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Dr. Nathalie Goodkin

RGGS Assistant Professor, and Assistant Curator, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Division of Physical Sciences

Dr. Goodkin’s research is focused on understanding and using coral geochemistry to reconstruct ocean-atmosphere interactions, climate behavior, and pollution histories over the past 500 years... ^{_{LEARN MORE >}}

Dr. Peter Whiteley

RGGS Professor, and Curator of North American Ethnology, Division of Anthropology

Dr. Peter Whiteley studies Native North American cultures ethnographically and historically. His main focus is the Hopi of northern Arizona... _{^{LEARN MORE >}}

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Richard Gilder Graduate School Celebrates Fifth Commencement

The 2017 graduating class of the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History included three doctoral graduates and 13 MAT graduates.

© AMNH/R. Mickens

By AMNH

On Wednesday, September 27, honorees, faculty, and guests gathered under the blue whale in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life to celebrate the awarding of Ph.D. degrees to graduates of the Museum’s Comparative Biology program and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Earth Science degrees to some of New York State’s new science teachers

2017 PH.D. PROFILES:

Dr. Zac Calamari

Zac with the skull a of large perissodactyl, possibly a fossil tapir, found during his 2016 field trip to Washakie Basin, Wyoming. 

© R. Pian

Dr. Amber Paasch

Paasch holds a tube of millions of microscopic algae in front of the incubator in the Museum’s Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics.

Courtesy of A. Paasch

Dr. Michael Tessler

On a trip to northwest Arkansas in Spring 2016, Tessler checks a crayfish for worms that are leeches’ closest relatives. 

© 2016 Ironside Photography LLC