Academic Research Training, and Internship Appointments 



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Kristen Johnson BA Candidate Washington University 5^ I 7'' I 999 107/30/1999 



Work on the preparation of mammal specimens for installation into the collection including 

 necropsy, and skeletal cleaning. 



Meredith Kilduff 



BA 1/18/1999 to 7/5/1999 



Working on research for the Handbook of North American Indians project. 



Christopher Knouss 



MA Candidate University of Maryland 2/13/1999 108/13/1999 



-College Park 

 Working with Geographic Information Systems projecrs, including spatial digital database entry 

 and editing. 



A. Carolina Laughlin 



Yi-Jung Lin 



BA Candidate University of Texas 5/29/1999 to 8/6/1999 



-Brownsville 

 The genus Bulia consists of four species, two of which are not separable by non-genital characters. 

 By dissection, the distribution and phylogenetic relationship will be determined. 



MA Candidate University of Colorado-Boulder 6/1/1999 106/25/1999 



Curate the mollusk collection into metal drawers and label the cases and drawers; catalog pertinent 

 portion of the secondary type collection; help to move the mollusk collection. 



Christina Lopano 



BA Candidate Virginia Polytechnic Institute 5/29/1999 to 8/8/1999 



and State University 

 Determining the crystallization history of the Moorefield Pegmatile, Amelia, Virginia. 



Janell MacDonald 



Sabina Aguilera 

 Madrigal 



BA Candidate 

 BA Candidate 



Salish-Kootenai College 



1/4/1999 to 1/18/1999 

 5/24/1999 to n/30/1999 



Escuela Nacional de 

 Antropologia E'Historia 

 Elaboration of a Web page related to textiles from southwest United States and northern Mexico 



Svetlana Maslakova 



MA Candidate Moscow State University 1/25/1999 109/1/1999 



Preliminary cladistic analysis of pelagic Nemerteans (Hoplonemertini nemertini), an enigmatic 

 group of marine worms. 



Brenda McLain 



Documentary photography of exhibits in the Natural History 1/22/1999 to 12/31/1999 



Museum. Studio photography of exhibits to document ongoing curatorial research projects. Field 

 research documentation photography for potential use in National Museum of Natural History 

 publications. 



Meredith A. Mennitt 



High School Degree Candidate Barrie School 1/6/1999 to 3/3/1999 



Assisting with various curatorial duties to include databasing the Noctuidae collection, transferring 

 specimens to soft-bottomed unit trays, organizing genitalia slide collection, and organization and 

 curation of collections. 



DeniseMix MA Candidate George Washington University 5/17/1999 108/13/1999 



To prepare a disaster preparedness manual for the Collections Management office of the Paleobiol- 

 ogy Department and to learn basic functions and operations in the Collections Management office. 



Christina Moon BA Candidate Rutgers University 5/29/1999 to 8/8/1999 



The nondestructive analysis of 250 million-year-old Ophiacodon fossils from Texas using computed 

 tomography (CT) scanning. 



Caren Oberg MA Candidate George Washington University 1/5/1999 104/30/1999 



Research literature on museum learning, exhibit development, audience evaluation, and new media 

 technologies in order to compile a select bibliography of literature recommended for participants 

 on all exhibit teams at National Museum of Natural History. 



