Curators, Research Scientists and Staff

John Burch (1929-2021)
Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus

Museum of Zoology; Mammals

Paloma Calvin
Graduate Research Assistant

pcalvin@umich.edu

Don Cameron
Adjunct Curator

hdcamero@umich.edu 2176 Angell 734.764.7505

Genome Diversity Lab; Museum of Zoology

Liliana Cortés Ortiz
Research Associate Professor

lcortes@umich.edu 2060 Biological Sciences Building 734.615.9950

Alison Davis Rabosky
Associate Chair for the Museum of Zoology; Associate Professor

ardr@umich.edu 2064 Biological Sciences Building 734.763.8694

Thomas Duda
Professor; Curator, Museum of Zoology

tfduda@umich.edu 2034 Biological Sciences Building 734.764.2358

Fishes; Museum of Zoology

William Fink
Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus

wfink@umich.edu 734.764.9928

Benjamin Hess
Museum Registrar

bmhess@umich.edu 1081 Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor MI 48108-2228 734.764.2432

Katie Kinney
Undergraduate Research Assistant

katiekin@umich.edu

Insects; Museum of Zoology

L. Lacey Knowles
Robert B. Payne Collegiate Professor; Curator, Museum of Zoology

knowlesl@umich.edu 2010 Biological Sciences Building 734.763.5603, Lab Phone: 734.763.7943

Fred Kraus
Research Scientist

fkraus@umich.edu

Museum of Zoology; Mammals

Al Kurta
Research Affiliate

akurta@emich.edu

Taehwan Lee
Mollusk Collections Manager;
Associate Research Scientist

taehwanl@umich.edu Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Office 1424 734.764.2398

Fishes; Museum of Zoology

Hernán López-Fernández
Professor, Curator of Fishes

hlopezf@umich.edu 2014 Biological Sciences Building

Haley Martens
Research Lab Tech Sr

hmartens@umich.edu 1304 Research Museums Center, 3600 Varsity Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

John Megahan
Scientific Illustrator

megaj@umich.edu Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive 734.764.0455

UMMZ Office; Museum of Zoology

Robbin Murrell
Administrative Specialist

murrell@umich.edu 3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108 734.764.0476

UMMZ Office; Museum of Zoology

Philip Myers
Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus

pmyers@umich.edu Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Office 1210 7347305343

Ramon Nagesan
Research Laboratory Specialist

rnagesan@umich.edu 1304 Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 734.647.8715

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Collections; Collections Staff; Fishes

Benjamin Nicholas
Collection Manager, Division of Fishes

nicholbe@umich.edu 1230 Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 734.615.5905

Barry OConnor
Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, Museum of Zoology

bmoc@umich.edu Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Room 1014 734.763.4354

Insects; Museum of Zoology

Diarmaid Ó Foighil
Professor, Curator

diarmaid@umich.edu 2244 Biological Sciences Building 734.647.2193

Dan Rabosky
Professor; Curator, Museum of Zoology

drabosky@umich.edu 2032 Biological Sciences Building 510.610.9082

Christopher Raxworthy
Adjunct Research Investigator

212.769.5802

Greg Schneider
Collection Manager

ges@umich.edu Research Museum Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Office 1421 734.647.1927

Donald Swiderski
Research Affiliate

dlswider@umich.edu

Cody Thompson
Mammal Collection Manager & Associate Research Scientist

cwthomp@umich.edu 1422 Research Museums Center
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor MI 48108-2228 734.615.2810

Priscilla Tucker
Professor Emeritus,
Curator Emeritus

ptuck@umich.edu 2038 Biological Sciences Building 734.647.3085

Brian Weeks
Museum Associate & Assistant Professor,
School for Environment and Sustainability

bcweeks@umich.edu Dana Building
440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (614) 216-9266

Museum of Zoology; Birds

Rick White
Research Affiliate

rwhit101@charlotte.edu