Conner J. Bennett. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Utah Tech University, 225 S. University Ave., St. George, Utah 84770, USA. connerjbennett@gmail.com
Undergraduate researcher focused on study of vertebrate fossil trackways through photogrammetry. He received his bachelors (BS) in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Science with an emphasis in Geoscience from Utah Tech University. His previous experience includes Scientist in Parks paleontology internships at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, USA, and Zion National Park in Utah, USA. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Tennessee, beginning January 2025.
Nicholas A. Famoso. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, U.S. National Park Service, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly OR, 97848, USA and Department of Earth Science, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA. nicholas_famoso@nps.gov
Nicholas Famoso received his bachelors (BS) in geology from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and his masters (MS) in geological sciences and doctorate (PhD) in earth sciences from the University of Oregon. Nick is currently the Paleontology Program Manager and Museum Curator at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. His research focuses on ungulate evolution, disturbance ecology, and biostratigraphy.
Daniel I. Hembree. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA. dhembre2@utk.edu
Daniel Hembree is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. His research interests primarily lie with animal-substrate interactions in ancient and modern continental environments. These interactions are preserved in the fossil record as trace fossils. Trace fossils provide an in situ record of ancient biodiversity, ecology, and environment. The study of trace fossils, therefore, provides vital information for accurate paleoenvironmental reconstructions. This involves not only the study of paleosols and continental trace fossils throughout geologic time, but also the experimental study of burrowing behaviors of extant terrestrial annelids, arthropods, amphibians, and reptiles. Current research projects involve the study of the influence of climate changes on ancient soils and soil ecosystems including those of the Pennsylvanian and Permian of southeast Ohio, Permian of eastern Kansas, the Eocene to Miocene of Colorado, Wyoming, and Bolivia, and the Pliocene of Ethiopia.
