Sponsors for Scholars and Visiting Fellows

Applicants for graduate fellowships and postdoctoral positions may select a sponsor from the following list of Field Museum scientists. Applicants are required to contact their prospective sponsor well in advance of the application deadline.

• Kenneth Angielczyk, Curator (Vertebrate Paleontology) and Section Head, Earth Sciences e-mail

• John Bates, Curator of Zoology (Birds) e-mail

• Rüdiger Bieler, Curator of Zoology (Invertebrates) e-mail

• Lesley de Souza, Conservation Scientist: Rapid Inventories e-mail

• Gary Feinman, MacArthur Curator of Mesoamerican, Central American, and East Asian Anthropology e-mail

• Lance Grande, Negaunee Distinguished Service Curator (Fossil Fishes) e-mail

• Felix Grewe, Genome Analyst e-mail

• Shannon Hackett, The Richard and Jill Chaifetz Associate Curator (Birds and Pritzker DNA Lab) e-mail

• Lawrence Heaney, Curator of Zoology (Mammals) e-mail

• Philipp Heck, Robert A. Pritzker Curator for Meteoritics and Polar Studies; Head, Robert A. Pritzker Center; Interim Director, Negaunee Integrative Research Center(Meteorites, Terrestrial Rocks, Minerals) e-mail

• Thorsten Lumbsch, Curator (Botany) and Vice President, Science and Education e-mail

• Ben Marks, Collections Manager, Birds e-mail

• Caleb McMahan, Collections Manager, Fishes e-mail

• William Parkinson, Curator (Anthropology) and Section Head, Social Sciences e-mail

• Bruce Patterson, Curator of Zoology (Mammals) e-mail

• Nigel Pitman, Senior Conservation Ecologist e-mail

• Richard Ree, Associate Curator (Botany) and Section Head of Life Sciences e-mail

• Olivier Rieppel, Curator (Vertebrate Paleontology, history and philosophy of comparative biology) & Section Head Earth Sciences e-mail

• Petra Sierwald, Associate Curator of Zoology (Insects) e-mail

• John Edward Terrell, Curator of Anthropology e-mail

• Janet R. Voight, Associate Curator of Zoology (Invertebrates) e-mail

• Matt von Konrat, Collections Manager Bryophytes & Pteridophytes, Head, Collections e-mail

• Corine Vriesendorp, Andes-Amazon Program Director e-mail

• Alaka Wali, Curator, North American Anthropology Collections e-mail

• Patrick Ryan Williams, Associate Curator, Social Sciences e-mail

• Adam Ferguson, Negaunee Collection Manager (Mammals), e-mail

• Maureen Turcatel, Collections Manager (Insects) e-mail

In addition to the above list, applicants for Visiting Scholarships and Bass Senior Visiting Fellowships may also select from the following list of prospective sponsors. Applicants are encouraged to contact their prospective sponsors as soon as possible.

• Abigail Derby Lewis, Conservation Ecologist e-mail

• Steve Goodman, MacArthur Field Biologist e-mail

• Az Klymiuk, Collections Manager, e-mail