Idaho Museum of Natural History Faculty

Director

Tapanila, Leif, Director and Earth Sciences Division Head, Idaho Museum of Natural History; Professor, Geosciences.  Honors B.Sc. 1999, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada; M.S. 2000, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada; Ph.D. 2005, University of Utah.  (2005)

Research Curator

Tapanila, Leif, Director and Earth Science curator, Idaho Museum of Natural History; Professor, Geosciences.  Honors B.Sc. 1999, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada; M.S. 2000, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada; Ph.D. 2005, University of Utah.  (2005)

Peecook, Brandon R., Assistant Professor and Earth Science curator, Biological Sciences. B.S., Ecology, University of Michigan; Ph.D. Biology, University of Washington. (2019)

Speer, Charles A., Assistant Professor and Anthropology curator, Anthropology.  B.A. 2003, M.A. 2006, Ph.D. 2013, University of Texas San Antonio.  (2015)

Professors Emeriti

Museum Staff

Amber Tews, Assistant Director of Public Operations; Anthropology Collections Manager

Amy Commendador, Head of Collections and Registration; Earl R. Swanson Archaeological Repository Manager, Earth Science Collections Manager

Indah Huegele, Life Sciences Collections Manager

Robert Gay, Education Manager

Pam Pascali, Mobile Museum Educator

Tut Tran, Education Specialist

Stephanie Greeson, Gallery Manager

Christina Seal, Unit Business Officer

Kate Zajanc, Museum Senior Accountant

Idaho Virtualization Laboratory

Leif Tapanila, Director

Tim Gomes, Lab Manager