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Nature's Staff Guide for Media

The researchers, scientists and collections specialists of the Canadian Museum of Nature are experts in many fields of natural history, science, education and museology.

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Algae

Michel Poulin, Ph.D., (B)
Paul B. Hamilton, (E)

Amphipods

Kathleen Conlan, Ph.D., (E)
Ed Hendrycks, (E)

Arctic & Northern Research

Kathleen E. Conlan, Ph.D., (E)
Paul B. Hamilton, (E)
Lynn J. Gillespie, Ph.D., (B)

Biodiversity

Robert S. Anderson, Ph.D., (E)
Anne Breau, (B)
Mark S. Graham, Ph.D., (E)

Birds

Michel Gosselin, (B)

Botany

Lynn J. Gillespie, Ph.D., (B)
Jennifer Doubt, (E)

Dinosaurs

Richard G. Day, (E)
Robert B. Holmes, Ph.D., (E)
Kieran M. Shepherd, (E)
Clayton Kennedy, (E)
Xiao-chun Wu, Ph.D., (E)

Education

John Kubicek (B)
Gilles Proulx (B)

Evolution

Kathlyn M. Stewart, Ph.D., (E)
Stephen L. Cumbaa, Ph.D., (B)
Kamal Khidas, Ph.D. (B)
Natalia Rybczynski, Ph.D., (E)
Xiao-chun Wu, Ph.D., (E)
Marisa Gilbert, (B)

Exotic Animals & Plants

André Martel, Ph.D., (aquatic), (B)
Lynn J. Gillespie, Ph.D., (plants), (B)
Donna Naughton, (animals), (E)

Fish

Claude B. Renaud, Ph.D., (B)
Brian W. Coad, Ph.D., (E)
Noel Alfonso, (E)

Fossils

Kathlyn M. Stewart, Ph.D., (E)
Stephen L. Cumbaa, Ph.D., (B)
Richard G. Day, (E)
Robert B. Holmes, Ph.D., (E)
Natalia Rybczynski, Ph.D., (E)
Kieran M. Shepherd, (E)
Clayton Kennedy, (E)
Donna Naughton, (E)
Xiao-chun Wu, Ph.D., (E)
Marisa Gilbert, (B)

Frogs

Michèle Steigerwald, (B)

Geology

T. Scott Ercit, Ph.D., (E)
Paula Piilonen, Ph.D., (E)

Grasses

Lynn J. Gillespie, Ph.D., (B)
Laurie L. Consaul, Ph.D., (E)

Insects

Robert S. Anderson, Ph.D., (E)
François Génier, (B)

Lampreys

Claude Renaud, Ph.D., (B)

Lichens

Irwin Brodo, Ph.D., (B)
Pak Yau Wong, (E)

Mammalogy

Michel Gosselin, (B)
Kamal Khidas, Ph.D. (B)
Donna Naughton, (E)

Mineralogy

Joel Grice, Ph.D., (E)
T. Scott Ercit, Ph.D., (E)
Paula Piilonen, Ph.D. (E)

Molluscs & Clams

André Martel, Ph.D., (B)
Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D., (B)

Mosses

Jennifer Doubt, (E)

Natural History Museums

Roger Baird, (B)
Mark S. Graham, Ph.D., (E)
Joanne DiCosimo, President & CEO, (E)
Michel Gosselin, (B)

Oceans

André Martel, Ph.D., (B)
Katheen E. Conlan, Ph.D., (E)
Mark S. Graham, Ph.D., (E)
Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D., (B)

Ornithology

Michel Gosselin, (B)

Palaeontology

Kathlyn M. Stewart, Ph.D., (E)
Stephen L. Cumbaa, Ph.D., (B)
Richard G. Day, (E)
Robert B. Holmes, Ph.D., (E)
Natalia Rybczynski, Ph.D., (E)
Kieran M. Shepherd, (E)
Clayton Kennedy, (E)
Donna Naughton, (E)
Xiao-chun Wu, Ph.D., (E)
Marisa Gilbert, (B)

Parasites

Judith Price, (E)

Plant Sciences

Lynn J. Gillespie, Ph.D., (B)
Jennifer Doubt, (E)
Laurie L. Consaul, Ph.D. (E)

Reptiles

Michèle Steigerwald, (B)

Rock Collections

Michel Picard, (B)
Paula Piilonen, Ph.D., (E)

Snakes

Francis R. Cook, Ph.D., (E)
Michèle Steigerwald, (B)

Taxonomy

Mark S. Graham, Ph.D., (E)
Robert S. Anderson, Ph.D., (E)
Kathleen E. Conlan, Ph.D., (E)

Zebra Mussels

André Martel, Ph.D., (B)
Jacqueline Madill, (E)

Zoology

Kamal Khidas, Ph.D. (B)