Mary Ellen Benson, PhD candidate, Geological Sciences, expected December 2009. Florissant Diatoms: Stratigraphy, Ecology and Systematics.
Erin Leckey, PhD candidate, Geological Sciences, expected 2010. Evolution of oak-herbivore interactions.
Melissa Barton, MS candidate, Museum and Field Studies Program, expected Spring 2009. Flora of the Antero Formation.
John Hankla, MS candidate, Museum and Field Studies Program, expected Summer 2009. Digital Database of Fossil Dinosaur Collection.
Christina Spence, MS candidate, Museum and Field Studies Program, expected Summer 2010.
Kathy Hollis, MS candidate, Museum and Field Studies Program, Summer 2008.Thesis: “Using Taphonomic Disparity to Understand Preservation Biases in the Western Interior Seaway: An Example from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous)".
Amanda Cook, MS, Department of Geological Sciences, Summer 2004. Thesis: “Actualistic taphonomy of fossil beetles in lake environments”.
April Kinchloe, MS, Department of Geological Sciences, Summer 2004. Thesis: “Morphometric techniques and the systematics of spiders from Florissant Fossil Beds”.
Amy Moe (Moe-Hoffman) , MS, Museum and Field Studies Program, Spring 2003.Thesis: “Using fossil flies as indicators of pre-Quaternary climate”.
Carter Casad, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado – Taphonomy of insects from the Green River Formation (UROP-Grant).
Jenell Thoene, Communications, University of Colorado – Taphonomy of beetles from the Florissant Formations (BURST Internship Program).
Kevin Webster, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado – 3D preserved insects from the Barstow Formation (Miocene), California (Geo Mentorship Program), Pierre Shale Mollusks database project (UROP funded).
Nina Xiong, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado – Climate variables that correlate with insect damage levels in modern Oak forests (E Leckey, Primary Advisor; NIH/HHMI Scholar Program).