The University of New Mexico
Museum of Southwestern Biology
Museum of Southwestern Biology

The Museum of Southwestern Biology is a research and teaching facility in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico.

open weekdays 8am - 5pm
visitors welcome by appointment
information for visitors

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phone: (505) 277-1360
fax: (505) 277-1351
museum administrator

CERIA

mailing:
Museum of Southwestern Biology
1 University of New Mexico
MSC03-2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131

shipping:
University of New Mexico
302 Yale Blvd NE
CERIA 83, Room 204
Albuquerque, NM, USA 87131

Museum Faculty and Staff



Administration

Name Title Email Phone
Christopher C. Witt, PhD Museum Director cwitt@unm.edu 505-277-1360
Kelly B. Miller, PhD Assistant Museum Director kbmiller@unm.edu 505-277-8168
Joanne Kuestner Museum Administrator jkuestne@unm.edu 505-277-1360




Division of Amphibians & Reptiles

Name Title Email Phone
Lisa N Barrow, PhD Curator lnbarrow@unm.edu  
Tom Giermakowski, PhD Senior Collection Manager tomas@unm.edu 505-277-5130
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Division of Arthropods

Name Title Email Phone
Kelly B. Miller, PhD Curator kbmiller@unm.edu 505-277-8168
David Lightfoot, PhD Senior Collection Manager dlightfo@unm.edu 505-277-4225
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Division of Birds

Name Title Email Phone
Christopher C. Witt, PhD Curator cwitt@unm.edu 505-277-1359
Andrew B. Johnson Senior Collection Manager ajohnson@unm.edu 505-277-1359
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Division of Fishes

Name Title Email Phone
Thomas F. Turner, PhD Curator turnert@unm.edu 505-277-7541
Emily DeArmon Collection Manager esdearmon@unm.edu 505-277-6005
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Division of Genomic Resources

Name Title Email Phone
Michael J. Andersen, PhD Curator mjandersen@unm.edu 505-277-3411
Mariel Campbell Collection Manager campmlc@unm.edu 505-277-7808
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Herbarium

Name Title Email Phone
Hannah Marx, PhD Curator hmarx@unm.edu 505-277-2604
Harpo Faust Senior Collection Manager harpofaust@unm.edu 505-277-3781
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Division of Mammals

Name Title Email Phone
Joseph A. Cook, PhD Curator cookjose@unm.edu 505-277-1358
Jon Dunnum, PhD Senior Collection Manager jldunnum@unm.edu 505-277-9262
Adrienne Raniszewski Collections Associate  &
Staff Coordinator		 aranis@unm.edu 505-277-5369
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Division of Parasites

Name Title Email Phone
Eric S. Loker, PhD Curator esloker@unm.edu 505-277-2124
Sara Brant, PhD Senior Collection Manager sbrant@unm.edu 505-277-8171
505-277-3174
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