Geology & Paleontology Team & Contact

Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum
Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum

Contact Us

Hello! Please fill out the Geology & Paleontology contact form for questions, general information about the collection, and to inquire about a specimen loan.

Contact Geology & Paleontology

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Mailing Address

Burke Museum, Geology
University of Washington
Box 353010
Seattle, WA 98195

Shipping Address & Location

Burke Museum, Geology
4303 Memorial Way NE 
Seattle, WA 98195

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Curators

Collections Managers

Katherine Anderson, Ph.D.

Vertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager and Collections Management Representative

Contact

Staff

Kelsie Abrams, M.S.

Paleontology Fossil Lab Manager

Contact

David DeMar

Hell Creek Project Collections Manager

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Michael Holland

Hell Creek Project Preparator

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Adjuncts, Affiliates, Associates & Emeriti

The following individuals maintain active collaborations with Burke staff or are leaders in building and researching the collections at the Burke. Their contributions to the mission of the museum are gratefully acknowledged.

Invertebrate Paleontology & Micropaleontology

Curators Emeriti

Elizabeth A. Nesbitt
Curator Emerita of Invertebrate & Micropaleontology
Curator Emerita of Geology
206.543.5949
lnesbitt@uw.edu
Google Scholar page

Affiliate Curators

Becca Price
School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell
Faculty page

Peter Ward
UW Biology Department

Museum Associates

Jody Bourgeois
Faculty page, UW Earth & Space Sciences

Thomas DeVries

Ernest Gilmore

James Goedert

Kathryn Hoppe
ResearchGate page 

Ruth Martin

Torrie Nyborg

Frederick Schram
 

Paleobotany

Museum Associates

Jeff Benca
ResearchGate page

Melanie DeVore
Georgia College & State University
Faculty page

Rick Dillhoff
Evolving Earth Foundation
Research page

Tad Dillhoff
Evolving Earth Foundation
Research page

Paul Kester

Jeffrey Myers
Western Oregon University
Faculty page

Kathleen Pigg
Arizona State University
Faculty page, ASU

Linda Reinink-Smith

Christopher M. Schiller
Research page

Stephanie Zaborac-Reed
ResearchGate page

In Memory

Estella Leopold
Legacy at the Burke

Vertebrate Paleontology

Museum Associates

Jean Primozich 

John Alexander

Bax R. Barton

David DeMar, Jr.

Bryan Gee
Google Scholar page

James Goedert

Jack R. Horner
ResearchGate page

Sterling Nesbitt
Faculty page, Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences

Brandon Peecook

Lucas Weaver