Chief Curator's Office
John R. Demboski, PhD
Senior Vice President of Science & Chief Curator
Meghan Truckey, MA
Registrar
Libby Couch
Business Support Specialist III
Courtney J. Scheskie, MA
Business Support Specialist III
Integrative Collections
Melissa Bechhoefer, MS
Director of Integrative Collections
Rick Wicker
Photographer
Jeffrey T. Stephenson
Science Liaison
Laura Rocha Prado
Data Administrator
Anthropology
Michele Koons, PhD
Director of Anthropology, Curator of Archaeology
Chris Patrello, PhD
Curator of Anthropology
Erin Baxter, PhD
Research Scientist
Emmy Dawson, PhD
Research Assistant
Amy M. Gillaspie, MA, RPA
Research Assistant
Angela Rueda
Collections Manager
Erika Heacock
Assistant Collections Manager
Elizabeth Kriebel
Collections Assistant
Johnny Gordon
Collections Assistant
Casey Mallinckrodt, MA
Head Conservator
Megan Salas, MA
Exhibits Conservator
Kathleen Martin, MPhil
Textile Conservator
Katy Kaspari, MA, MSc
Conservator I
Ella Thomas
Conservation Assistant
Archives
Laura Uglean Jackson, MIS
Digital Archivist
Lauren Conrad
Assistant Archivist
Allyce Farino
Assistant Archivist for Digital Assets
Earth Sciences
Patrick O'Connor, PhD
Director of Earth & Space Sciences
James Hagadorn, PhD
Tim & Kathryn Ryan Curator of Geology
Tyler R. Lyson, PhD
Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
David W. Krause, PhD
Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Gussie Maccracken, PhD
Assistant Curator of Paleobotany
Holger Petermann, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Annaka M. Clement, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Kristen A. MacKenzie, MS
Collections Manager
Nicole Neu-Yagle, MS
Assistant Collections Manager
Sierra K. Swenson
Assistant Collections Manager
Eva Jorn
Assistant Collections Manager
Natalie Toth, MS
Chief Preparator
Salvador Bastien
Fossil Preparator
Sadie Sherman
Fossil Preparator
Evan Tamez-Galvan
Fossil Preparator
Alex Polich
Fossil Preparator
Health Sciences
Bridget N. Chalifour, PhD
Genomics Scientist
Tiffany Nuessle, MA
Research Manager in the Genetics Lab
Space Science
Ka Chun Yu, PhD
Assistant Curator of Space Science
Zoology
Garth M. Spellman, PhD
Director of Zoology & Health Sciences, Curator of Ornithology
Paula E. Cushing, PhD
Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Frank-Thorsten Krell, PhD
Senior Curator of Entomology
Holly Lutz, PhD
Curator of Mammalogy
Andrew Doll, MS
Collections Manager
Cameron Pittman, MS
Assistant Collections Manager
Genevieve Anderegg, MS
Assistant Collections Manager
Andrea (Andie) Carrillo
Zoology Preparator
(Richard) Ryan Jones
Research Assistant
Goran Shikak
Research Assistant