Our Staff

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Our Staff

Director of Collection Services and Chief Registrar
Susan Oshima

Susan has worked in the Registrar's Office since 2001, has been Chief Registrar since 2007, and has more than 25 years' professional experience in collections registration and logistics.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Vertebrate Paleontology
Adolfo Pacheco Castro, Ph.D.

Adolfo is studying the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) as related to the Mexican fossil record of small mammal species, working with Xiaoming Wang at NHMLA and Jack Tseng at the University of California Berkeley.

Graduate Student, Dinosaur Institute
Emily Patellos

Emily is a Graduate-Student-in-Residence in the Dinosaur Institute studying the evolution and ecomorphology of osteoderms in archosauromorphs.

Curator, Herpetology & Director, Urban Nature Research Center
Greg Pauly, Ph.D.

Dr. Greg Pauly is Curator of Herpetology and Co-director of the Urban Nature Research Center. He studies the natural history, evolution, and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

DISCO Program Manager
Dean Pentcheff

Dean is coordinating NHM’s Diversity Initiative for the Southern California Ocean.

Project Archivist
Erin Perez
Digitization Technician, Marine Biodiversity Center (DigIn)
Emma Perez

Emma Perez is part of the DigIn digitization team.

Associate Registrar
Ana Perez

Ana is a key part of the Registrar's Office, typically handling exhibitions, long-term loans, and some other transactions.

Collections Manager, Echinoderms
Tania Pineda-Enriquez, Ph.D.

Dr. Tania Pineda-Enriquez is the Collections Manager of Echinoderms and a marine biologist specializing in the systematics and phylogenetics of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea). She manages specimen curation, collection care and supports marine biodiversity research through collaborative science.

Executive Assistant
Maria Ponce-Haas