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Research & Collections Staff Directory

Administration

Dr. Robert Feranec - Director of Research and Collections, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
robert.feranec@nysed.gov
518-474-5819

Dr. Jennifer Lemak - Chief Curator of History
jennifer.lemak@nysed.gov
518-474-0079

History Secretary
518-474-0079

Research and Collections Secretary
518-474-5816

Archaeology

Lisa Anderson - Curator of Bioarchaeology and NAGPRA Coordinator

lisa.anderson@nysed.gov

518-486-2020

Dr. Penelope B. Drooker - Curator of Anthropology Emerita

pdrooker@hotmail.com

Dr. John P. Hart - Curator Emeritus

john.hart@nysed.gov

518-474-3895

Dr. Jonathan Lothrop - Curator of Archaeology

jonathan.lothrop@nysed.gov

518-486-2992

Dr. Michael T. Lucas - Curator of Historical Archaeology

michael.lucas@nysed.gov

518-486-2015

Kristin O'Connell - Historical Archaeology Collections Technician

kristin.oconnell@nysed.gov

518-408-1198

Dr. Christina Rieth - State Archaeologist and Co-Director, Cultural Resource Survey Program

christina.rieth@nysed.gov

518-402-5975

Molly Scofield - Research and Collections Technician

molly.scofield@nysed.gov

518-408-1718

Julie Weatherwax - Research and Collections Technician

518-473-1440

Susan Winchell-Sweeney - Anthropology Collections Manager

susan.winchell-sweeney@nysed.gov

518-473-2212

Biology

Dr. Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian - Curator of Mycology

patricia.kaishian@nysed.gov

518-486-4872

Joseph Bopp - Collections Manager, Mammalogy and Ornithology

joseph.bopp@nysed.gov

518-486-2005

Eli Denzer - Education Specialist

eli.denzer@nysed.gov

518-473-7153

Dr. Robert Feranec - Director of Research and Collections, Curator of Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleontology

robert.feranec@nysed.gov

518-474-5819

Jeremy Howland - Research Associate

jeremy.howland@nysed.gov

Dr. Jeremy J. Kirchman - Curator of Birds and Mammals

jeremy.kirchman@nysed.gov

518-474-1441

Dr. James C. Lendemer - Curator of Botany

james.lendemer@nysed.gov

518-473-6511

Dr. Denise Mayer - Malacology Collections Manager, Director of Museum’s Field Research Laboratory (Cambridge)

denise.mayer@nysed.gov

518-677-8245

Dr. Timothy McCabe - Curator of Entomology, State Entomologist

timothy.mccabe@nysed.gov

518-486-2006

Diana Murphy - Botany & Mycology Collection Manager

diana.murphy@nysed.gov

518-402-5350

Bryan Weatherwax - Ichthyology Technician

bryan.weatherwax@nysed.gov

518-283-9005

Dr. Jeremy J. Wright - Curator of Ichthyology

jeremy.wright@nysed.gov

518-283-9005

Collection Informatics

Heather Lane - Research and Collections Technician-Collections Database

heather.lane@nysed.gov

518-408-1720

Mehna Reach - Registrar

Mehna.Reach@nysed.gov

518-408-1372

Ryan Whitehouse - Collections Database Manager

ryan.whitehouse@nysed.gov

518-402-4576

CRSP

J. Scott Cardinal - CRSP Principal Investigator

scott.cardinal@nysed.gov

518-486-2096

Heather B. Clark - CRSP Principal Investigator, CADD Specialist

heather.clark@nysed.gov

518-486-2160

Barry Dale - CRSP Principal Investigator

barry.dale@nysed.gov

518-474-5373

Robert Dean - CRSP Project Director

Bob.Dean@nysed.gov

518-474-3884

Joshua Dubuque - CRSP Research and Collections Technician

joshua.dubuque@nysed.gov

518-486-2037

Aaron Gore - CRSP Principal Investigator

aaron.gore@nysed.gov

518-408-1034

Joel Ross - CRSP Project Director

joel.ross@nysed.gov

518-486-2044

Mark LoRusso - CRSP Architectural Historian

mark.lorusso@nysed.gov

518-474-5363

Amy Lynch - CRSP Research and Collections Technician

amy.lynch@nysed.gov

518-486-2037

Daniel Mazeau - CRSP Principal Investigator

daniel.mazeau@nysed.gov

518-408-1772

Dr. Daria E. Merwin, Ph.D. - Co-Director, Cultural Resource Survey Program

daria.merwin@nysed.gov

518-473-1503

Steve Moragne - CRSP Principal Investigator

steve.moragne@nysed.gov

518-486-2735

John Pasquini - CRSP Lab Director

john.pasquini@nysed.gov

518-474-5876

Dr. Christina Rieth - State Archaeologist and Co-Director, Cultural Resource Survey Program

christina.rieth@nysed.gov

518-402-5975

Victoria Schmitt - CRSP Architectural Historian

victoria.schmitt@nysed.gov

518-486-2082

David Staley - CRSP Principal Investigator

david.staley@nysed.gov

518-473-5026

Tracey Thomas - CRSP Lab Director

tracey.thomas@nysed.gov

518-408-1719

Marjorie Walton - CRSP Secretary

marjorie.walton@nysed.gov

518-473-1503

Jared Williams - CRSP Research and Collections Technician

jared.williams@nysed.gov

518-474-4728

Lawrence Xinakes - CRSP Research and Collections Technician

lawrence.xinakes@nysed.gov

518-486-2037

Ethnology

Dr. Gwendolyn Saul - Curator of Ethnography

gwendolyn.saul@nysed.gov

518-474-0187

Molly Scofield - Research and Collections Technician

molly.scofield@nysed.gov

518-408-1718

History

John Abeel - Medical and Sports Collections

john.abeel@nysed.gov

518-474-5354

Sarah Broderick - Secretary

518-474-0079

Kara Chambers - Photography Collection

518-473-3810

Dr. Robert Chiles - Research Associate, history

robert.chiles@nysed.gov

Emily Finelli - Popular Entertainment Collections

518-474-0390

Connie Frisbee Houde - Textiles and Clothing

cornelia.frisbeehoude@nysed.gov

518-473-1468

Robyn Gibson - History Department Rights and Reproductions Manager

518-473-4559

Ashley Hopkins-Benton - Senior Historian and Curator, Social History

ashley.hopkins-benton@nysed.gov

518-474-2179

Dr. Jennifer Lemak - Chief Curator of History

jennifer.lemak@nysed.gov

518-474-5842

Stephen C. Loughman - Sports Curator, History Curator at off-site storage facility

stephen.loughman@nysed.gov

518-356-1166

Aaron Noble - Senior Historian and Curator, Political and Military History

aaron.noble@nysed.gov

518-474-0437

Karen Quinn - Senior Historian/Curator, Art and Culture

karen.quinn@nysed.gov

518-473-8574

Brad L. Utter - Senior Historian/Curator, Science and Technological History

brad.utter@nysed.gov

518-474-0028

Geology

Karl Backhaus - Quaternary Research Geologist, Geologic Mapper, Geologic Cartographer

karl.backhaus@nysed.gov

518-474-3806

Avery Blake - Education Specialist

avery.blake@nysed.gov

518-486-2012

Kathleen Bonk - Collections Manager, Geologic Open File

kathleen.bonk@nysed.gov

518-474-7249

Dr. Andrew Clift - Curator of Bedrock Core

andrew.clift@nysed.gov

518-473-4153

Hailey Mundell Forgeng - Geological Mapper

hailey.forgeng@nysed.gov

518-486-3724

Richard Frieman - Bedrock Core Collection Manager, Mapping Geologist

518-474-5810

Dr. Joseph Gonzalez - Curator of Mineralogy

joseph.gonzalez@nysed.gov

518-474-1432

Michael Hawkins - Mineralogy Collections Manager Emeritus

michael.hawkins@nysed.gov

518-486-2011

Dr. Andrew Kozlowski - Curator of Quaternary Landscape Materials

andrew.kozlowski@nysed.gov

518-486-2012

Dr. Charles Ver Straeten - Curator of Sedimentary Rocks

charles.verstraeten@nysed.gov

518-486-2004

Paleontology

Dr. Lisa Amati - State Paleontologist, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology

lisa.amati@nysed.gov

518-474-8949

Dr. Robert Feranec - Director of Research and Collections, Curator of Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleontology

robert.feranec@nysed.gov

518-474-5819

Dr. Ed Landing - State Paleontologist Emeritus

ed.landing@nysed.gov

518-473-8071

Frank Mannolini - Paleontology Collections Technician

frank.mannolini@nysed.gov

518-473-2811

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Research & Collections Staff Directory

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