Our Staff

Kirk's research is focused on the systematics and evolutionary biology of a family of polychaetes known as "fan worms," as well as the philosophical foundations of phylogenetic systematics.

Jessica is a research assistant studying microplastic accumulation in marine fishes.

Viri plays a central role in our Registrar's Office, working on transactions such as loans and acquisitions for the museum's collections.

Marina Gibbons is the Associate Conservator at the Natural History Museum, where she treats natural history specimens as well as cultural heritage objects, and performs testing on new materials proposed for use in exhibit case design.

With over 15 years of experience, Doug has organized crews and equipment for national and international field expeditions in an effort to help build NHM's dinosaur collection.

In 1988, Lindsey came to the Museum as a Curatorial Assistant on a National Science Foundation (NSF) collection grant. He is now Collections Manager for Malacology.

Dr. Amy Gusick is Curator of Anthropology and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Officer. She is an archaeologist who studies human-environment dynamics, development of maritime societies, peopling of the Americas, initial human dispersals around the Pacific Rim, and maritime cultural landscapes.

KT Hajeian received her M.A. in Artifact Studies from the University College of London in 2002 and began working for the Natural History Museum in 2005.

Dr. Hardin earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1977 and has been at the Natural History Museum since 1984