Our Staff

As illustrator and photographer for the Dinosaur Institute, Stephanie Abramowicz merges scientific research with artistic sensibility.

Cristina is passionate about the intersection of conservation science and data analytics.

Trevor Alixopulos supports the services and holdings of the Research Library at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

Lizbeth is interested in integrating community science and long-term monitoring methods across coastal and terrestrial ecosystems.

Liath is a museum collections specialist with a background in botany, malacology and ornithology.

Jenna works on the marine microplastics grant.

Megan is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist who uses museum collections, genomics, and developmental biology to understand the processes which generate Earth's insect biodiversity. Megan's research primarily focuses on ants (family: Formicidae).

Cass manages the Collections Rescue project, funded by the California Institute for Biodiversity.

Museum collections form a vital component of Kayce's research on mammal and parasite diversity and distribution. She is interested in the processes that lead to new species and how host diversity impacts parasite evolution.