BE ADVISED: On Saturday, October 31, the LA Memorial Coliseum will host the USC vs. Ohio State football game. Kickoff is at 4:30 pm. This event will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding in the area due to street closures. Please consider riding the Metro E (Expo) Line and exiting at USC/Expo station. On Sunday, November 1, due to multiple events happening throughout Exposition Park we anticipate heavy traffic and limited parking. Visit our Parking and Directions page for more information. For questions, please contact info@nhm.org or call 213-763-DINO (3466).

Jenna McCullough

Postdoctoral Researcher, Ornithology

Jenna McCullough is an NSF postdoctoral fellow with a dual affiliation in NHM's Ornithology department and the Biology Department at UCLA. Jenna joined us from the University of Kentucky, where she worked on improving macroevolutionary models during her first postdoctoral appointment. She earned her PhD in 2024 from the University of New Mexico where she studied species and phenotypic diversification of Indo-Pacific kingfishers. Her masters research, performed at the same institution, focused on the evolution of the avian order Coraciiformes, which includes bee-eaters, rollers, motmots, and kingfishers. Prior to that, she earned dual bachelor’s degrees in biology and wildlife resources from the University of Idaho. Jenna has expertise in avian systematics and phylogenetics, island biogeography, and trait evolution.

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