Our Staff

Jenessa manages the specimen and data curation for the Marine Biodiversity Center collection.

Adam’s research focuses on developing DNA barcoding and environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques with the goal of revolutionizing how marine biodiversity is studied, as well as studying crustacean systematics and isopod phylogeny. He is responsible for overseeing the curation, maintenance, loans, and visitors related to the world's fourth largest collection of Crustacea.

As Collections Manager, Maureen Walsh draws from over 20 years of museum curation, fossil preparation, Cultural Resource Management, and international outreach experience.

Xiaoming is a vertebrate paleontologist whose research is focused on the evolution of terrestrial mammals, especially carnivores.

As Collections Manager for the History Department's Material Culture division, Beth has overall responsibility for the management of the department's wide range of three-dimensional artifacts.

Victoria is part of the digitization and communication team for DigIn, our NSF grant-funded project to digitize marine biodiversity collections.

Dr. Wetzer's research focuses on crustacean systematics and isopod phylogeny, and she has a special fondness for sphaeromatid isopods.

Hank Woolley is a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Dinosaur Institute, conducting paleontological research in support of the institute's programs.

Mr. Weiping Xie is the Entomology Department's Collections Manager. He is responsible for care and maintenance of the entomology collection's pinned, alcohol-preserved, and slide-mounted specimens.

Alan Zdinak received his training in fossil preparation and archival specimen housing at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.