Staff | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Administrative Staff

Tim McCoy: Chair, Curator of Meteorites

Tim McCoy

Chair, Curator-in-Charge (Meteorites)

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Claire Badgley Puig

Project Manager

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Joe Mack

Management Support Specialist

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Phyllis Mckenzie

Management Support Assistant

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Collections Staff

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Cathleen Brown

Museum Specialist

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Russell Feather

Collection Manager (Gems)

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Leslie Hale

Collection Manager (Rocks & Ores)

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Julie Hoskin

Collection Manager (Meteorites)

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Adam Mansur

Data Manager

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Paul Pohwat

Collection Manager (Minerals)

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Research Staff

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Michael Ackerson

Geologist

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Benjamin Andrews: Geologist and Associate Curator of Rocks and Ores

Benjamin Andrews

Research Geologist, Director Global Volcanism Program

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Janine Andrys

Graduate Student

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Cari Corrigan

Research Geologist

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Elizabeth Cottrell: Research Geologist; Curator-in-Charge of Rocks and Ores; co-Director of NSF REU Site: NHRE

Elizabeth Cottrell

Research Geologist, Curator-in-Charge (Rocks and Ores)

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Gabriela Farfan: Coralyn W. Whitney Curator of Gems and Minerals

Gabriela Farfan

Coralyn W. Whitney Curator of Gems and Minerals

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Richard Fiske

Emeritus

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Tim Gooding

Museum Specialist

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Megan Holycross

Peter Buck Fellow

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Erica Jawin

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ioan Lascu: Research Geologist | Edward and Helen Hintz Secretarial Scholar

Ioan Lascu

Edward and Helen Hintz Secretarial Scholar

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Glenn Macpherson: Senior Scientist and Curator of Meteorites

Glenn Macpherson

Senior Scientist and Curator of Meteorites

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Jeffrey Post: Mineralogist and Curator-in-Charge of Gems and Minerals

Jeffrey Post

Mineralogist, Curator-in-Charge (Gems and Minerals)

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Tim Rose

Manager (Analytical Laboratories)

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Sorena Sorensen

Emeritus

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Erica Suosaari

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Edward Venzke

Database Manager (GVP)

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Rob Wardell

Museum Technician

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Mike Wise

Geologist

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Affiliated Staff

Stephen Cox

Librarian

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Sally Kuhn Sennert

Editor of Weekly GVP Bulletin

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