Interns: Natural Science Collections

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