on zoonotic disease systems. Website

Elizabeth Biro

Natural Resources Coordinator
& Staff Scientist

Elizabeth manages landscape and research infrastructure for current and future research conducted at Tyson. She manages several long-term monitoring and network projects for Tyson. As one of the leaders of the St. Louis Wildlife Project, she is interested in the interaction of wildlife and urbanization. Her other research interests include disease ecology, ecological restoration, biodiversity studies and conservation. She is also one of the founders and advisors of the Tyson Conservation Corps and works to bring conservation and restoration opportunities to students and the Tyson community.

Tim Derton

Maintenance Supervisor

Tim runs the maintenance department at Tyson, keeping all of the built infrastructure across Tyson running smoothly. His team also helps researchers with design and construction needs for setting up research projects.

Susan Flowers

Education—Outreach—Inclusivity Coordinator

Susan facilitates the involvement of pre-college and undergraduate students in authentic research experiences with Tyson-based scientists and connects WashU researchers from other disciplines to Tyson. She helps elevate inclusivity practices within the community and works with Tyson researchers in support of their mentoring skills and broader impacts activities. Susan is also a co-PI of the Tyson History Project.

Erin O’Connell

Research Data Analyst

Erin collects and curates data for long-term flora and fauna monitoring projects at Tyson and in the greater St. Louis region. She helps manage Tyson’s monitoring programs for plants, bats, deer, and megafauna, and assists with Tyson’s contributions to large-scale research networks.

Joey Kizior

Field Research Technician 

Dan Walton

Maintenance Technician 

Dan maintains our built infrastructure, from ensuring the buildings are clean to mowing to repairing vehicles, Dan does it all.

Katie Westby

Staff Scientist

Katie's research focuses on the ecology and evolution of mosquitoes of medical importance. She began studying mosquito communities at Tyson in 2012 as a PhD student and now conducts both field and laboratory experiments full time. Website