BE ADVISED: On Friday, May 15, the North American Mammal Hall and African Mammal Hall on Level 1 will be closed in preparation for Bug Fair. The North American Mammal Hall on Level 2 will remain open.

BE ADVISED: On Thursday, May 14, USC Commencement ceremonies at the LA Memorial Coliseum will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding around the Natural History Museum. Please plan your visit accordingly, and consider riding the Metro E (Expo) Line and exiting at USC/Expo station.

Yun-Hsin "Becky" Wu

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dinosaur Institute

Yun-Hsin Wu's journey into vertebrate paleontology began with research on the Pleistocene Stegodon, a member of the order Proboscidea from East Asia. Currently the focus of her research is avian evolution. She has worked with Dr. Alyssa Bell and Dr. Luis Chiappe to decipher the paleoecology of the Hesperornithiformes, an extinct group of diving birds from the Cretaceous. Her interdisciplinary Ph.D. work will utilize microstructure anatomical studies of extinct birds and developmental studies of extant species to understand the ecological and evolutionary history of birds.

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