CU MUSEUM - Key Persons


Abbie Morton


Abi Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Assistant

Adrian Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Archivist

Alexandra Le Moine

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Alireza Doostan

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
  • Professor

Allie Anderson

Job Titles:
  • CU Boulder Researchers

Allie Hayman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

America Palacios

Job Titles:
  • Financial Services Manager

Andrew Borham

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor ( Last Names

Ann Ruether

Job Titles:
  • Academic Technology Professional

Bobby Hodgkinson

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Brian Argrow

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair Director of IRISS National Academy Member
  • Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )

Buff Techs Appointments


Carlos Felippa

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
  • Professor Emeritus

Carrie Ngai

Job Titles:
  • Smead Program Senior Coordinator

Chris Muldrow

Job Titles:
  • Smead Director

Christina Cain

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Anthropology and NAGPRA Coordinator

Christoffer Heckman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES

Christopher Koehler

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Associate Professor

Christopher Williams

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

Chuen-Yen Chow

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Conor Canaday

Job Titles:
  • Academic Technology Professional

Dale Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Professor Director of RECUV
  • Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )

Daniel Kubitschek

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Daniel N. Baker

Job Titles:
  • National Academy Member / Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ( LASP ), UCB

Daniel Scheeres

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor a. Richard Seebass Chair

David Klaus

Job Titles:
  • Professor

David Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor

David Zelagin

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Deb Renshaw

Job Titles:
  • Senior Academic Advisor ( Last Names

Delores Knipp

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

Dennis Akos

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research

Dina Clark

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Botany

Dr. Carl Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. Christy McCain

Job Titles:
  • Curator of Vertebrates

Dr. Erin Manzitto-Tripp

Job Titles:
  • Curator of Botany at COLO Herbarium

Dr. J. Patrick Kociolek

Job Titles:
  • Professor of EBIO

Dr. Jaelyn Eberle

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. Jennifer Shannon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Jingchun Li

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of EBIO Curator of Invertebrates

Dr. Karen Chin

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. M. Deane Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Curator Emerita of Entomology

Dr. Nancy J. Stevens

Job Titles:
  • Director

Dr. Paola Villa

Job Titles:
  • Museum Curator Adjoint of Archaeology

Dr. Robert Colwell

Job Titles:
  • Museum Curator Adjoint of Entomology and Zoology

Dr. Stephen Lekson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Talia Karim

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Invertebrate Paleontology

Dr. William T. Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Emily Braker

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Vertebrate Zoology

Eric Frew

Job Titles:
  • Professor Associate Chair for Department Affairs
  • Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )

Erik Knudsen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum
  • Teaching Associate Professor Associate Chair for Undergraduate Operations

Evan Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Director, Mortenson Center

Francisco López Jiménez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Gerald Yoho

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Fabrication and Test Engineer

Gianna Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Science Program Coordinator

Grace Rychwalski

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Director

H.T. Sears

Job Titles:
  • Memorial Professor Director, Center for National Security Initiatives

Hank Scott

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Hanli Liu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Adjunct

Hanspeter Schaub

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair
Department Chair • Professor • Schaden Leadership Chair • Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair

Harvey Gates

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Adjunct

Heather Hillard

Job Titles:
  • Exhibit and Program Coordinator

Hisham Ali

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Howard Singer

Job Titles:
  • Professor Adjunct & Chief Scientist NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

J. Sean Humbert

Job Titles:
  • Professor - Courtesy Appointment in

Jacob Henry

Job Titles:
  • Academic Technology Professional and Training & Consulting Lead

Jacob Van Veldhuizen

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Vertebrate Paleontology

Jacquelyn Stang

Job Titles:
  • Finance and Accounting Professional

Jade Morton

Job Titles:
  • Professor Helen and Hubert Croft Professor

James Brasseur

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor / Aerospace Mechanics Research Center

James Hakala

Job Titles:
  • Senior Educator at University Museum

James Maslanik

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor Emeritus / Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles

James Nabity

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jay McMahon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow

Jean Koster

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Jeff Glusman

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Jeff Zehnder

Job Titles:
  • Senior Communications Specialist

Jeffrey Forbes

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Research Professor
Professor Forbes' research interests include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets; coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres, and their electrodynamic and chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability, and to test, validate and develop upper atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena.

Jeffrey Thayer

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor
Research Professor • Professor Emeritus • Director of SWx-TREC

Jennifer Dillon

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer and Media Coordinator

Jeremy Peña

Job Titles:
  • Area Director, Student
  • Area Director, Student Support and Advising Services

Joanie Wiesman

Job Titles:
  • BioServe Research Manager / BioServe Space Technologies

John Evans

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor Jack Rominger Faculty Fellow Associate Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum

John Farnsworth

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

John Hauser

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES

John Mah

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Jorge "Koki" Chau

Job Titles:
  • Professor Adjunct

Joseph Dupris

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor at CU Boulder
Joseph Dupris, a visiting assistant professor at CU Boulder, is a linguist and "maqlaqsyals" user who helped integrate the Modoc language into the short film This Is Their Land. It was recently screened on campus, and a 150th anniversary remembrance is set to be held in Tulelake, California.

K.C. Park

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Kathryn Wingate

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Katrina Dipietrantonio

Job Titles:
  • Events Coordinator

Katya Arquilla

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Kayla Vandegrift

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Suite Manager

Keith Gremban

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor
  • Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

Kelly Martin

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Invertebrate Zoology

Kenneth Jansen

Job Titles:
  • Professor Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professorship Director of AMReC

Kerrie Iyoob

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Anthropology

Khosro Ghobadi-Far

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Kira Schulz

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor First Year Students

Kristin Kaiser

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator

Kristine Larson

Job Titles:
  • National Academy Member

Kurt Maute

Job Titles:
  • Professor Palmer Engineering Chair Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

Lakshmi Kantha

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Laura Clayton

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Research Finance and Operations Senior Manager

Lauren Cole - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Chairman
  • Manager of Operations
Manager of Operations and Assistant to the Chair: Lauren Cole 303-735-0855 Chair: Professor Hanspeter Schaub 303-492-8183

Louis Stodieck

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor
Research Professor • Chief Scientist, BioServe Space Technologies

Lucy Pao

Job Titles:
  • Professor - Courtesy Appointment in

Luis Zea

Job Titles:
  • Professor Adjunct

Lydia Pinkham


Maciej Walczak

Job Titles:
  • CU Boulder Associate Professor of Chemistry, Won a $2 Million NIH Grant to Investigate How Certain Sugars Modify a Brain Protein Associated With Neurodegeneration. Read
Maciej Walczak, CU Boulder associate professor of chemistry, won a $2 million NIH grant to investigate how certain sugars modify a brain protein associated with neurodegeneration.

Mahmoud Hussein

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Marcus Holzinger

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Mary Beth Besel

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Technician

Maryam Shakiba

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Massimo Ruzzene

Job Titles:
  • Professor - Courtesy Appointment in

Matt Rhode

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Maureen Craig

Job Titles:
  • Lead

Melissa Flores

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Coordinator

Melissa Piper

Job Titles:
  • Curriculum Manager

Melvin Rafi

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor

Michael McGrath

Job Titles:
  • Professor Adjunct LASP

Morgan Bays


Morteza Lahijanian

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )

Nat Banda

Job Titles:
  • Undergraduate Academic Advisor ( Last Names H - N, Sk - T )

Natasha Bosanac

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Nate Coyle

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Machine Shop and Fabrication Instructional Lab Coordinator

Nicole Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Program Manager

Nikolaus Correll

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES

Nisar Ahmed

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow

Penina Axelrad

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor Joseph T. Negler Professor

Peter Hamlington

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in Smead Aerospace

R. Steven Nerem

Job Titles:
  • Professor Director of CCAR

Rebecca Kallemeyn

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager of Academic Technology Initiatives, Consulting and Training

Renee Conway

Job Titles:
  • CCAR Finance Manager

Rich Content

Job Titles:
  • Editor Accessibility Checklist

Robert Culp

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Robert Leben

Job Titles:
  • Research Professor Emeritus / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

Robert Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
  • Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Robinson Akporobaro

Job Titles:
  • Finance Specialist

Robyn Macdonald

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Sam Miller

Job Titles:
  • Building Manager

Samantha Eads

Job Titles:
  • Visitor Services Coordinator

Sanghamitra Neogi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )

Sarah Melssen

Job Titles:
  • CCAR Research Manager / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research

Sean Peters

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Shi-Kuei Wu

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Curator of Invertebrates

Stefanie Countryman

Job Titles:
  • Director

Stephanie Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Suzanne Balog

Job Titles:
  • Events and Communications Specialist

Timothy K. Minton

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
  • Professor

Tobias Niederwieser

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Tom Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Aerospace Industry & Alumni Relations Manager

Tomoko Matsuo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow

Torin Clark

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Traci McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Museum & Field Studies Graduate Program Administrator

Trudy Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Professor Associate Chair for Experiential Learning

Virginia Scott

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager of Entomology

Webster Cash

Job Titles:
  • Professor - Courtesy Appointment in

William Emery

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Xinlin Li

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Xinzhao Chu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Zachary Sunberg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )

Zoltan Sternovsky

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Zoya Popovic

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor - Courtesy Appointment in Smead Aerospace National Academy Member