Staff Directory
Administrators

Chris Merkord
Administrator and Co-creator
Chris is an Assistant Professor in the Biosciences Department at Minnesota State University Moorhead where he studies ecological modeling; avian ecology, conservation, and management; epidemiology of vector-borne diseases; and remote sensing applications. He also teaches courses in ecology, and conservation biology, and biostatistics.
Chris handles many of the technical aspects of OE.

Ellen Paul
Administrator and Co-creator
For 22 years, Ellen Paul served as the executive director of the Ornithological Council, (OC) a consortium of eleven scientific societies. She is now finding other ways to contribute to the scientific study of birds.