Resources for Researchers

Pan-Divisional

Staff

Dr. John R. Demboski, PhD - Vice President of Science and Chief Curator

Melissa Bechhoefer, MS - Director of Integrative Collections

Meghan Truckey, MA - Registrar

Jeff Stephenson - Science Liaison

Rick Wicker - Photographer

Links

Contact the Science Division

Speak with a Scientist

Manual of Collection Policy

Long Term Collections & Research Plan

Anthropology

Staff

Dr. Michele Koons, PhD - Director of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology

Dr. Chris Patrello, PhD - Assistant Curator of Anthropology

Erika Heacock - Assistant Collections Manager

Casey Mallinckrodt, MA - Head Conservator

Megan Salas, MA - Objects Conservator

Links

Search Collections

Collections Use Agreement

Guidelines for Borrowers of Objects for Exhibition

Request for Access to Culturally Sensitive Materials

Request for Access to Human Remains

Request for Sampling for the Purposes of Human aDNA Analysis

Policies for Hazardous and Sensitive Materials

Archives

Staff

Laura Uglean Jackson - Digital Archivist

Lauren Conrad - Assistant Archivist

Links

Image Licensing and Permissions

Archives Research Request

Explore the Archives

Explore the Image Archives

Earth Sciences

Staff

Dr. Pat O'Connor, PhD - Director of Earth & Space Sciences

Dr. David W. Krause, PhD - Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology

Dr. James Hagadorn, PhD - Tim &b Kathryn Ryan Curator of Geology

Dr. Tyler R. Lyson, PhD - Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology

Dr. Gussie Maccracken, PhD - Assistant Curator of Paleobotany

Kristen A. MacKenzie, MS - Collections Manager

Nicole Neu-Yagle, MS - Assistant Collections Manager

Natalie Toth, MS - Chief Preparator

Salvador Bastien - Fossil Preparator

Lindsay Gaona Dougan, MS - Digital Research Preparator

Links

Search Collections

Request Access to Collections

Locality Search Request

Space Sciences

Staff

Dr. Ka Chun Yu, PhD - Assistant Curator of Space Science

Zoology

Staff

Dr. Garth M. Spellman, PhD - Director of Zoology and Health Sciences, Curator of Ornithology

Dr. Paula E. Cushing, PhD - Senior Curator of Invertebrate Zoology

Dr. Frank-Thorsten Krell, PhD - Senior Curator of Entomology

Andrew Doll, MS - Collections Manager

Cameron Pittman, MS - Assistant Collections Manager

Andrea Carrillo - Vertebrate Preparator

Bridget Chalifour - Genomic Scientist

Tiffany Nuessle, MA - Genetics Research Lab Manager

Links

Specimen records are currently available online through Arctos or Ecdysis, with data published to different portals including GBIFEcdysis iDigBioGGBNBISONMap of LifeVertNetSEINetInvertEBaseGLoBIMorphoSource and GenBank.

Non-destructive Loan Request

Destructive Loan Request

Research or Collections Access

Search Specific Collections:

Arachnology

Birds

Birds Eggs & Nests

Insects and Myriapods

Mammals

Marine Invertebrates

Parasites

Amphibians & Reptiles

Botany

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