Interns: Natural Science Collections
Present
Name: Nicole Feldman
Title: IMLS Project Intern, Fourth-Year Graduate Intern, 2021-2022 Kress Fellow
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (current student)
Project(s): IMLS Feather Conservation Project, Wax and Glass Models Condition Survey, Collections Core exhibit conservation
Name: Leslie Vilicich
Title: IMLS Project Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Project(s): IMLS Feather Conservation Project
Name: Devon Lee
Title: Conservation Technician, Lab Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Project(s): Materials Testing for Collections Core permanent exhibit, Conservation of Fossil Skeletal Material
Name: Adrienne Gendron
Title: Graduate Intern
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (current student)
Project(s): IMLS Feather Conservation Project - Preen Oil Study
Name: James Hughes
Title: Project Intern
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (current student)
Project(s): Restoration of the Black Rhino Diorama, Conservation of Mammal Study Skins from the Education Department
Name: Tess Hamilton
Title: Imaging Technician
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Project(s): Restoration of the Black Rhino Diorama, Restoration of the Saurischian Dinosaur Hall
Name: Rachel Cohen
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Project(s): Conservation of Articulated Skeletons and Minerals, Environmental Monitoring, Integrated Pest Management
Name: Sarah Lindberg
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Project(s): Condition Survey of the Wall of Life in the Hall of Biodiversity, Exhibition Maintenance and Conservation, Integrated Pest Management
Name: Conor Odell
Title: IPM Intern
Projects: Development of IPM Training Resources
Name: Amanda Guarino
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Dates: May - August 2018
Projects: Condition Survey of the Wall of Life in the Hall of Biodiversity, Exhibition Maintenance and Conservation, Integrated Pest Management
Name: Kasey Hamilton
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Interdepartmental Program in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials, UCLA/Getty
Projects: Dinosaurs Among Us Traveling Exhibit, Cuba Traveling Exhibit, Treatment of Columbian Mammoth Model, Treatment of Articulated Bird Skeleton and Taxidermy Mammal
Name: Logan Kursh
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
Projects: IMLS Taxidermy Recoloring Project, Conservation of Taxidermy Mammals, Integrated Pest Management, Freezer Treatment of Taxidermy Bird Specimens from the Education Collection
Name: Meredith Menache
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
Projects: Integrated Pest Management, Conservation of Bird Study Skins
Name: Erin Livingston
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: pre-program
Project(s): Integrated Pest Management
Name: Brianna Jones
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University (current student)
Project(s): Integrated Pest Management, Conservation of Bat Skeletons
Name: Caitlin Richeson
Title: IMLS Project Intern, Lab Intern
Affiliation: Winterthur, University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Projects: IMLS Taxidermy Recoloring Project, Conservation of Mammal Taxidermy Mounts
Name: Ersang Ma
Title: IMLS Project Intern
Affiliation: Winterthur, University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Projects: IMLS Taxidermy Recoloring Project
Name: Gisella Campanelli
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Long Island University, Department of Pharmaceutics
Projects: Conservation of Mammal Study Skins, Articulated Skeletons, Dry Specimens, and Taxidermy, Environmental Monitoring
Name: Samantha Ritchie
Title: Lab Intern
Projects: Digitization of Coelacanth Slides, Environmental Monitoring, Exhibit Conservation
Name: Amanda Chau
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Buffalo State College, SUNY
Projects: Renovation of the Hall of North American Mammals
Name: Bethany Palumbo
Title: Conservation Fellow
Affiliation: University of Lincoln, College of Arts, School of History and Heritage
Projects: Renovation of the Hall of North American Mammals
Name: Julia Sybalsky
Title: Conservation Fellow
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Projects: Renovation of the Hall of North American Mammals
Name: Becca Pollak
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Buffalo State College, SUNY
Projects: Renovation of the Hall of North American Mammals
Name: Fran Ritchie
Title: Lab Intern, Technician
Affiliation: Affiliation: Buffalo State College, SUNY
Projects: Development of NSCC Lab Website Content, Darwin Traveling Exhibit, IMLS Risk Assessment of Collections on Exhibit
Name: Alexandra Fernandez
Title: Lab Intern
Projects: IMLS Risk Assessment of Collections on Exhibit
Name: Kirsten Travers
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Winterthur, University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Projects: Survey of Invertebrate Zoology Fluid Preserved Collections, Horse and Man Traveling Exhibit
Name: Andrea Youngfert
Title: Lab Intern, Conservation Technician
Affiliation: Winterthur, University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Projects: Paleontology Type Specimen Rehousing Project, Wasp Nest Rehousing, Pyrite Specimen Risk Assessment
Name: Cindy Albertson
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Buffalo State College, SUNY
Projects: Wasp Nest Preservation Project
Name: Anna Jerve
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Uppsala University, Department of Organismal Biology
Projects: Fossil Mammal Type Rehousing Project
Name: Christina Bisulca
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Winterthur, University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Projects: Alkoxysilanes for Consolidation of Dinosaur Bone; Fluid Surveys (Mammalogy and Entomology); Deterioration of Fossil resins; Analysis of Corrosion in Metal Tags used in Fluid Collections (Herpetology)
Name: Melody Chen
Title: Lab Intern,
Affiliation: Buffalo State College, SUNY
Projects: Mammology Department Nitrate Negatives Condition Survey; Conservation of a Bison Taxidermy Shoulder Mount; Sub-Fossil Moose Rehousing.
Name: Kristie Short-Traxler
Title: Lab Intern
Projects: Research into Storage of Mineral (pyrite & marcasite) and Mammal Specimens, Oddy Testing
Name: Caitlin O’Grady
Title: Lab Intern
Affiliation: Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Projects: Herpetology Specimen Condition Survey; Condition and Storage Planning for Sub-fossil Moose Specimens; Research on Environmental Conditions for Bone Storage