Faculty Science Advisory Committee Members as of 12-12-18
The U-M faculty and experts listed below are members of small exhibit teams assisting with the development of new exhibits for the new Museum of Natural History in the Biological Sciences Building. These individuals have been invited to serve on the museum’s first Faculty Science Advisory Committee and will continue in this role until the new museum is fully open at the end of 2019. The collections managers for LSA’s research museums are also listed; they have been extremely helpful throughout the exhibit development process.
Committee Co-Chairs
Christopher W. Dick, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Curator and Associate Chair for Museum Collections, U-M Herbarium and U-M Museum of Zoology
Michael Galaty, Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director and Curator, U-M Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology
There are two lists of committee members: one organized by Exhibit Team and one by college and departmental affiliation.
1. Exhibit Teams organized by Museum Opening
Opening April 2019
Evolution: Life Through Time
Developer: Mike Cherney
Catherine Badgley
Tom Baumiller
Robyn Burnham
Margaret Evans
Dan Fisher
Matt Friedman
Philip Gingerich
Jonathan Morris
Dan Rabosky
Selena Smith
Jeff Wilson
Tree of Life
Developer: Mike Cherney
Margaret Evans
Dan Fisher
Stephen Smith
Jeff Wilson
On the Trail of Mastodons
Developer: Mike Cherney
Dan Fisher
Adam Rountrey
Whales
Developer: Mike Cherney
Philip Gingerich
Visible Lab: Paleontology
Developer: Mike Cherney
Dan Fisher
Bill Sanders
Jeff Wilson
Quetzalcoatlus
Developer: Mike Cherney
Kiersten Rosenbach
Jeff Wilson
Dynamic Planet
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Udo Becker
Jamie Gleason
Yihe Huang
Katy Rico
Nathan Sheldon
Measuring Space & Time
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Sally Oey
Aaron Pierce
Alison Davis Rabosky
Science Forum Introductory Film
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Catherine Badgley
Bob Denver
Dan Fisher
Student Showcase
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Luciana Aenasoaie
Collections Display Case
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Chris Dick
Dan Fisher
Matt Friedman
Mike Galaty
Carla Sinopoli
Priscilla Tucker
Visible Lab: Biodiversity
Developer: Melissa Westlake
Liliana Cortes-Ortiz
Chris Dick
Deborah Goldberg
Maria Raquel Marchan Rivadeneira
Mineral Display
Developer: Melissa Westlake
Ted Bornhorst
Opening November 2019
Exploring Michigan
Developers:
Gene Dillenburg
Tim Donahue
Mike Cherney
Melissa Westlake
Jim Diana
Chris Dick
Meghan Duffy
Deborah Goldberg
Stephen Kesler
Michael Kost
Karl Longstreth
John O’Shea
Catherine Riseng
Carla Sinpoli
Gerald Smith
Dave Szczygiel
Erika Tucker
Lisa Young
Under the Microscope
(formerly Foundations of Life)
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Laura Battitta
Steve Clark
Mara Duncan
Lei Lei
Pamela Raymond
Orie Shafer
Petra Vande Zande
Kristen Verhey
Research Stations
Developer: Gene Dillenburg
Leslie Decker
Bob Denver
Monica Dus
David Gerdes
Nyeema Harris
Valeriy Ivanov
Dan Rabosky
Human Evolution / Our Evolutionary
Heritage (in Evolution Gallery)
Developer: Mike Cherney
Laura MacLatchy
Bill Sanders
B. Holly Smith
John Speth
People & the Planet
Developers:
Tim Donahue
Melissa Westlake
Robin Beck
Johannes Foufopoulos
Betsy Foxman
Raven Garvey
Knute Nadelhoffer
Allison Steiner
Brian Stewart
Lisa Walsh
Experimental Gallery
Great Lakes Theme
Developer: Tim Donahue
TBD
Science Garden Signage
Developer: Kira Berman
Robyn Burnham
Chris Dick
Mary Duff-Silverman
Deborah Goldberg
Bob Grese
David Michener
2. Exhibit team members and other advisors, organized by affiliation
COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, & THE ARTS
Anthropology
Laura MacLatchy
Astronomy
David Gerdes
Sally Oey
Biological Station
Knute Nadelhoffer
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Udo Becker
Jamie Gleason
Ingrid Hendy
Yihe Huang
Stephen Kesler
Nathan Sheldon
Selena Smith
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Includes Museum of Zoology and Herbarium
Catherine Badgley
Robyn Burnham
Liliana Cortes-Ortiz
Alison Davis-Rabosky
Chris Dick
Meghan Duffy
Deborah Goldberg
Nyeema Harris
Knute Nadelhoffer
Dan Rabosky
Tony Reznicek
Gerald Smith
Stephen Smith
Priscilla Tucker
Lisa Walsh
Ben Winger
Donald Zak
Lab Manager
Maria Raquel Marchan Rivadeniera
Collection Managers & Registrar
Benjamin Hess
Janet Hinshaw
Taehwan Lee
Doug Nelson
Rich Rabeler
Patricia Rogers
Greg Schneider
Cody Thompson
Erika Tucker
Molecular, Cellular, &
Developmental Biology
Laura Buttitta
Steve Clark
Bob Denver
Pamela Raymond
Orie Shafer
Petra Vande Zande
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
Also Department of Anthropology
Robin Beck
Michael Galaty
Raven Garvey
John O’Shea
Carla Sinopoli
B. Holly Smith
John Speth
Brian Stewart
Lisa Young
Collection Managers
Lauren Fuka
Jim Moss
Amadeus Scott
Museum of Paleontology
Tom Baumiller
Dan Fisher
Matt Friedman
Philip Gingerich
Jeff Wilson
Chief Vertebrate Preparator
Bill Sanders
Collection Managers
Daniel Miller
Adam Rountrey
Physics
David Gerdes
Aaron Pierce
Psychology/Center for Human Growth & Development
Margaret Evans
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Allison Steiner (Climate & Space
Sciences)
Valeriy Ivanov (Civil & Environmental
Eng.)
MATTHAEI BOTANICAL GARDENS & NICHOLS ARBORETUM
Bob Grese
Michael Kost
David Michener
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Mara Duncan (Cell & Developmental
Biology)
Lei Lei (Cell & Developmental Biology)
Kristen Verhey (Cell & Developmental
Biology)
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
Jim Diana
Johannes Foufopoulos
Bob Grese
David Michener
Jonathan Morris
Catherine Riseng
Donald Zak
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Betsy Foxman
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Karl Longstreth
COMMUNITY AND OTHER EXPERTS
Leslie Decker (Stanford University)
Mary Duff-Silverman (Master Gardener)
Dave Szczygiel (AAPS Outdoor
Education)
Ted Bornhorst (A.E. Seaman Museum)
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