Directory
Sam W. Heads
Director & Curator-in-Charge
Room 1027A, Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
swheads@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-9448
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Nichole Samson
Collections Manager
Room 1027D, Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
samson@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-7053
Daniel R. Swanson
Assistant Collections Manager
Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
drswan2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
M. Jared Thomas
Curator, Stratigraphic Paleontology
Room 1027A-1, Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
thomasmj@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 300-2790
Scott D. Elrick
Curator, Coal Balls & Pennsylvanian Plants
Illinois State Geological Survey
Room 429, Natural Resources Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
elrick@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-3222
Jamie Minnaert
Associate Curator, Cenozoic Plants
Room 2028, Robert A. Evers Laboratory
1909 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
minnaert@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-7332
Danielle M. Ruffatto
Associate Curator, Paleobotany
Room 1010, Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 650)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
ruffatt1@illinois.edu | +1 (815) 582-5909
Joseph A. Devera
Associate Curator, Trace Fossils
Principal Research Scientist, Paleontology
Room 1136, Natural Resources Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
jdevera@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 265-8991
Jennifer Obrad
Assistant Curator, Coal Balls & Pennsylvanian Plants
Associate Geologist
Room 1136, Natural Resources Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
jobrad@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 265-8991
Dennis R. Kolata
Curator Emeritus
Natural Resources Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
dkolata@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-2189
Leellen F. Solter
Curator Emerita
Room 1027, Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
lsolter@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-5047
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Russell Jacobson
Curator Emeritus
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
rjjacobs@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
Daniel B. Blake
Curator Emeritus
Room 245, Natural History Building (M/C 102)
1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
dblake@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-3833
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Rodney D. Norby
Curator Emeritus
Natural Resource Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
rnorby@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-5047
Assistants & Technicians
Wyatt Milne
Curatorial Assistant
Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
wmilne2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
Charlotte L. Heads
Social Media Assistant
Illinois Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Students
Cariad Williams
Graduate Student
Room 1027C, Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
cariadw2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
Jacob Tamarri
Graduate Student
Room 1027C, Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
tamarri2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
Research Associates
Tyler Hedlund
Research Associate
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
thedlun2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
Steven J. Taylor
Research Associate
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
sjtaylor@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
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Ricky Gieser
Research Associate
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
rgieser2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880