Natural Science Collections Alliance

Our members are part of an international community of museums, botanical gardens, herbariums, universities and other institutions that house natural science collections and utilize them in research, exhibitions, academic and informal science education, and outreach activities.

Natural Science Collections Alliance

Leadership

NSC Alliance Board of Directors

President
John M. Bates
John_Bates		 Curator of Birds
Head of Life Sciences, Science and Education
The Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
(312) 665-7730
   
Vice President
Gil Nelson
Gil Nelson		 Faculty Researcher for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
   
Treasurer
Jennifer Zaspel

 

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 Research Curator and Head of Zoology
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee WI 53233
(414) 278-6158
   
Secretary
Rebecca Rundell
 Associate Professor and Head Curator
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and Roosevelt Wild Life Collections
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 470-6619
   
Representatives-at-Large
   
Neil S. Cobb
Neil_Cobb		 Director, Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research
Northern Arizona University
805 S. Beaver Street
PO Box: 6077
Flagstaff AZ 86011-6077
(928) 607-4075
   
John R. Demboski
John Demboski		 Director of Zoology and Health Sciences Branch
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd.
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 370-6443
   
Scott V. Edwards
Scott Edwards		 Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Curator of Ornithology
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 384-8082
   
Peter W. Fritsch
Peter_Frisch		 Vice President of Research and Director of the Herbarium
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76107-3400
(817) 332-4441, ext 234
   
Melanie Y. Ide
Melanie_Ide		 President and CEO
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817
(808) 847-3511
   
Douglas S. Jones
Douglas Jones		 Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History
226 Dickinson Hall
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
PO Box 117800
Gainesville FL 32611
(352) 273-1902
   
John McCormack
John McCormacl		 Associate Professor
Moore Laboratory of Zoology & Biology Department
Occidental College
1600 Campus Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 259-1352
   
James S. Miller
James_Miller		 Senior Vice President for Science and Conservation
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 577-5100
   
Trina Roberts
Trina_Roberts		 Associate Vice President, Collections
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-3466
   
Scott A. Schaefer
Scott Schaeffer		 Dean of Science for Collections, Exhibitions, and the Public Understanding of Science
Curator, Department of Ichthyology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
(212) 769-5652
   
Andrew Short
Andrew_Short		 Associate Curator
Kansas University Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum
1345 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-2323
   
Barbara Thiers
Thiers		 Director
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
(718) 817-8622
   
Executive Director 
Jyotsna Pandey American Institute of Biological Sciences
950 Herndon Parkway Suite 450
Herndon, VA 20170
(202) 628-1500 x225
   
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