Our Staff

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.

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

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.

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

Emma Perez is part of the DigIn digitization team.

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

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.

As the Fossil Lab Manager Ms. Potze is responsible for the preparation and conservation of all the fossils at Rancho La Brea.