Faculty and Talent

Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum

Anne Wertheimer, PhD

Director

awerth@email.arizona.edu

Gophersnake with eggs - Pituophis catenifer

Judi Carrington, BA

Director of Operations

carrington@viper.arizona.edu

Desert Blonde Tarantula - Aphonopelma chalcodes

Jan Degan MS, RN

Director of Research

degan@viper.arizona.edu

Prairie Rattlesnake – Crotalus viridis viridis

Haerin Park, BS

Graduate Researher

haerinp@email.arizona.edu

Ring-necked Snake – Diadorphis punctatus

Ingrid Peterson, MS

Lab Technician

ipeterson@email.arizona.edu

Brown Widow - Latrodectus geometricus

Lauren Melcher, BS

Laboratory Manager

lmelcher@email.arizona.edu

Melinistic & Leucistic Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

John Bosak, BS

Laboratory Technician

jbosak@email.arizona.edu

Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake - Crotalus atrox

Leslie V. Boyer, MD

Medical Director

boyer@viper.arizona.edu

Mohave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutulatus

Micah Hiner (Class of 2022)

Undergraduate Researcher

hinermicah@email.arizona.edu

Sidewinder Rattlesnake - Crotalus cerastes

Logan Beers (Class of 2023)

Undergraduate Researcher

loganbeers@email.arizona.edu

Arizona Bark Scorpion with babies - Centruroides exilicauda

Dayanira Paniagua, PhD

Visiting Scholar

dashpame@email.arizona.edu