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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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Carrano Lab

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Dr. Matthew Carrano is the Curator of Dinosauria at the National Museum of Natural History.

Education

 

 

The Carrano Lab includes a research space with stereo microscopes, photography equipment, specimen storage cabinets, visitor desks, and an extensive personal research library. The lab has hosted many visitors through the years, from short-term collections researchers to multi-year doctoral students and postdocs.

Alumni/ae

Postdoctoral: Daniel Thomas, Meng Jin, Meghan Balk, David DeMar, Advait Jukar

Doctoral: Karen Moreno

Interns: Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Kaitlin Maguire, Jessica Walden-Gray, Matthew Oreska, Bryan Moles, Jonathan Mitchell, Sean Moran, Katherine Dzikiewicz, Carlos Peredo, Benjamin Breeden, Hallie Street, Kaisa Wayrynen, José Fuentes, Eléonore Dixon-Roche, Abree Murch, Deylen Earl, Maricel Beltrán-Burgos, Harris Boekenheide, Jordan Claytor, Christina Nelson, Cora Nevel, Payton Netherland

 

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Matthew Carrano with several of his lab alums, in EG-22 with the skull of Nedoceratops hatcheri. Pictured from left to right: Advait Jukar, Meng Jim, Meghan Balk, Matthew Oreska, Dominic White, Matthew Carrano