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Department of Paleobiology

Staff

Administrative Staff

Nicholas Pyenson: Lead Curator, Chair, and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals
Nicholas Pyenson

Paleobiology Co-Chair and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals

Paleobiology

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Holly Little

Informatics Manager

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Kasandra Brockington

Funds Manager

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Collections Staff

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Nicholas Drew

Collections Assistant Invertebrate Paleontology and Micropaleontology

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Holly Little in front of drawers in the paleobiology collections
Holly Little

Informatics Manager

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Skip Lyles
Skip Lyles

Collections Management Logistics, Shipping Officer and Property Control

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Matthew Miller

Collections Services Manager

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Amanda Millhouse

Deputy Collections Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology

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Jessica Nakano

Assistant Registrar

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Carlita Sanford
Carlita Sanford

Research & Collections Assistant, Ostracods

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Jon Wingerath

Deputy Collections Manager, Paleobotany

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Research Staff

Anna K. Behrensmeyer: Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Anna K. Behrensmeyer

Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology

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Matthew Carrano: Research Geologist and Curator of Dinosauria
Matthew Carrano

Curator of Dinosauria

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Bill Dimichele: Research Geologist and Curator of Paleobotany
Bill Dimichele

Curator of Paleobotany

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Stewart Edie: Research Geologist, Curator of Fossil Bivalvia
Stewart Edie

Curator of Fossil Bivalvia

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Robert Emry

Curator of Cenozoic Mammals (Emeritus)

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Brian Huber: Research Geologist, Curator of Foraminifera
Brian Huber

Curator of Foraminifera

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Gene Hunt: Research Geologist and Curator of Ostracoda
Gene Hunt

Curator of Ostracoda

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Conrad Labandeira: Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Fossil Arthropods
Conrad Labandeira

Curator of Fossil Arthropods

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Nicholas Pyenson: Lead Curator, Chair, and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals
Nicholas Pyenson

Paleobiology Co-Chair and Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals

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Hans Sues: Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Hans Sues

Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates

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Thomas Waller

Curator of Cenozoic Mollusca (Emeritus)

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Scott Wing: Research Geologist and Curator of Paleobotany
Scott Wing

Curator of Fossil Plants

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Affiliated Research Staff

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Richard Barclay

Research Geologist

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Dave DeMar

Research Associate

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Marine Fau

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Bevan French

Adjunct Scientist

Paleobiology

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Dale Greenwalt

Resident Research Associate

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Carol Hotton

Resident Research Associate

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Kelsey Jenkins

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

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Advait Jukar

Research Associate

Paleobiology

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Emily Judd

PhanTASTIC Fellow

Paleobiology

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Ben Kligman

Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

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Waisum (Fion) Ma

Deep Time Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow

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Kumiko Matsui

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Finnegan Marsh

Resident Research Associate

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Ingrid Romero

Research Fellow

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Cecilia Sanders

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Jorge Santiago-Blay

Resident Research Associate

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Steven Stanley
Steven Stanley

Research Associate, Invertebrate Fossil Evolution

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Ana Valenzuela Toro

Predoctoral Fellow

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Fossil Prep Lab

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Adam Behlke

Fossil Preparator

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Myria Perez

FossiLab Manager and Educator

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Michelle Pinsdorf

Fossil Preparator

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Abby Telfer
Abby Telfer

FossiLab Manager

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Steve Jabo

Fossil Preparator

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