Meet renowned wildlife and crocodilian expert Frank "Alligator Robb"

Frank Robb&mdash;widely known as &ldquo;Alligator Robb&rdquo;&mdash;is a renowned wildlife and crocodilian expert from Florida&rsquo;s Space Coast. He serves as President of Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services (<a href="https://eearss.org/">EEARSS.ORG</a>), a nonprofit that champions environmental education, biodiversity studies, and cutting-edge cancer research focused on environmental toxicology. He is best known in Chicago for safely capturing &ldquo;Chance the Snapper,&rdquo; the alligator that made national headlines after appearing in a Humboldt Park lagoon.
Come meet Frank and learn how, in partnership with the Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology at the University of Louisville, he is conducting field research along Florida&rsquo;s Space Coast, capturing and testing alligators to assess how environmental exposures are impacting both animal and human health.

Meet a Scientist: Frank “Alligator Robb”– Wildlife Expert Bridging Science, Education, and Community Health

Join us as we showcase rarely-displayed items from our Papua New Guinea collection

Come meet Field Museum Collections staff Chris Philipp and Julia Kennedy as they discuss rarely-displayed masks from the A.B. Lewis collection, new contemporary items, and various media from the Field's Papua New Guinea collection. At nearly 35,000 items, the Field Museum cares for the largest collection of material from the country of Papua New Guinea currently in the United States.
Presenters include Chris Philipp, Collections Manager, and Julia Kennedy, Collections Assistant.
This session is the second in a series that celebrates Wan Bel: a PNG Collective Global Exhibition, commemorating the country of Papua New Guinea's 50th Anniversary of Independence.

Papua New Guinea Collections Celebration

Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.

During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibition/grainger-science-hub">Grainger&nbsp;Science Hub</a>. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum&rsquo;s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there&rsquo;s a world of science to explore.

Visit the&nbsp;Science Hub&nbsp;on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.

Learn why the scanning electron microscope is such a powerful tool for scientists!

Come join Thomas Marchese as he reveals a hidden world at an unimaginable scale through the use of a Scanning Electron Microscope, a powerful tool for scientists!
Explore how Electron Microscopes can help scientists understand the micro-structure of materials which makes them useful in our everyday lives. Examine bugs, different types of hair, chocolate, and battery components in the micro-scale! Learn how pencils and sponges work, and also see the truth behind why you should always wash your hands!
Presenters include Thomas Marchese, Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Chicago and Visiting Student at Argonne National Laboratory.

The Microscopic World of Materials and Bio Science

Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.
During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibition/grainger-science-hub">Grainger&nbsp;Science Hub</a>. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum&rsquo;s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there&rsquo;s a world of science to explore.
Visit the&nbsp;Science Hub on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.

Meet a Scientist

See the latest science firsthand in the Grainger Science Hub.

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