Our staff team for 2023 will be developing over the coming months. New team members will be posted here as well as announced on our social media platforms as hires are made.
David Levering – Camps Director, Instructor
Museum Assistant Director, Camps Operations Director, Science Educator, Paleobiologist
Social media: @BioGeoVerse on Instagram and Bluesky
David joined the Museum staff in 2013. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors degree in geology in 2007. He also worked as a teaching assistant in the Zoology department at Oklahoma State University from 2010 to 2013, where he graduated with a Master’s of Science. Before coming to the Sternberg, David spent seven summers working in the youth science camp industry. He also worked three summers with the National Park Service at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in southern Idaho. There, he carried out paleontology field and lab work and worked with kids showing them geology and paleontology. He is a published researcher, collaborating with professional academics on work focusing on mammal paleobiology and mechanics. David manages the entire camps program, and oversees program logistics and curriculum design.
David Levering – Camps Director, Instructor
Museum Assistant Director, Camps Operations Director, Science Educator, Paleobiologist
Social media: @BioGeoVerse on Instagram and Bluesky
Phone: 785-639-5249
Email: DALevering@FHSU.edu
David joined the Museum staff in 2013. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelors degree in geology in 2007. He also worked as a teaching assistant in the Zoology department at Oklahoma State University from 2010 to 2013, where he graduated with a Master’s of Science. Before coming to the Sternberg, David spent seven summers working in the youth science camp industry. He also worked three summers with the National Park Service at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument in southern Idaho. There, he carried out paleontology field and lab work and worked with kids showing them geology and paleontology. He is a published researcher, collaborating with professional academics on work focusing on mammal paleobiology and mechanics. David manages the entire camps program, and oversees program logistics and curriculum design.
Sierra Bornheim – Operations Assistant
Leonard Finkelman, PhD - Operations Assistant
Marjie Cone, MS - Operations Assistant
Alexandra Bonham, MS - Instructor
Amanda Rea - Instructor
Amelia Zietlow, MS - Instructor
Ben Matzen, MS - Instructor
Blaine Schubert, PhD - Instructor
Carson Cope - Instructor
Casey Bennet - Instructor
Clare Mate - Instructor
Clint Boyd, PhD - Instructor
Danny Anduza - Instructor
Emily Simpson, PhD - Instructor
Eury Speir - Instructor
Hillary McLean, MS - Instructor
Joshua Samuels, PhD - Instructor
Prescott Vayda, MS - Instructor
Yara Haridy, PhD - Instructor
Mattison Shreero - Teaching Assistant/Instructor
Maximilian Scott - Teaching Assistant/Instructor
Kelsey Newlands - Teaching Assistant
Mary Culotta - Teaching Assistant