Meet the team

Museum Staff

Professor Mark Brown - Director

Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Jack Ashby - Assistant Director

Curators

Dr Robert Asher - Curator of Vertebrates

Senior Lecturer

Dr Michael Brooke - Strickland Curator of Ornithology (Emeritus)

Professor Daniel Field - Strickland Curator of Ornithology

Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Fellow of Christ's College

Dr Jason Head - Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology

Professor of Vertebrate Evolution and Ecology,
Director of Postgraduate Education

Dr Emily Mitchell - Curator of Non-Insect Invertebrates

Assistant Professor,
NERC Independent Research Fellow

Dr Richard Preece - Curator of Malacology (Emeritus)

University Reader

Professor Edgar Turner - Curator of Insects

Associate Professor

Collections and Research

Melissa Colin - Senior Collections Lead

Kane Dibb - Museum Assistant

Natalie Jones - Conservator

Mathew Lowe - Collections Manager

Russell Stebbings - Collections Officer

Public Engagement

Sam Ruggiero-Cakir - Education Assistant

Dr Roz Wade - Senior Learning & Engagement Coordinator

Visitors Services and Operations

Caroline Benson-Hall - Receptionist

Patricia Harnett - Communications Coordinator

Lisa Sneath - Business and Visitor Services Manager

Bethany Sunderland - Museum Events & Bookings Assistant

Stuart Turner - Receptionist

Lucy Williamson - Volunteer Coordinator