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Natural Sciences

MV's Sciences Department staff, students and volunteers research many questions about the diversity and origins of the fauna and geology of Australasia and surrounding oceans.

Marine Zoology

Dr Julian Finn

Senior Curator, Marine Invertebrates
Dr Martin Gomon

Senior Curator, Ichthyology
Melanie Mackenzie

Collection Manager, Marine Invertebrates
Dr Tim O'Hara

Senior Curator, Marine
Dr Gary Poore

Curator Emeritus, Marine Sciences
Chris Rowley

Collection Manager, Marine Invertebrates
Dr Joanne Taylor

Manager, Natural Sciences Collections
Dr Genefor Walker-Smith

Collection Manager, Marine Invertebrates
Dr Robin Wilson

Senior Curator, Marine Invertebrates
Nishath Mohamed Nizar

Project Officer (Marine Invertebrates) and Legacy Registration Officer (Marine Invertebrates and Entomology)

Terrestrial Zoology

Dr Amy Adams

Research Assistant
Dr Claire Keely

Assistant Collection Manager, Invertebrates
Dr Claire McLean

Ian Potter Research Fellow
Dr Jane Melville

Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates
Joseph Schubert

Research Assistant (Invertebrate Systematics)
Dr Karen Roberts

Collection Manager, Vertebrate Zoology
Dr Karen Rowe

Hugh D. T. Williamson Research Fellow
Dr Katie Date

Collection Manager, Vertebrate Zoology
Dr Kevin Rowe

Senior Curator of Mammals
Dr Ken Walker

Senior Curator of Entomology
Rebecca Rose

Assistant Curator, Herpetology
Dr Richard Marchant

Senior Curator, Entomology

Mineralogy and Petrology

Dr Bill Birch

Curator Emeritus, Geosciences
Oskar Lindenmayer

Collection Manager, Geosciences

Palaeontology

Dr Erich Fitzgerald

Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology
Dr Rolf Schmidt

Collection Manager, Invertebrate Palaeontology
Dr Thomas Rich

Senior Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology
Dr David Holloway

Senior Curator, Invertebrate Palaeontology
Tim Ziegler

Collection Manager, Vertebrate Palaeontology

Human and Physical Sciences

Kate Phillips

Senior Curator, Science Exhibitions
Dr Johanna Simkin

Senior Curator, Human Biology and Medicine
Dr Tanya Hill

Senior Curator, Astronomy

Ian Potter Australian Wildlife BioBank

Dr Joanna Sumner

Manager, Genetic Resources

Images and Data Management

Dr Ursula Smith

Sciences Collections Online Project Coordinator

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