Paleontology Staff
Division Chair
- Melanie J. Hopkins Division Chair; Curator-in-Charge, Invertebrate Paleontology, Division of Paleontology
Administrative
- Ruth O'Leary Director of Collections, Archives and Preparation
Curators
- Jin Meng Curator-in-Charge, Fossil Mammals, Division of Paleontology
- John J. Flynn Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals, Division of Paleontology
- Michael J. Novacek Senior Vice President of Science; Curator, Division of Paleontology
- Roger Benson Macaulay Curator; Curator-in-Charge, Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds; Curator-in-Charge, Fossil Plants, Division of Paleontology
Emeritus Curators
- Eugene S. Gaffney Curator Emeritus, FARB Paleontology
- John G. Maisey Curator-in-Charge Emeritus, Fossil Fish, Division of Paleontology
- Mark A. Norell Curator Emeritus, FARB, Division of Paleontology
- Neil H. Landman Curator Emeritus, Fossil Invertebrates, Division of Paleontology
- Niles Eldredge Curator Emeritus, Division of Paleontology
- Roger Batten Curator Emeritus, Invertebrate Paleontology
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dr. Amane Tajika Postdoctoral Fellow
- Dr. Christopher Whalen Postdoctoral Researcher
- Dr. Will Gearty Postdoctoral Fellow
Collections Staff
- Bushra Hussaini Senior Museum Specialist; Fossil Invertebrates loans, visitors, inquiries
- Carl M. Mehling Senior Museum Specialist; FARB loans, visitors, inquiries
- Dr. Alana Gishlick Senior Museum Specialist; Fossil Fish loans, visitors, inquiries; Fossil Mammal loans
- Judy Galkin Administrative Secretary; co-ordinates visitors for the Fossil Mammal collection
- Maya Naunton Project Archivist
Preparators
- Anastasia Rashkova Museum Specialist
- Barbara Szafron Preparator
- Tetsuya (Ted) Sato Preparator
- Verne Lee Senior Preparator
Research Assistants
- Carolyn Merrill Assistant to Dr. Norell
- Suzann Goldberg Assistant to Dr. Novacek
Artists
- Mick Ellison Senior Principal Artist
- Nicole Wong Museum Specialist
Graduate Students
- Amelia Zietlow PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
- Ernesto Vargas-Parra PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
- Eva Hoffman PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
- Mark Nikolic PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
- Nicolas Charles Baird PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Resident Research Associates
- Dr. Akinobu (Aki) Watanabe Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Alan Turner Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Bruce Shockey Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Eric Delson Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Jennifer Lane Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Maureen O'Leary Resident Research Associate
- Dr. Zachary Calamari Resident Research Associate
- Paul Velazco Resident Research Associate
- Susan K. Bell Resident Research Associate
- William Harcourt-Smith Resident Research Associate
Research Associates
- Adele de Cruz Research Associate
- Amy Davidson Research Associate
- Brian P. Kraatz Research Associate
- Dr. Alexander Kellner Research Associate
- Dr. Alison Bronson Research Associate
- Dr. Amy Balanoff Research Associate
- Dr. Andre R. Wyss Research Associate
- Dr. Badamkhatan Zorigt Research Associate
- Dr. Bhart-Anjan Singh-Bhullar Research Associate
- Dr. Bin Bai Research Associate
- Dr. Camille Grohe Research Associate
- Dr. Catherine Ann Forster Research Associate
- Dr. Chris Gilbert Research Associate
- Dr. Christopher McRoberts Research Associate
- Dr. Darin A. Croft Research Associate
- Dr. David Kohn Research Associate
- Dr. David Krause Research Associate
- Dr. David Wright Research Associate
- Dr. Diego Pol Research Associate
- Dr. Emanuel Tschopp Research Associate
- Dr. Fang-Yuan Mao Research Associate
- Dr. Gabe Bever Research Associate
- Dr. Gale Bishop Research Associate
- Dr. Gloria Carvalho Research Associate
- Dr. Gregory Barord Research Associate
- Dr. Gregory M. Erickson Research Associate
- Dr. Guillermo W. Rougier Research Associate
- Dr. Hong Yu Yi Research Associate
- Dr. Howard R. Feldman Research Associate
- Dr. Hussam E.D. Zaher Research Associate
- Dr. In-Hei Hahn Research Associate
- Dr. Isabelle Kruta Research Associate
- Dr. J. Kirk Cochran Research Associate
- Dr. Jack Tseng Research Associate
- Dr. James Clark Research Associate
- Dr. James Lamsdell Research Associate
- Dr. Jeremy Jackson Research Associate
- Dr. Jing-Mai O'Connor Research Associate
- Dr. Jocelyn Sessa Research Associate
- Dr. John Van Couvering Research Associate
- Dr. Jonah Choiniere Research Associate
- Dr. Juan Liu Research Associate
- Dr. Julia A. Clarke Research Associate
- Dr. Julia Tejada Research Associate
- Dr. Kazushige Tanabe Research Associate
- Dr. Keqin Gao Research Associate
- Dr. Khand Yondon Research Associate
- Dr. Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar Research Associate
- Dr. Kristen Polizzotto Research Associate
- Dr. Lawrence J. Flynn Research Associate
- Dr. Lowell W. Dingus Research Associate
- Dr. Lucja Fostowicz-Frelik Research Associate
- Dr. Maria Eugenia Gold Research Associate
- Dr. Matt Friedman Research Associate
- Dr. Matthew C. Mihlbachler Research Associate
- Dr. Meeman Chang Research Associate
- Dr. Michael O. Woodburne Research Associate
- Dr. Michelle Spaulding Research Associate
- Dr. Nikos Solounias Research Associate
- Dr. Octavio Mateus Research Associate
- Dr. Paul E. Olsen Research Associate
- Dr. Paul Gignac Research Associate
- Dr. Robert M. Hunt Research Associate
- Dr. Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Research Associate
- Dr. Royal Mapes Research Associate
- Dr. Selina Cole Research Associate
- Dr. Sergi Lopez-Torres Research Associate
- Dr. Stephen G. B. Chester Research Associate
- Dr. Sterling J. Nesbitt Research Associate
- Dr. Thomas E. Macrini Research Associate
- Dr. Xiaoming Wang Research Associate
- Luke Holbrook Research Associate
- Peter Makovicky Research Associate
- Xijun Ni Research Associate