Our Staff

Tania is responsible for the care and conservation of objects throughout NHM, including temporary and permanent exhibitions, and works closely with Exhibitions and Registrar's Office staff to ensure the safe handling, mounting, and installation of exhibition objects and specimens.

Monique assists with the museum's NAGPRA program.

Robert Cripps began as a volunteer for the Dinosaur Institute and was quickly hired as a paleontological preparator.

Alberto is a Mexican paleontologist who studies paleoecology, in particular, fossil amphibians and reptiles (toads, frogs, turtles, snakes, and lizards).

Greg works on various projects in the Rancho La Brea collections, with particular expertise in birds.

Dr. Regan Dunn is an Assistant Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. She is a paleobotanist whose research seeks to understand the interplay between climate, plants and animal evolution through time.

Erika Durazo is a Senior Paleontological Preparator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Dinosaur Institute. She specializes in fossil preparation, from meticulous lab work to field excavations across the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico.

Dr. Estrada holds a Ph.D. in History from University of California, Los Angeles and is a social and cultural historian, specializing in nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Los Angeles.

As Collections Manager Ms. Farrell has co-managed all of the fossils at Rancho La Brea for over a decade.