Pan-Divisional
Staff
Dr. John R. Demboski, PhD - Vice President of Science and Chief Curator
Melissa Bechhoefer, MS - Director of Integrative Collections
Meghan Truckey, MA - Registrar
Jeff Stephenson - Science Liaison
Rick Wicker - Photographer
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Anthropology
Staff
Dr. Stephen E. Nash, PhD - Senior Curator of Archaeology and Director of Anthropology
Dr. Michele Koons, PhD - Associate Curator of Archaeology
Dr. Chris Patrello, PhD - Assistant Curator of Anthropology
Erika Heacock - Assistant Collections Manager
Casey Mallinckrodt, MA - Head Conservator
Megan Salas, MA - Objects Conservator
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Guidelines for Borrowers of Objects for Exhibition
Request for Access to Culturally Sensitive Materials
Request for Access to Human Remains
Request for Sampling for the Purposes of Human aDNA Analysis
Archives
Staff
Laura Uglean Jackson - Digital Archivist
Laura Conrad - Assistant Archivist
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Earth Sciences
Staff
Dr. David W. Krause, PhD - Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Dr. James Hagadorn, PhD - Tim &b Kathryn Ryan Curator of Geology
Dr. Tyler R. Lyson, PhD - Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Dr. Gussie Maccracken, PhD - Assistant Curator of Paleobotany
Kristen A. MacKenzie, MS - Collections Manager
Nicole Neu-Yagle, MS - Assistant Collections Manager
Natalie Toth, MS - Chief Preparator
Salvador Bastien - Fossil Preparator
Lindsay Gaona Dougan, MS - Digital Research Preparator
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Space Sciences
Staff
Dr. KaChun Yu, PhD - Assistant Curator of Space Science
Zoology
Staff
Dr. Paula E. Cushing, PhD - Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Dr. Frank-Thorsten Krell, PhD - Senior Curator of Entomology
Dr. Garth M. Spellman, PhD - Associate Curator of Ornithology
Andrew Doll, MS - Collections Manager
Cameron Pittman, MS - Assistant Collections Manager
Andrea Carrillo - Vertebrate Preparator
Tiffany Nuessle, MA - Genetics Research Lab Manager
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Specimen records are currently available online through Arctos or Symbiota, with data published to different portals including GBIF, SCAN, iDigBio, GGBN, BISON, Map of Life, VertNet, SEINet, InvertEBase, GLoBI, MorphoSource and GenBank.
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