The Marx Discovery Center on our first floor will be closed Tuesday, October 8 through Friday, October 11 for lighting updates. The center will reopen Saturday, October 12. Thank you for your understanding.

Our Family of Museums:

About Us

Staff Directory

Administrative

  • Susan Weller

    Susan Weller
    Director & Professor

  • Adam Eakin
    Assistant Director

  • Caroline Clements
    Public Relations Coordinator & Membership Manager

Visitor Services

  • Maya Bullock
    Visitor Services Manager

  • Megan Cook
    Reservations & Events Coordinator

Education

  • Emily Brown
    Museum Education Supervisor

  • Annie Mumgaard
    Virtual Learning Coordinator

  • Jason Nord
    Education Programs Coordinator

  • Cindy Loope
    Museum Education Associate

  • Rachel Scheet
    Earth and Space Science Coordinator

  • Ann Spilker
    Extended Learning Coordinator

  • Rebecca Wehling
    Public Programs & Volunteer Coordinator

Exhibits

  • Angie Fox
    Exhibit Coordinator & Scientific Illustrator

  • Joel Nielsen
    Graphics Specialist

  • Zak Kathol
    Exhibit Fabrication Coordinator

Anthropology

  • Alan Osborn
    Curator

  • Katelyn McMullin
    Collections/NAGPRA Assistant

Entomology

  • Matt (MJ) Paulsen
    Curator

Geology

  • Matt Joeckel
    Professor & Curator

Informal Science Education Research

  • Judy Diamond
    Professor & Curator

Invertebrate Paleontology

  • Robert Diffendal
    Adjunct Professor & Curator Emeritus

  • Pete Wagner
    Professor & Curator

Parasitology

  • Scott Gardner
    Professor & Curator

  • Gabor Racz
    Collection Manager

  • John Janovy, Jr.
    Adjunct Professor

  • Mary Lou Pritchard
    Professor Emeritus

Vertebrate Paleontology

  • Ross Secord
    Curator & Associate Professor

  • George Corner
    Collection Manager

  • Carrie Herbel

    Carrie Herbel
    Chief Preparator

  • Shane Tucker
    Highway Salvage Paleontologist

  • Jeremy McMullin
    Highway Salvage Preparator

  • Robert Hunt, Jr.
    Curator Emeritus & Professor

  • Ash Poust
    Curator

Zoology

  • Robert Zink
    Professor & Curator

  • Thomas Labedz
    Collection Manager

  • Hugh Genoways
    Professor Emeritus & Curator

  • Rob Wilson
    Curator

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

  • Sandy Mosel
    Museum Store & Educational Programs Assistant

  • Daniel George
    Ashfall Virtual Learning Program Educator

  • Sam Matson
    Superintendent

Trailside Museum of Natural History

  • Pattie Norman
    Museum Specialist