Meet the Peabody

Curators & Collections Staff

The exceptional collections in the care of the Museum’s curatorial staff are at the heart of University teaching, the interdisciplinary studies of researchers from around the world, and the Museum’s exhibitions that communicate the importance and excitement of studying Earth’s history and diversity.

The 10 divisions charged with the care of more than 14 million specimens and objects housed in the Yale Peabody Museum are overseen by curators appointed from the Yale University faculty.

 

Board of Curators

Jay Ague Curator-in-charge,
Mineralogy & Meteoritics
+1 203 432 3171 jay.ague@yale.edu
Paola Bertucci Curator-in-charge,
History of Science & Technology
Bhart-Anjan Bhullar Associate Curator,
Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology
Derek Briggs Curator-in-charge, Invertebrate Paleontology; Curator, Invertebrate Zoology,
Invertebrate Paleontology, Invertebrate Zoology
+1 203 432 8590 derek.briggs@yale.edu Website
Richard Burger Curator,
Anthropology
Leo W. Buss Curator Emeritus,
Invertebrate Zoology
+1 203 432 3869 leo.buss@yale.edu Website
Oswaldo Chinchilla Curator-in-charge,
Anthropology
John C. Darnell Curator,
Anthropology
+1 203 432 2159 john.darnell@yale.edu Website
Michael R. Dove Curator,
Anthropology
+1 203 432 3463 michael.dove@yale.edu Website
Casey Dunn Curator-in-charge,
Invertebrate Zoology
+1 203 432 3109 casey.dunn@yale.edu Website
Erika Edwards Curator-in-charge,
Botany, Paleobotany
Jacques Gauthier Curator-in-charge, Reptiles,
Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology
Frank Hole Curator Emeritus,
Anthropology
+1 203 432 3683 frank.hole@yale.edu Website
Pincelli Hull Associate Curator,
Invertebrate Paleontology
Roderick J. McIntosh Curator Emeritus,
Anthropology
Martha Muñoz Assistant Curator, Amphibians & Reptiles,
Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology
Leonard Munstermann Curator-in-charge,
Entomology
Thomas J. Near Curator: Ichthyology,
Vertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology
+1 203 432 3002 thomas.near@yale.edu Web Page
Noah Planavsky Associate Curator,
Mineralogy & Meteoritics
+1 203 432 9043 noah.planavsky@yale.edu
Richard Prum Curator-in-charge, Birds,
Vertebrate Zoology, Ornithology
+1 203 432 9423 richard.prum@yale.edu
Eric Sargis Curator: Mammals,
Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy
+1 203 432 6140 eric.sargis@yale.edu Website
David Skelly Curator: Amphibians,
Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology
Lidya Tarhan Assistant Curator,
Invertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 8078 lidya.tarhan@yale.edu Website
Jessica Thompson Assistant Curator,
Anthropology
Anne P. Underhill Curator,
Anthropology
Elisabeth Vrba Curator Emeritus,
Vertebrate Paleontology, Vertebrate Zoology

Collections Staff

Alexi Baker Collections Manager,
History of Science & Technology
+1 203 737 3084 alexi.baker@yale.edu
Dan Brinkman Museum Assistant,
Vertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 3760 daniel.brinkman@yale.edu
Susan Butts Director of Collections & Research
Roger H. Colten Senior Collections Manager,
Anthropology
Maureen DaRos White Museum Assistant,
Anthropology
+1 203 432 3770 maureen.white@yale.edu
Becky DeAngelo Museum Assistant,
Divisions and Collection Support
Carol DeNatale Renovation Director,
Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 432 9856 carol.denatale@yale.edu
Mariana Di Giacomo Natural History Conservator,
Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 432 3965 mariana.digiacomo@yale.edu
Dan Drew Museum Assistant,
Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 432 4735 daniel.drew@yale.edu
Marilyn Fox Chief Preparator,
Vertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 3747 marilyn.fox@yale.edu
Larry Gall Collections Manager,
Entomology
Erin Gredell Head Registrar
+1 203 737 4695 erin.gredell@yale.edu
Sophie Henry Conservation Pre-Program Intern,
Divisions and Collection Support
Ellie Howell Museum Assistant,
Divisions and Collection Support
Shusheng Hu Collections Manager,
Paleobotany
+1 203 432 3790 shusheng.hu@yale.edu
Lynn Jones Museum Assistant; IPM Coordinator,
Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 464 3975 lynn.a.jones@yale.edu
Andrew Koh Museum Scientist (Ancient Pharmacology)
Agnete Wisti Lassen Associate Curator,
Yale Babylonian Collection
Eric Lazo-Wasem Senior Collections Manager,
Invertebrate Zoology
+1 203 432 3784 eric.lazo-wasem@yale.edu
Christina Lutz Project Preparator,
Vertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 3747 christina.lutz@yale.edu
Samantha Murphy Museum Assistant,
Divisions and Collection Support
Barbara Narendra Archivist; Senior Museum Assistant,
Mineralogy & Meteoritics, Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 432 0729 barbara.narendra@yale.edu
Stefan Nicolescu Collections Manager,
Mineralogy & Meteoritics
+1 203 432 3141 stefan.nicolescu@yale.edu
Ray Pupedis Senior Collections Manager,
Entomology
Vanessa Rhue Collections Manager,
Vertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 3748 vanessa.rhue@yale.edu
Lourdes Rojas Museum Assistant II,
Invertebrate Zoology
+1 203 432 5221 lourdes.rojas@yale.edu
Piper Stepule Museum Assistant,
Vertebrate Zoology
Patrick Sweeney Senior Collections Manager,
Botany
Jessica Utrup Museum Assistant,
Invertebrate Paleontology
+1 203 432 1722 jessica.utrup@yale.edu
Nate Utrup Museum Assistant,
Divisions and Collection Support
+1 203 494 2619 nathan.utrup@yale.edu
Greg Watkins-Colwell Senior Collections Manager,
Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology, Ichthyology
Charmaine Wong Collections Manager, Pacific Ethnology,
Anthropology
+1 203 737 1899 charmaine.wong@yale.edu
Royce Young Wolf Collections Manager, Native American Collection,
Anthropology
+1 203 737 5982 royce.youngwolf@yale.edu
Kristof Zyskowski Collections Manager,
Vertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy, Ornithology
+1 203 432 9821 kristof.zyskowski@yale.edu

Honorary Curators

The category of Honorary Curator is reserved for past Directors of the Museum who are no longer at Yale and for other distinguished natural scientists whom we wish to honor and whose appointment will honor the Museum. The appointment is without term.

A.W. Crompton

Alison F. Richard

Keith Stewart Thomson