Staff
The Negaunee Integrative Research Center is filled with dedicated and passionate staff across all levels and roles, from the Director to volunteers working with us. The core component of the research center are faculty-level curators who are leading world-class research programs, contribute to training the next generation of scientists, curate and co-manage the collections, serve as content specialists for exhibits, and are involved in many other aspects of the Museum. We encourage you to take a look at the different members of staff to see those who contribute to the success of the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at its various levels.
LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Senior Director
Negaunee Integrative Research Center
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Robert A. Pritzker Curator for Meteoritics and Polar Studies
Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences at Chicago Center for Cosmochemistry, and the College
University of Chicago
Associate Director and Section Head, Social Sciences/ Anthropological Research
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Curator of Anthropology
Section Head, Life Sciences
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MacArthur Curator of Flowering Plants
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Co-Director, Grainger Bioinformatics Center
Amanda Dick
Administrative Coordinator
Curators
Dr. Foreman Bandama
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Assistant Curator, Social Sciences
Dr. Anderson Feijó
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Assistant Curator, Life Sciences
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MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology
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Social Sciences
Dr. Christina Friberg
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Assistant Curator, North American Anthropology
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Social Sciences
Research Appointees
Dr. Chad Eliason
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Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences
Dr. Elspeth Geiger
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Curator Path Research Scientist, Social Sciences
Dr. Luis Muro
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Curator Path Research Scientist, Social Sciences
Dr. Nigel Pitman
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Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences
Dr. Pia Viglietti
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Research Scientist, Earth Sciences
Core Laboratory Staff
Dr. Laure Dussubieux
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Lab Manager, Elemental Analysis Facility and Senior Research Scientist, Anthropology
Dr. Kevin Feldheim
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Lab Manager, Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution
Stephanie Ware
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Lab Manager, Collaborative Invertebrate Lab, Scanning Electron Microscope, Histology
Akiko Shinya
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Chief Preparator, McDonald's Fossil Preparation Laboratory
Isabel Distefano
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Lab Technician, Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution
Kendall Fitzgerald
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Research Assistant, Grainger Bioinformatics Center
Max London
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Preparator, Fossil Preparation Lab
Dylan Maddox
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Lab Specialist, Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution
Kathryn Passaglia
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Preparator, Fossil Preparation Laboratory
Yukun Sun
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Data Analyst, Grainger Bioinformatics Center
Constance Van Beek
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Preparator, Fossil Preparation Laboratory
Postdoctoral Scientists
Dr. Alejandrina Barcenas
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Life Sciences
Grainger Bioinformatics Center
Dr. Meredith Doellman
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Life Sciences
Grainger Bioinformatics Center
Dr. Diego Elias
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Life Sciences
Dr. Jeff Frederick
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Life Sciences
Dr. Yosef Kiat
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Earth Sciences
Dr. Zoe Kulik
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Earth Sciences
Dr. Pei-Chen Kuo
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Earth Sciences
Dr. Jason Pardo
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Earth Sciences
Dr. Sophie Picq
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Life Sciences
Dr. Amie Settlecowski
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Life Sciences
Dr. Sara Watson
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Social Sciences