Staff at the Tulane Museum of Natural History
Research at the Tulane Museum of Natural History has traditionally centered around the freshwater and marine fishes of the Gulf-South, with emphasis on systematics and ecology of stream fishes. A variety of research projects are available for graduate students with interests in southeastern fishes. Below is a list of Museum faculty and staff, and their research interests.
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Dr. Henry L. Bart, Jr. , Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. Curator of Fishes and Director of the Tulane University Museum of Natural History. Research interests include taxonomy, morphology and life history of darters, fish-habitat relations in streams and regional historical influences on stream fish diversity in the Southeast. E-mail: hank@museum.tulane.edu. More information on Dr. Hank Bart's web page.
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Dr. Harold A. Dundee, Emeritus Professor of Biology. Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles. Research interests include relationships between tarantulas, large spiders, and frogs; natural history and distribution of Louisiana reptiles and amphibians; laws and regulations for collecting and/or sale of Louisiana native herpetofauna; and actual correct citations of literature, especially older books in biology. Dr. Dundee recently resumed work with a Latinist on the translation and annotation of Linnaeus' 10th ed. Dr. Dundee has left New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Inquiries about the herpetology collection can be sent to nelson@museum.tulane.edu
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Dr. Joseph F. Fitzpatrick, Curator of Invertebrates and Adjuct Professor of EEO Biology. The Museum of Natural History mourns the recent death of Joseph F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., world-renowned astacologist and Emeritus Professor of Biology at University of South Alabama, who served as Curator of nvertebrates from 1994-2001. His research interests centered on systematics and ecology of decapod crustaceans, especially crawfishes. The Tulane Invertebrate Collection presently lacks a curator, but is in the process of being moved to newly renovated space.
Dr. Craig S. Hood, Adjunct Curator of Mammals and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Loyola University New Orleans. Research interests include phylogenetic systematics, natural history, and ecology of mammals, especially bats. Current research focuses on use of geometric morphometrics to study geographic variation, morphological integration, and fluctuating asymmetry in Louisiana muskrats, bats, and freshwater minnows. E-mail: chood@beta.loyno.edu. Learn more about Dr Craig Hood's Research interests.
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Nelson E. Rios, Manager of Collections and Informatics. Nelson is
responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Museum collections, including
loans, visits, budgets and staff supervision. He is also responsible the
Museum's computing resources including network administration, information and
database management and software development.
E-mail:
nelson@museum.tulane.edu
John Johansen, Curatorial Assistant for the Tulane Museum of
Natural History. Responsibilities include inventory and re-curation of the fish
collection.
E-mail: john@museum.tulane.edu
Lauren Martin, Curatorial Assistant for the Tulane Museum
of Natural History. Responsibilities include inventory and re-curation of the
fish collection.
E-mail: lauren@museum.tulane.edu
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Djihbrihou Abibou, Progammer/Analyst working on the
Fishnet II and
Georeferencing
projects. Responsibilities include code development and integration into the Fishnet II
database and Geolocate map server application projects.
E-mail: djihbril@museum.tulane.edu
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