SAM W. HEADS
Director & Curator-in-Charge

Room 1027A, PRI 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, PRI 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

PRI 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, PRI 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

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

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

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, PRI 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

WYATT MILNE
Curatorial Assistant

PRI 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

PRI Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

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

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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