Current Personnel
Destiny Gonzalez
Graduate Assistant
Destiny is an MS student in Museum Studies, pursuing a career in Collection Management. She began at MSB in her senior year of high school, finding her love for natural history and mammalogy then. She is especially interested in pathogens, and loves all bats - big and small.
Connor Burgin
Graduate Assistant
Connor is a PhD Candidate studying mammal systematics and evolution, particularly of collared lemmings.
Eve Rowland
Graduate Assistant
Eve is a doctoral student in the Gulisija Computational Biology Lab at UNM. She hopes to find ways to combine museum research and computational biology. She has previously worked at the Florida Museum in the Mammal Division.
Samantha Bonawitz
Graduate Assistant
Sam is a graduate student in the Museum Studies program. During her undergraduate career, she discovered that she loves how museums can generate both discussion and personal reflection. She is interested in the management of natural history collections and hopes to learn more about the use and care of genomic data.
Sadie Hollrah
Undergratuate Museum Technician
Sadie is an undergrad in the biology department, and this is her second year as a museum technician. She is passionate about ecology of all kinds and plans to pursue a master's degree in fire ecology.
Serenity Snider
Undergraduate Museum Technician
Serenity is a majoring in Biology and minoring in both Chemistry and Museum Studies. They enjoy the idea of evolutionary zoology, physiology, and endocrinology as potential research pathways, hoping to utilize museum collections throughout their career.
Cyrus Romero
Undergraduate Museum Technician
Cyrus is an undergraduate biology student with an unwavering passion for all flora and fauna. He hopes to use his gained academic and museum experience to pursue a career in wildlife biology and eventually return to obtain his master's degree.
Kane Anaya
Undergraduate Museum Technician
Kane is an undergraduate student studying biology. He works in the Cook Molecular Evolution and Ecology Lab at UNM as an ASSURE scholar. He hopes to work in a wildlife field and is working at MSB to gain skills in museum collections.
Patricia Sotelo Chavira
Undergraduate Museum Technician
As a Biology major with a focus on ecology, Patricia is eager to jump into soil respiration studies in graduate school. Her work at the MSB has immersed her in the world of biology, offering invaluable insights into diverse research areas and deepening her passion for the field.
Audrey Vanderhee
Undergraduate Museum Technician
Audrey is an undergraduate biology student with an interest in wildlife biology and zoonotic diseases. Her time at the MSB has given her hands on experience and knowledge in her field and deepened her love for biology!
Trinity Swisher
Undergraduate Volunteer
Trinity is majoring in biology and minoring in Environmental Science. Her concentration is conservation, but she hopes to do some work in wildlife rehab. Driven to preserve biodiversity, she wants to gain knowledge to help with future research opportunities and work with mammals.
Sophia Aguilar
Undergraduate Volunteer
Sophia is currently studying to major in Biology to pursue her passion for working with animals, either in zoology or veterinary practices. She believes her involvement at the MSM will lead to even greater things for both the museum and her future!
Katie Rielage
High School Volunteer
Katie is a junior at Bosque School studying her favorite animal, North American porcupines, and learning radio-collaring capture procedures. She is interested in the MSB to gain skills needed to pursue a career in veterinary medicine and wildlife biology.
Grace Darrow
Undergraduate Volunteer
Grace is pursuing a B.S. in Biology while minoring in Japanese. She loves hiking, fishing, and just spending time outside and hopes to get into a forestry/wildlife biology career. She wants to gain experience and eventually return to complete a master's degree.
Bashir Abudabbous
Undergraduate Volunteer
Bashir is a biology major with a minor in chemistry and HMHV, passionate about animals and research. He is particularly interested in evolution, ecology, microbiology, and physiology, aiming to explore these fields further through the MSB and future studies.
Joely Corrales
Volunteer
Joely is a prospective graduate student and volunteer for the Museum of Southwestern Biology. She is passionate about bats and bugs and hopes to learn more about their ecology and evolution through the museum.
Ariana Magaña-Ramirez
Undergraduate Volunteer
Ariana is majoring in Biology and Spanish. With a deep passion for animals, Ariana aspires to pursue veterinary school. The valuable skills and hands-on experience she gains by working at the MSB will compliment her eduation and help her reach her goals.
Giovanni Luhman
Undergraduate Volunteer
Giovanni is a pre-veterinary student. He is currently in his last year of undergraduate studies and plans to pursue a career in wildlife and conservation medicine. He is passionate about biodynamics, regenerative ecology, and complementary and alternative medicine.
Dinu Kaviratne
Undergraduate Volunteer
Dinu is a biology major looking to further his knowledge in biology by volunteering at the MSB. He is interested in gaining skills and further understanding of the field through hands-on experience.
Grace Peters
Undergraduate Volunteer
Grace is an undergraduate student majoring in Biology. She has a passion for wildlife biology and hopes to pursue a career in vertebrate conservation. She is excited to work at the MSB, gain some hands-on experience, and spend time learning about specimen collections.
Olivia Cole
Remote Undergraduate Volunteer
Olivia is pursuing a BS in Anthropology with a concentration in Human Biology and a minor in Biology. She hopes to use the skills she learns from her classes and time at the MSB to pursue a graduate education in forensic anthropology.
