Paleontology Staff

Full-Time Permanent Staff

Clint Boyd wearing a bright yellow shirt.

Clint Boyd, PhD

Senior Paleontologist
Paleontology Section Manager
Selfie of Alex Gardner standing outdoors wearing a bright yellow shirt and sunglasses.

Alex Gardner

Paleontologist
Jeff Person standing outdoors wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and cowboy hat.

Jeff Person

Senior Paleontologist
Collections Lead
Cathy Lash wearing a dark orange shirt posing by a microscope in the lab.

Cathy Lash

Paleontologist
Lab Lead

Part-Time / Temporary Staff

Mindy Householder

Mindy Householder

Part-Time Preparator

Trissa Ford working in the lab.

Trissa Ford

Part-Time Preparator
Photo of John Hoganson outdoors

John Hoganson, PhD

Paleontologist Emeritus

Past Interns / Staff

Becky Barnes wearing a bright yellow shirt and sunglasses standing outside.

Becky Barnes

Past Senior Paleontologist
Jennifer Miller in the lab

Jennifer Miller

Collections Assistant

Amy Sakariassen in the lab

Amy Sakariassen

Past-preparator

Amanda Person sitting by a microscope

Amanda Person

Past-preparator

Photo of a man sitting in the dirt.

Theodore Stramecky

2026 Field Intern

Photo of a man wearing a black tshirt.

Ryan Solensky

2026 Field Intern

Photo of a woman next to shelves and fossils.

Lauren Stancik

2026 Collections Intern

Photo of a person standing in front of a garage door.

Raesha Svatora

2026 Mammoth Dig Intern

Photo of a person wearing an orange hooded sweatshirt washing fossils.

Jay Christensen

2026 Mammoth Dig Intern

Photo of a man applying plaster around a fossil.

Michael Jones

2026 Mammoth Dig Intern

Photo of a woman giving two thumbs up.

Anna Jordan

2026 Mammoth Dig Intern
2025 Collections Intern

Patrick Heise in the lab

Patrick Heise

2025 Collections Intern

Skylor Booth sitting in the dirt

Skylor Booth

2025 Field Intern

Kale Link with plaster on his hands

Kale Link

2024 Field Intern
Hannah Maddox standing by shelves

Hannah Maddox

2024 Collections Intern
2023 Field Intern

Eugene Barnes photo

Eugene Barnes

2023 Collections Intern

Abby Glass in the field

Abby Glass

2023-2024 Past Preparator
2022 Field Intern

Kelsey Mills wearing a large backpack

Kelsey Mills

2022 Intern
2020 Collections Intern
Alyssa Schiwal kneeling in the dirt

Alyssa Schiwal

2021 Field Intern

Hayley Orlowski holding a brush

Hayley Orlowski

2020 Field Intern

Alex Gardner holding fossils

Alex Gardner

2019 Intern

Jessica Appledorn sitting in the dirt

Jessica Appledorn

2017 Field Intern

Sean Ternes wearing a green t-shirt and khaki pants pointing to a fossil in the dirt.

Sean Ternes

2016, 2015, 2014 Intern

Sam Pounds digging in the dirt

Sam Pounds

2013 Field Intern

Blue dinosaur puppet

Nori the Mosasaur

Part-Time Outreach