Science Department Staff and Associates
Director of Science and Collections: Dr. John R. Grehan Anthropology
Staff Contact: Collections Manager Angelique Szymanek asymanek@sciencebuff.org
(716) 896 5200 ext 321 Reseach Fellows:
Dr. Elizabeth Peña. Buffalo State College, New York, USA
Research Interests: Colonial archeology
Jack Holland, Buffalo Museum of Science, New York, USA
Research Interests: Native American Chert Research Associates:
Dr. H. James Birx, Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, USA
Michael L. Kagelmacher, Buffalo, New York, USA
Dena Çirpili, Objects Conservation Services, Buffalo, New York, USA
Research Interests: Conservation of archeological and ethnographic objects
Dr. Robert J. Foster University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Research Interests: Nationalism, globalization, mass media, material culture
and mass consumption
Kathryn Leacock, Buffalo State College, New York, USA
Dr. Donald Perry, Branchport, NY, USA
Research Interests: Canopy ecology and canopy evolution
Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Research Interests:
Dr. Donald A. Smith, Buffalo, New York, USA
Research Interests: Native American Ceramic Typology
Astronomy
Astronomy at the museum Research Associate
Alan Friedman, Buffalo Astronomical Society, Buffalo, New York, USA
Research Interests: Astro-photography. Photo website: Averted Imagination Biogeography and Evolution
Staff: Dr. John Grehan
Research Interests: biogeography and hominid evolution Research Associates:
Dr. Jurg De Marmels, Instituto de Zoologia Agricola, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad
Central de Venezuela
Rsearch Interests: dragonfly systematics and biogeography
Dr. Malte Ebach, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem Freie Universität
Berlin Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8D-14191 Berlin
Research Interests: Comparative biogeography and Earth history
Dr. Micheal Heads, Wellington, New Zealand
Research Interests: Biogeography and plant evolution
Dr. Juan Morrone, Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera", Departamento de Biología
Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.
Research interests: evolutionary biogeography, cladistics and arthropods.
Mr. Dennis McCarthy, North Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
Research Interests: Earth history theory
Botany
Contact person
Collections Manager Angelique Szymanek asymanek@sciencebuff.org
(716) 896 5200 ext 321 Curator Emeritus: Ernst E. Both (Mycology):
Research Interests: Systematics and biology of the bolete fungi. Research Associates:
Dr. Timothy Baroni, SUNY, College at Cortland, New York, USA
Research Interests:
Dr. Alan Bessette, Utica College of Syracuse University, New York, USA
Research Interests: Mycology, particualrly systematics of mushrooms and boletes
Patricia Eckel, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri, USA
Research Interests:
Dr. Roy Halling, New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA
Research Interests: Collections Management
Collections Manager: Angelique Szymanek asymanek@sciencebuff.org
(716) 896 5200 ext 321 Ecology
Ecologist: David Spiering dspiering@sciencebuff.org
(716) 896 5200 ext 321 Geology
Staff: Curator of Geology: Dr. Richard Laub
Research Interests: Late Quaternary ecosystems
Laboratory Technician: Patricia Karaszewski Research Associates:
John McAndrews, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Research Interests: Paleobotany and climate history
William Parsons, Buffalo Museum of Science, New York.
Research Interests: Palontology - dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals
Kristen Parsons, Buffalo Museum of Science, New York.
Research Interests: Palontology - dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals
Invertebrate zoology
Staff: Curator of Invertebrates: Dr. John Grehan
Research Interests: Ghost moth (Hepialidae) evolution
Research Associates:
Dr. Ichiro Nakamura, University at Buffalo, USA
Research Interests: Butterfly taxonomy and biodiversity
Dr. John Rawlins, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, USA
Michael Sabourin, Danville-Peacham, Vermont, USA
Research Interests: Systematics of tortricid moths Special collections
Staff: Collections Manager Angelique Szymanek asymanek@sciencebuff.org
(716) 896 5200 ext 321
Vertebrate Zoology
Staff: Dr. John Grehan
Research Fellow
Dr. Robert F. Andrle, Eden New York, USA
Research Interets: ornithology
Research Associates:
Arthur Clark, Buffalo, New York, USA
Research Interests: Human caused bird mortality
Dr. Sara Morris, Canisius College, New York, USA
Research Interests: Songbird migration |
