The NHMLAC Dinosaur Institute Fellowship Fund endowment supports Postdoctoral research scientists and advanced graduate students conducting original research in the Dinosaur Institute. It aims to expand our research, training, and outreach missions and increase the total representation of PhD scientists and graduate students among the ranks of NHMLAC's Research & Collections, cementing our crucial role as an incubator for future museum scientists.
The training and professional development of these researchers enhance NHMLAC's efforts in shaping the future of paleontology and museum science, and program alumni are extending the Museum’s intellectual footprint as they continue their professional careers. Postdoctoral scientists at NHMLAC benefit from the diverse collections, laboratory/analytical, and fieldwork-based resources of the Dinosaur Institute and Museum. Graduate students are primarily supported through a partnership with USC’s Department of Earth Sciences.
Researchers are supervised and mentored by Gretchen Augustyn Director & Curator of the Dinosaur Institute, Dr. Nathan Smith, and SVP of Research & Collections and Curator of the Dinosaur Institute, Dr. Luis Chiappe.
Affiliated Postdoctoral Researchers:
"The Enantiornithes diversity of from the Upper Cretaceous of South America: A Gondwanan perspective of the most successful lineage of Mesozoic birds"
“Paleobiology, paleoecology and macroevolution of the Mesozoic birds: what do we know from the earliest members of the enantiornithine clade in Europe?”
Postdoctoral Alumni:
Assistant Professor, Biology
University of Central Oklahoma, Biology
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa
Department of Messel Research
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Senior Paleontologist
Stantec
Graduate Student Alumni:
Curator of Paleontology
Carter County Museum
Senior Paleontologist
Stantec
Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles
The Field Museum of Natural History
Contact Us:
For information about the NHMLAC Dinosaur Institute Fellowship Fund, and Postdoctoral and graduate training opportunities in the Dinosaur Institute, contact Dr. Nathan Smith.
Postdocs and Students at work and in the field:
