Department Staff
Student Linn Kristin Novis and Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller (right) discuss one of the many findings on Svalbard, an island off the coast of Norway. Photo courtesy of the University of Oslo.
Dr. Pat Druckenmiller
Curator of Earth Science
ffpsd@uaf.edu
907-474-6954
Prior to arriving at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, Dr. Druckenmiller was involved with paleontological research at the University of Wisconsin Museum, the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, and the Museum of the Rockies (Montana State University). Although Dr. Druckenmiller has a vast array of knowledge of ancient life, his specialty is marine reptiles, such as, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs.
Amanda is sitting on columnar basalt on the coast of Iceland. Photo courtesy of Amanda Hanson.
Amanda Hanson
Curatorial Assistant
fnamh6@uaf.edu
907-474-7862
Amanda Hanson started working for the Earth Science department in 2002 when she became a Student Assistant for Dr. Roland Gangloff, the previous Earth Science Curator. She went on her first dinosaur expedition to the North Slope in the summer of 2002, where she gained valuable field experience. In 2005 she graduated from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology. Since then, she has become the Curatorial Assistant to Dr. Druckenmiller, and was part of the crew on the 2007 expedition to create an adit designed to excavate dinosaur bone from permafrost along the left bank of the Colville River, AK. Recently, Amanda received a Master of Science degree in Museum Studies through the University of Leicester.
