Field Station Permanent Staff
Dr. Joe Parkos
Director, Kaskaskia, Sam Parr, and Ridge Lake Biological Stations
parkos@illinois.edu
Dr. Anthony Porreca
Assistant Director, Kaskaskia Biological Station
porreca@illinois.edu
Dr. Mike Nannini
Assistant Director, Sam Parr Biological Station,
mnannini@illinois.edu
Angela Miller
Administrative Assistant
angelam7@illinois.edu
Steve Butler
Biologist
sebutlr1@illinois.edu
Dakota Radford
Biologist
dradford@illinois.edu
David Yff
Biologist
davidyff@illinois.edu
Graduate Students
Rafael Davila
MS student
rdavila3@illinois.edu
Jeremy Facer
MS student
jfacer2@illinois.edu
Kathryn Conatser
MS student
conatse1@illinois.edu
Abigail Rick
MS student
arrick3@illinois.edu
Research Technicians
Bret Dannis
Research Technician
bdannis2@illinois.edu
B.S. University of Illinois
M.S. University of Illinois
Mallory Coleman
Research Technician
malloryc@illinois.edu
B.S. The University of Southern Mississippi
2023 Staff and Students