YIBS Staff

Eric Sargis

Eric Sargis

Director, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

Professor of Anthropology, Archaeological Studies, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and the Yale School of the Environment 

Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy)Yale Peabody Museum 

“I study the functional morphology and systematics of both living and extinct mammals. My research focuses on the biodiversity, morphological evolution, and paleobiology of several groups of mammals, including primates and treeshrews.”

LaToya Sealy Cotto

Assistant Director of Finance and Administration
latoya.sealycotto@yale.edu

Luiz Cordeiro

Financial Assistant 
luiz.cordeiro@yale.edu

Yuji Torikai

Associate Communications Officer
yuji.torikai@yale.edu