1. What do you study related to biodiversity (what are your research questions, what organisms do you work on)?
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 I work on fossil amphibians and reptiles
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2. How do you study biodiversity (for example, what technological tools and methodologies do you use in your research)?
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I study biodiversity using the technical tools of dissection, fossil preparation, visual instrumentalization such as microscopes, photography, and computer software packages for phylogenetic analysis.
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3. Where do you study biodiversity?
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In Museum collections.
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4. How might your research have implications for biological conservation?
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 Preserving fossil yielding sites and the associated fauna and flora. For example, I was involved with the petition to have the important Triassic marine vertebrate fossil site of Monte San Giorgio, southern Switzerland, declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO. That would also preserve the natural habitats of Monte San Giorgio. The petition is currently under consideration.
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5. How did you become interested in science? What made you want to be a scientist, and how did you get to The Field Museum?
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I took an interest in field biology and animal behavior as a high school student. I came to the Field Museum when I was offered a job here.
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