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About the Department Staff

Curators
Curatorial Assistants
Associates

CURATORS: The staff of the department includes four curators who oversee curation of the collections and conduct research in their areas of specialization.

Dr. Richard J. Mooi, Curator and Department Chair - Specializes in phylogeny of the Echinodermata, particularly echinoids

Dr. Gary C. Williams, Curator - Specializes in systematics, biogeography and phylogeny of octocoral cnidarians

Dr. Terrence M. Gosliner, Senior Curator - Specializes in phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of opisthobranch molluscs

Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine, Associate Curator - Specializes in paleontology of marine mollusks and conodonts

RESEARCHERS:


Dr. Louie Marincovich, Adjunct Curator of Paleontology - Specializes in paleontology of Cenozoic marine mollusks, particularly those in the Arctic.
Dr. Michael T. Ghiselin, chair of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science and specialist in the phylogeny and systematics of mollusks.
Dr. Elizabeth Fourtanier, research scientist working on the systematics and taxonomy of fossil and marine diatoms.
Dr. Marta Pola-Perez, working with T. Gosliner on the phylogeny and systematics of dorid nudibranchs.

COLLECTIONS MANAGERS:

Dr. Robert J. Van Syoc, Invertebrate Zoology
Dr. Jean F. DeMouthe, Paleontology and Mineralogy

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS:

Mysi Hoang

Julie Parinas

CURATORIAL ASSISTANTS:

Elizabeth Kools

Nell Green Nylen
Chrissy Piotrowski

Shelly Willard

 

VOLUNTEERS:

Neil Fahy

Angela Locke

Andrew Batman

Sam van der Sterre

Eugenio Diaz

Yvonne Bergero

Mariska Brady
Michel Perekrestenko
George Metz
Joan Steinberg

RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:

Fabienne Audebert
David W. Behrens
Hans S. Bertsch
James T. Carlton
Eugene Coan
Daphne G. Fautin
John J. Holleman
Rebecca Johnson

Michael Kellogg

Welton L. Lee
Lindsey R. Leighton
David R. Lindberg
Michael A. Murphy
Peter U. Rodda
Carol M. Tang
Angel Valdes
Mary K. Wicksten

FIELD ASSOCIATES:

Robert Bolland
Casey Burns
Patrick Embree

Frank Perry

Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume
Clarence Schuchman

ASSOCIATES:

Neil Fahy
Daniel W. Gotshall

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Rachel Hertog , M.A., San Francisco State University

Kelly Walsh , M.A., San Francisco State University
Kristen Vollrath, M.A., San Francisco State University

Cerise Chen, M.A., San Francisco State University
Jennifer Harris, M.A., San Francisco State University

Dana Carrison, M.A., San Francisco State University

Lakisha Witzel, M.A. San Francisco State University
Beth Moore, M.A., San Francisco State University

Kristin Roberts, M.A., San Francisco State University

Contact person for Invertebrate Zoology: izg@calacademy.org