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

Christina Reddoor, Unit Business Officer

Teresa Henderson, Event Planner

Robert Gay, Education Coordinator

Curt Schmitz, Registrar, Exhibits Manager

Amber Tews, Director of Marketing, Anthropology Collections Manager

Amy Commendador, Earl R. Swanson Archaeological Repository Manager, Earth Science Collections Manager

Trista Crook, Life Sciences & Ray J. Davis Herbarium Collections Manager

Idaho Virtualization Laboratory

Leif Tapanila, Director

Tim Gomes, Lab Manager