Paleontology Staff

Division Chair

Mark A. Norell Division Chair and Macaulay Curator, Curator-in-Charge of Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds, Division of Paleontology

Administrative

Ruth O'Leary Director of Collections, Archives and Preparation

Curators

John J. Flynn Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals, Division of Paleontology
Melanie J. Hopkins Curator-in-Charge, Invertebrate Paleontology, Division of Paleontology
Jin Meng Curator-in-Charge, Fossil Mammals, Division of Paleontology
Michael J. Novacek Senior Vice President and Provost of Science; Curator, Division of Paleontology

Emeritus Curators

Roger Batten Curator Emeritus, Invertebrate Paleontology
Niles Eldredge Curator Emeritus, Division of Paleontology
Eugene S. Gaffney Curator Emeritus, FARB Paleontology
Neil H. Landman Curator Emeritus, Fossil Invertebrates, Division of Paleontology
John G. Maisey Curator-in-Charge Emeritus, Fossil Fish, Division of Paleontology

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Kimberley Chapelle Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Chris Law Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Amane Tajika Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Christopher Whalen Postdoctoral Researcher

Collections Staff

Judy Galkin Administrative Secretary; co-ordinates visitors for the Fossil Mammal collection
Dr. Alana Gishlick Senior Museum Specialist; Fossil Fish loans, visitors, inquiries; Fossil Mammal loans
Bushra Hussaini Senior Museum Specialist; Fossil Invertebrates loans, visitors, inquiries
Carl M. Mehling Senior Museum Specialist; FARB loans, visitors, inquiries
Allyson Mellone Curatorial Assistant; Fossil Mammal loans, visitors, inquiries

Preparators

Verne Lee Senior Preparator
Anastasia Rashkova Museum Specialist

Research Assistants

Suzann Goldberg Assistant to Dr. Novacek
Carolyn Merrill Assistant to Dr. Norell

Artists

Mick Ellison Senior Principal Artist
Nicole Wong Museum Specialist

Graduate Students

Alexandra Buczek PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Eva Hoffman PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
James Napoli PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Ernesto Vargas-Parra PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Congyu Yu PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School
Amelia Zietlow PhD Student, Richard Gilder Graduate School

Resident Research Associates

Susan K. Bell Resident Research Associate
Dr. Zachary Calamari Resident Research Associate
Dr. Eric Delson Resident Research Associate
William Harcourt-Smith Resident Research Associate
Dr. Maureen O'Leary Resident Research Associate
Dr. Bruce Shockey Resident Research Associate
Dr. Alan Turner Resident Research Associate
Paul Velazco Resident Research Associate
Dr. Akinobu (Aki) Watanabe Resident Research Associate

Research Associates

Dr. Bin Bai Research Associate
Dr. Amy Balanoff Research Associate
Dr. Gabe Bever Research Associate
Dr. Donald Boyd Research Associate
Dr. Gloria Carvalho Research Associate
Dr. Meeman Chang Research Associate
Dr. Stephen G. B. Chester Research Associate
Dr. Jonah Choiniere Research Associate
Dr. James Clark Research Associate
Dr. Julia A. Clarke Research Associate
Dr. J. Kirk Cochran Research Associate
Dr. Selina Cole Research Associate
Dr. Darin A. Croft Research Associate
Amy Davidson Research Associate
Adele de Cruz Research Associate
Dr. Lowell W. Dingus Research Associate
Dr. Gregory M. Erickson Research Associate
Dr. Howard R. Feldman Research Associate
Dr. Lawrence J. Flynn Research Associate
Dr. Catherine Ann Forster Research Associate
Dr. Lucja Fostowicz-Frelik Research Associate
Dr. Matt Friedman Research Associate
Dr. Keqin Gao Research Associate
Dr. Paul Gignac Research Associate
Dr. Chris Gilbert Research Associate
Dr. Maria Eugenia Gold Research Associate
Dr. Lance Grande Research Associate
Dr. Camille Grohe Research Associate
Dr. In-Hei Hahn Research Associate
Dr. Luke Holbrook Research Associate
Dr. Robert M. Hunt Research Associate
Dr. Jeremy Jackson Research Associate
Dr. Alexander Kellner Research Associate
Dr. Tsogtbaatar Khishigjav Research Associate
Dr. David Kohn Research Associate
Dr. Brian P. Kraatz Research Associate
Dr. David Krause Research Associate
Dr. Isabelle Kruta Research Associate
Dr. James Lamsdell Research Associate
Dr. Jennifer Lane Research Associate
Dr. Juan Liu Research Associate
Dr. Sergi Lopez-Torres Research Associate
Dr. Thomas E. Macrini Research Associate
Dr. Peter Makovicky Research Associate
Dr. Fang-Yuan Mao Research Associate
Dr. Royal Mapes Research Associate
Dr. Octavio Mateus Research Associate
Dr. Frank K. McKinney Research Associate
Dr. Christopher McRoberts Research Associate
Dr. Matthew C. Mihlbachler Research Associate
Dr. Sterling J. Nesbitt Research Associate
Dr. Xijun Ni Research Associate
Dr. Jing-Mai O'Connor Research Associate
Dr. Paul E. Olsen Research Associate
Dr. Diego Pol Research Associate
Dr. Kristen Polizzotto Research Associate
Dr. Guillermo W. Rougier Research Associate
Dr. Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Research Associate
Jocelyn Sessa Research Associate
Dr. Bhart-Anjan Singh-Bhullar Research Associate
Dr. Nikos Solounias Research Associate
Dr. Michelle Spaulding Research Associate
Dr. Kazushige Tanabe Research Associate
Dr. Julia Tejada Research Associate
Dr. Emanuel Tschopp Research Associate
Dr. Jack Tseng Research Associate
Dr. John Van Couvering Research Associate
Dr. Xiaoming Wang Research Associate
Dr. Michael O. Woodburne Research Associate
Dr. David Wright Research Associate
Dr. Andre R. Wyss Research Associate
Dr. Hong Yu Yi Research Associate
Dr. Hussam E.D. Zaher Research Associate
Dr. Badamkhatan Zorigt Research Associate