
Museum Staff
CURATORS

Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D.
Director
Curator of Fishes
131 Biodiversity Learning Center (Office)
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-9261
Lab: (334) 844-9258
Fax: (334) 844-9234
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Brian A. Counterman, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
141 Funchess Hall (Office)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-4830
Fax: (334) 844-1645
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Thomas M. Cullen, Ph.D.
Curator of Paleontology
2055 Beard Eaves Coliseum
Auburn University, AL 36849
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Leslie R. Goertzen, Ph.D.
Curator of Plants and Director of the John D. Freeman Herbarium
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1637
Fax: (334) 844-1645
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Nate B. Hardy, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-5006
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Geoffrey E. Hill, Ph.D.
Curator of Birds
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-9269
Fax: (334) 844-9234
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Wendy R. Hood, Ph.D.
Curator of Mammalogy
Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-7437
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Jamie R. Oaks, Ph.D.
Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
334 Funchess Hall (Office)
331 Funchess Hall (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
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Daniel A. Warner, Ph.D.
Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
307 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Office)
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-4999
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D. Ray Wilhite, Ph.D.
Curator of Paleontology
Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-6738
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COLLECTIONS STAFF

Melissa Callahan, Ph.D.
Entomology Collections Manager
243 Biodiversity Learning Center (Office)
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-3470
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Emmy Delekta
Invertebrate Zoology Collections Manager
243 Biodiversity Learning Center (Office)
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-3470
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Curtis Hansen
Plants Collections Manager
262 Biodiversity Learning Center
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1630
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David Laurencio
Collections Manager, Tetrapods
149 Biodiversity Learning Center (Office)
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg. (Mail)
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-9127
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David Werneke
Fishes Collections Manager
132 Biodiversity Learning Center
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-4830
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EDUCATION/OUTREACH STAFF

Michelle Simpson
Outreach Administrator
107 Crop Improvement Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-4132
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ALABAMA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM STAFF

Jim Godwin
Aquatic Zoologist
120 Crop Improvement Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-5020
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Al Schotz
Community Ecologist
120 Crop Improvement Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-5019
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Francesca Erickson
Research Assistant
120 Crop Improvement Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1007
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Joe Jenkins
Research Associate
120 Crop Improvement Building
Auburn University, AL 36849
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CURATORS EMERITI

Troy L. Best, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus of Mammals
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
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F. Stephen Dobson, Ph.D.
Curator at Large
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1699
Fax: (334) 844-9234
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Jack W. Feminella, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus of Invertebrate Zoology
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Auburn University, AL 36849
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Craig Guyer, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus of Amphibians and Reptiles
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
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AUMNH ASSOCIATES

Brian Helms, Ph.D.
Invertebrate Zoology Associate
Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences
Troy University
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