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Dr. Jen Olori Assistant Professor SUNY Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 jennifer.olori@oswego.edu 315-312-2122	Koen Stein Post Doc Museum für Naturkunde Berlin koen.stein@mfn-berlin.de	John Hutchinson Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics The Royal Veterinary College Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA jrhutch@rvc.ac.uk 784-362-9162

Jenni Creagh The Dinosaur Lady / Fizzics Education Science Communicator 20+ years in Prehistory Canberra, ACT 2618 thedinosaurlady01@gmail.com +61409150938	Stephen J. Godfrey Curator of Paleontology Calvert Marine Museum Solomons, MD 20688 Godfresj@co.cal.md.us	Dennis R. Winters Retired Aerospace Engineer Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19103 dennis.winters@verizon.net 215-350-2586


Mr. Dominic White Student The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 dewhite@gwmail.gwu.edu 202-705-8614	Eric Scott Curator of Paleontology San Bernardino County Museum Redlands, CA 92374 escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov 909-798-8616	Koen Stein Post Doc Museum für Naturkunde Berlin koen.stein@mfn-berlin.de

Rudyard Sadleir Assistant Professor St. Xavier Univ. & the Field Museum Chicago, IL 60605 sadleir@sxu.edu 773-341-5244	Andrew A. Farke Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Claremont, CA 91711 afarke@webb.org 909-482-5244	Drew Moore Student The George Washington University Washington, DC djmoore@gwmail.gwu.edu

Justin Georgi Associate Professor of Anatomy Midwestern University Glendale, AZ 85308 jgeorgi@midwestern.edu 623-572-3716	David E. Fastovsky Professor and Chair, Department of Geosciences University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 defastov@uri.edu 401-874-2185	David Burnham State Paleontologist University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Lawrence, KS 66045 dinosaur@ku.edu 785-864-3917

Tobin L Hieronymus Assistant Professor of Anatomy NEOMED Rootstown, OH 44272 thieronymus@neomed.edu 330-325-6635	Matt Lamanna Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lamannam@carnegiemnh.org 412-578-2696	Karen Poole PhD Candidate George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 kepoole@gwmail.gwu.edu 480-235-5881

Aki Watanabe Doctoral Student American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10024 awatanabe@amnh.org 212-313-7951	John Hutchinson Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics The Royal Veterinary College Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA jrhutch@rvc.ac.uk 784-362-9162	Bonnie Joan Garcia Assistant Coordinator for General Biology for Non-Majors Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 bgarcia@bio.fsu.edu 850-644-6826

Daniel Field PhD Candidate Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 daniel.field@yale.edu 203-931-5929	Michael Habib Assistant Professor University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 biologyinmotion@gmail.com 443-280-0181	Anthony Fiorillo Curator of Earth Sciences Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas, TX 75201 anthony.fiorillo@perotmuseum.org 214-756-5725

Sara ElShafie MS Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68502 selshafie@huskers.unl.edu 630-209-1840	Susan Bednarczyk Fossil Explainer American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10016 mssusanb@aol.com 212-686-7715	Joseph Daniel Instructor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 72205 jdaniel@uams.edu 501-526-7292

Matthew F. Bonnan Associate Professor Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Galloway, NJ 08205 Matthew.Bonnan@stockton.edu 609-626-5589	Richard Kissel Director of Public Programs Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, CT 06520 richard.kissel@yale.edu 203-432-3798	Dennis R. Winters Retired Aerospace Engineer Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19103 dennis.winters@verizon.net 215-350-2586

Patrick OConnor Professor Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 oconnorp@ohio.edu 740-593-2110	Dr. Susan Barnett Graduate University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA sbarnett@bcps.org 410-760-9532	Dr. Jordan Mallon Postdoctoral fellow Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 jmallon@mus-nature.ca 613-364-4094

Thomas L. Adams Curator of Paleontology and Geology Witte Museum San Antonio, TX 78209 thomasadams@wittemuseum.org 830-481-6536	Catherine M. Early Student Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 ce643812@ohio.edu 919-961-2137	David Varricchio Associate Professor of Paleontology Montana State University. Bozeman, MT 59717 djv@montana.edu 406-994-6907

Steve Huhta Enthusiast and volunteer Green Valley, AZ 85614 shuhta@earthlink.net 520-425-3546	Jenni Creagh The Dinosaur Lady / Fizzics Education Science Communicator 20+ years in Prehistory Canberra, ACT 2618 thedinosaurlady01@gmail.com +61409150938


Mary E. Thompson Senior Collections Manager Idaho Museum of Natural History/ISU Pocatello, ID 83209 thommar6@isu.edu 208-282-4151	Jonathan Bloch Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu 352-273-1938	Tobin L Hieronymus Assistant Professor of Anatomy NEOMED Rootstown, OH 44272 thieronymus@neomed.edu 330-325-6635

Benjamin Burger Assistant Professor of Geology Utah State University-Uintah Basin Vernal, UT 84078 benjamin.burger@usu.edu 435-722-1778	Eric Scott Curator of Paleontology San Bernardino County Museum Redlands, CA 92374 escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov 909-798-8616	Matt Lamanna Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lamannam@carnegiemnh.org 412-578-2696

David Grossnickle Student University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60615 Grossnickle@uchicago.edu 574-527-2756	Jason Head Assistant Professor, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588 jhead2@unl.edu 402-472-6352	Mohamed Korany Abdel Gawad Student Cairo University Giza mkabdelgawad@gmail.com

Michael Habib Assistant Professor University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 biologyinmotion@gmail.com 443-280-0181	Anthony Fiorillo Curator of Earth Sciences Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas, TX 75201 anthony.fiorillo@perotmuseum.org 214-756-5725	Tonya A. Penkrot Anatomy & Physiology lecturer Arizona State University School of Letters & Sciences Phoenix, AZ 85004 tpenkrot@asu.edu 602-496-0628

Deborah L. Rook Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 drook@wisc.edu 608-262-8960	Stephen J. Godfrey Curator of Paleontology Calvert Marine Museum Solomons, MD 20688 Godfresj@co.cal.md.us	Sara ElShafie MS Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68502 selshafie@huskers.unl.edu 630-209-1840

Anthony Friscia Professor University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095 tonyf@ucla.edu 310-206-6011	Brian Lee Beatty Assistant Professor NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Old Westbury, NY 11568 bbeatty@nyit.edu 516-686-7435	Melissa Kemp PhD Candidate Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 mekemp@stanford.edu 410-608-4518

Edward Davis Assistant Professor University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 edavis@uoregon.edu	Richard Kissel Director of Public Programs Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, CT 06520 richard.kissel@yale.edu 203-432-3798	Dennis R. Winters Retired Aerospace Engineer Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19103 dennis.winters@verizon.net 215-350-2586

Caitlin Brown PhD Candidate UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095 cbrown20@ucla.edu	Ryan Haupt Student University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82072 rhaupt@uywo.edu	Thomas L. Adams Curator of Paleontology and Geology Witte Museum San Antonio, TX 78209 thomasadams@wittemuseum.org 830-481-6536

David Varricchio Associate Professor of Paleontology Montana State University. Bozeman, MT 59717 djv@montana.edu 406-994-6907	Dr. Jordan Mallon Postdoctoral fellow Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 jmallon@mus-nature.ca 613-364-4094	Jenni Creagh The Dinosaur Lady / Fizzics Education Science Communicator 20+ years in Prehistory Canberra, ACT 2618 thedinosaurlady01@gmail.com +61409150938

	Dr. Martha Richter Collections Manager Natural History Museum London, UK SW7 5BD M.Richter@nhm.ac.uk 44-20-79426008	Nicholas Famoso PhD student University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 nfamoso2@uoregon.edu


Jessica Martin Professor/Faculty University of Great Falls Great Falls, MT 59403 jmart43@gmail.com 813-843-0615	Jonathan Bloch Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 jbloch@flmnh.ufl.edu 352-273-1938	Andrew A. Farke Augustyn Family Curator of Paleontology Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Claremont, CA 91711 afarke@webb.org 909-482-5244

Mr. Dominic White Student The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 dewhite@gwmail.gwu.edu 202-705-8614	Benjamin Burger Assistant Professor of Geology Utah State University-Uintah Basin Vernal, UT 84078 benjamin.burger@usu.edu 435-722-1778	Dr. Jen Olori Assistant Professor SUNY Oswego Oswego, NY 13126 jennifer.olori@oswego.edu 315-312-2122

Kerin Claeson Assistant Professor Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA 19082 kerincl@pcom.edu 215-871-6526	Eric Scott Curator of Paleontology San Bernardino County Museum Redlands, CA 92374 escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov 909-798-8616	Michelle Spaulding Postdoctoral Fellow Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA 15206 spauldingm@carnegie.mnh.org 412-665-2614

Rudyard Sadleir Assistant Professor St. Xavier Univ. & the Field Museum Chicago, IL 60605 sadleir@sxu.edu 773-341-5244	David Grossnickle Student University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60615 Grossnickle@uchicago.edu 574-527-2756	Jason Head Assistant Professor, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588 jhead2@unl.edu 402-472-6352

David E. Fastovsky Professor and Chair, Department of Geosciences University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 defastov@uri.edu 401-874-2185	Koen Stein Post Doc Museum für Naturkunde Berlin koen.stein@mfn-berlin.de	Drew Moore Student The George Washington University Washington, DC djmoore@gwmail.gwu.edu

Mary T. Silcox Associate Professor University of Toronto, Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada M1C 1A4 msilcox@utsc.utoronto.ca 416-208-5132	Tobin L Hieronymus Assistant Professor of Anatomy NEOMED Rootstown, OH 44272 thieronymus@neomed.edu 330-325-6635	Abagael West Student Columbia University New York, NY 10027 awest@amnh.org 919-699-8673

Matt Lamanna Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh, PA 15213 lamannam@carnegiemnh.org 412-578-2696	Karen Poole PhD Candidate George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 kepoole@gwmail.gwu.edu 480-235-5881	Aki Watanabe Doctoral Student American Museum of Natural History New York, NY 10024 awatanabe@amnh.org 212-313-7951

Michelle Stocker, PhD Research Scientist Virginia Tech stockerm@vt.edu	Daniel Field PhD Candidate Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 daniel.field@yale.edu 203-931-5929

Tonya A. Penkrot Anatomy & Physiology lecturer Arizona State University School of Letters & Sciences Phoenix, AZ 85004 tpenkrot@asu.edu 602-496-0628	Justin Georgi Associate Professor of Anatomy Midwestern University Glendale, AZ 85308 jgeorgi@midwestern.edu 623-572-3716	Deborah L. Rook Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 drook@wisc.edu 608-262-8960

Stephen J. Godfrey Curator of Paleontology Calvert Marine Museum Solomons, MD 20688 Godfresj@co.cal.md.us	Sara ElShafie MS Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68502 selshafie@huskers.unl.edu 630-209-1840	Anthony Friscia Professor University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90095 tonyf@ucla.edu 310-206-6011

Joseph Daniel Instructor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 72205 jdaniel@uams.edu 501-526-7292	Melissa Kemp PhD Candidate Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 mekemp@stanford.edu 410-608-4518	Jeremy Stout Chief Naturalist Steele Creek Park Bristol, TN 37620 biostout@gmail.com 423-989-5616

Michael Habib Assistant Professor University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 biologyinmotion@gmail.com 443-280-0181	David Levering Education Director Sternberg Museum of Natural History Hays, KS 67601 eoraptor144@yahoo.com 503-428-2115	Richard Kissel Director of Public Programs Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, CT 06520 richard.kissel@yale.edu 203-432-3798

Dennis R. Winters Retired Aerospace Engineer Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19103 dennis.winters@verizon.net 215-350-2586	Patrick OConnor Professor Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 oconnorp@ohio.edu 740-593-2110	Georgia Knauss Consultant SWCA Environmental Consultants Sheridan, WY 82801 gknauss@swca.com 307-461-1676

Brian Kraatz Assistant Professor of Anatomy Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA 91766 bkraatz@westernu.edu 909-706-3835	Tiago Rodrigues Simões Student - MSc University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2L8 tsimoes@ualberta.ca 780-695-3590	Thomas L. Adams Curator of Paleontology and Geology Witte Museum San Antonio, TX 78209 thomasadams@wittemuseum.org 830-481-6536

Edward Davis Assistant Professor University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 edavis@uoregon.edu	David Varricchio Associate Professor of Paleontology Montana State University. Bozeman, MT 59717 djv@montana.edu 406-994-6907	Jenni Creagh The Dinosaur Lady / Fizzics Education Science Communicator 20+ years in Prehistory Canberra, ACT 2618 thedinosaurlady01@gmail.com +61409150938

Caitlin Brown PhD Candidate UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095 cbrown20@ucla.edu	Dr. Martha Richter Collections Manager Natural History Museum London, UK SW7 5BD M.Richter@nhm.ac.uk 44-20-79426008	Nicholas Famoso PhD student University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 nfamoso2@uoregon.edu

Dr. Gary L. Stringer Curator; Professor Emeritus of Geology University of Louisiana at Monroe West Monroe, LA 71291 stringer@ulm.edu 318-342-1898	Nick Fraser Curator National Museums Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1JF nick.fraser@nms.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 247 4007	Dr. Jordan Mallon Postdoctoral fellow Canadian Museum of Nature Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 jmallon@mus-nature.ca 613-364-4094

Matthew F. Bonnan Associate Professor Richard Stockton College of New Jersey Galloway, NJ 08205 Matthew.Bonnan@stockton.edu 609-626-5589	John Hutchinson Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics The Royal Veterinary College Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA jrhutch@rvc.ac.uk 784-362-9162


Benjamin Burger Assistant Professor of Geology Utah State University-Uintah Basin Vernal, UT 84078 benjamin.burger@usu.edu 435-722-1778	Eric Scott Curator of Paleontology San Bernardino County Museum Redlands, CA 92374 escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov 909-798-8616	Georgia Knauss Consultant SWCA Environmental Consultants Sheridan, WY 82801 gknauss@swca.com 307-461-1676

Rudyard Sadleir Assistant Professor St. Xavier Univ. & the Field Museum Chicago, IL 60605 sadleir@sxu.edu 773-341-5244	Jason Head Assistant Professor, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588 jhead2@unl.edu 402-472-6352	Tonya A. Penkrot Anatomy & Physiology lecturer Arizona State University School of Letters & Sciences Phoenix, AZ 85004 tpenkrot@asu.edu 602-496-0628

David E. Fastovsky Professor and Chair, Department of Geosciences University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 defastov@uri.edu 401-874-2185	Koen Stein Post Doc Museum für Naturkunde Berlin koen.stein@mfn-berlin.de	Deborah L. Rook Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 drook@wisc.edu 608-262-8960

Stephen J. Godfrey Curator of Paleontology Calvert Marine Museum Solomons, MD 20688 Godfresj@co.cal.md.us	Sara ElShafie MS Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68502 selshafie@huskers.unl.edu 630-209-1840	Joseph Daniel Instructor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 72205 jdaniel@uams.edu 501-526-7292

Melissa Kemp PhD Candidate Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 mekemp@stanford.edu 410-608-4518	Caitlin Brown PhD Candidate UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095 cbrown20@ucla.edu	Michelle Stocker, PhD Research Scientist Virginia Tech stockerm@vt.edu

Dennis R. Winters Retired Aerospace Engineer Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 19103 dennis.winters@verizon.net 215-350-2586	Nancy J. Stevens Associate Professor Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 stevensn@ohio.edu	Tiago Rodrigues Simões Student - MSc University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2L8 tsimoes@ualberta.ca 780-695-3590

Jenni Creagh The Dinosaur Lady / Fizzics Education Science Communicator 20+ years in Prehistory Canberra, ACT 2618 thedinosaurlady01@gmail.com +61409150938	Dr. Martha Richter Collections Manager Natural History Museum London, UK SW7 5BD M.Richter@nhm.ac.uk 44-20-79426008	Mary E. Thompson Senior Collections Manager Idaho Museum of Natural History/ISU Pocatello, ID 83209 thommar6@isu.edu 208-282-4151

Dr. Gary L. Stringer Curator; Professor Emeritus of Geology University of Louisiana at Monroe West Monroe, LA 71291 stringer@ulm.edu 318-342-1898	Nick Fraser Curator National Museums Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1JF nick.fraser@nms.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 247 4007	Edward Davis Assistant Professor University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 edavis@uoregon.edu

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