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We strive for an inclusive and welcoming lab culture that recognizes and encourages individual differences, fosters the constructive expression of ideas, and promotes shared values, such as intellectual curiosity and collegiality. We are committed to the continued development of this community of people, ideas, and approaches through research, education, and public outreach.

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Greg Wilson Mantilla

Principal Investigator

Greg is a Professor in the Department of Biology and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Burke Museum. Before joining UW, Greg was a curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (2005–2007). He is an Adjunct Professor in Earth and Space Sciences, a Research Associate at the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the DMNS, and Director of the DIG Field School. For more info, see his interview in The WholeU and his Google Scholar. For more info on UW Paleobiology, see the website.
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Dave DeMar, Jr.

Hell Creek Project Collections Manager and Lab Manager

Dave earned his PhD in 2015 in the UW Department of Biology. His research focused on the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene Lissamphibia and Squamata of Montana and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. He then completed postdoctoral fellowships with the Hell Creek Project and later with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He rejoined the Wilson Mantilla Lab in 2022 in his current position. 
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Michael Holland

Hell Creek Project Fossil Preparator

Michael graduated from Montana State University in 1995. He worked at the Museum of the Rockies, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and as an independent contractor preparing, reconstructing, conserving and mounting vertebrate fossils (primarily dinosaurs) for exhibit and research. He began his current position in 2017.
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Brody Hovatter

Graduate Student

Brody is a PhD candidate in Earth and Space Sciences. He has a B.S. in Biology from UW (2014) and spent several years after as the Wilson Mantilla lab manager. He has extensive experience in curation and field work. His research focuses on early Paleocene (Torrejonian) mammals from northeastern Montana. He investigates the diversity of stem primates and the paleobiogeography of Paleocene mammals, more broadly. He managed the DIG Field School for a number of years. ​
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Jacqueline Silviria

Graduate Student

Jacqueline has a B.S. in Earth Science from the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology and an M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of New Mexico (2019). Her previous research focused on the paleobiogeography of early Paleocene mammals. As a third-year PhD candidate in the Earth and Space Sciences, she is focusing on early Paleocene mammal evolution and application of geometric morphometrics in phylogenetic analysis.
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Isiah Newbins

Graduate Student

Isiah received his B.A. in Biology with a minor in Anthropology from Metropolitan State University of Denver (2022). He got his start as a paleontology intern at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. He has done extensive paleontological field work in Montana and North Dakota. As a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Biology, He is pursuing research on the evolution of mammals from Campanian rocks of the Judith River Formation in central Montana.

​Nina Selto

Curatorial Assistant​

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Zeke Augustine 

Curatorial Assistant

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Ben Rotenberg

Curatorial Assistant

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​David Ausmus 

Undergrad Researcher

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Shay Rice 

Undergrad Researcher

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Caleb Tidwell 

Undergrad Researcher

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Lab Alumni

Edward Armstrong, MS 2024
Kirsten Meltesen, MS 2023
​Jordan Ray Claytor, PhD 2023
Paige Wilson Deibel, PhD 2022

Alexandria Brannick, PhD 2021
Luke Weaver, PhD 2021
Dave Grossnickle, Postdoc 2018–2020
Stephanie Smith, PhD 2017
Dave DeMar, Jr., Postdoc 2016–2018
Yue Zhang, Postdoc 2016–2017
Jonathan Calede, PhD 2016
Dave DeMar, Jr., PhD 2016
Lauren DeBey, PhD 2015
Meng Chen, PhD 2015

Lab Volunteers

Jason Love
Luke Tufts
Richard Meyn
Jennifer Wells
Ben LeFevre 
Jack Randazzo 
Derrick Le
Matilde Bois
Elizabeth Stensrud 
Ari Johns
Luzianna Cohen
Nijah Coleman 
Nicole Lansford 
Payton Danosky
Allison Sbardella
Taylor Schoenfeld
Felix Mercado
​Felix Chao
​Lee Monens
Natalia Stamatatos

Collaborators

Caroline Strömberg
Jeff Wilson Mantilla
Mark Goodwin
Randy Irmis

Tom Tobin
Courtney Sprain
Paul Renne
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Andy Tholt
Anthony Fuentes
​Peter Roopnarine
S. Anantharaman
Dhananjay Mohabey
Bandana Samant
Anup Dhobale
Stephen Chester
Tyler Lyson

Ian Miller
Alistair Evans
David Evans
Ray Rogers
David Varricchio
Eric Sargis
Jason Moore
Corinne Myers
Angel Galobart
Bernat Vila
Albert Selles
Blair Schoene
Carlos Jaramillo
Edwin Cadena
León Chaparro Vargas
David Caro

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