SAM W. HEADS
Director & Curator-in-Charge
Room 1027A, Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
swheads@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-9448
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NICHOLE SAMSON
Collections Manager
Room 1027D, Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
samson@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-7053
DANIEL R. SWANSON
Assistant Collections Manager
Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
drswan2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
M. JARED THOMAS
Curator, Stratigraphic Paleontology
Room 1027A-1, Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
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
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
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
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
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
jobrad@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 265-8991
DENNIS R. KOLATA
Curator Emeritus
Room ###, Natural Resources Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
dkolata@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-2189
LEELLEN F. SOLTER
Curator Emerita
Room 1027, Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
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, Illinois 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
dblake@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-3833
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RODNEY D. NORBY
Curator Emeritus
Room ###, Natural Resource Building (M/C 650)
615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
rnorby@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 244-5047
ASSISTANTS & TECHNICIANS
KATE SCHMIDT
Curatorial Assistant
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
katsch@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
WYATT MILNE
Curatorial Assistant
Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
wmilne2@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
CHARLOTTE L. HEADS
Social Media Assistant
Center for Paleontology
Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820, USA
STUDENTS
CARIAD WILLIAMS
Graduate Student
Room 1027C, Forbes Natural History Building (M/C 652)
1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois 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, Illinois 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, Illinois 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, Illinois 61820, USA
sjtaylor@illinois.edu | +1 (217) 333-6880
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