Sept. 18, 2022 // What lies beneath the surface of Los Angeles? A hidden ocean waiting to be explored…by you! Learn about NHM’s new exhibition L.A Underwater for a deep dive into prehistoric L.A. and hear directly from some of the staff that made this exhibit possible.

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About the speakers:
Dr. Austin Hendy, Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology
After obtaining his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati, Austin was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution, and Florida Museum of Natural History. An author on numerous scientific papers, he has conducted research in many parts of the world, but especially tropical South America. There he studies the biodiversity, biogeography and paleoecology of Cenozoic mollusc faunas. He is also interested in bioinformatics and the application of natural museum specimens and data for K-12 education.

Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Associate Curator, Marine Mammals
Jorge Velez-Juarbe holds a Ph.D. from Howard University, where he studied the morphology, systematics, and paleobiology of fossil sirenians and cetaceans. After receiving his doctorate in 2012, Dr. Velez-Juarbe held Postdoctoral Associate positions at the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and at California State University Fullerton before being hired as Assistant Curator of Marine Mammals at our Museum. Dr. Velez-Juarbe's appointment involves curatorial responsibility for both our fossil and extant marine mammal collections.

Alan Zdinak, Senior Preparator, Vertebrate Paleontology
Alan Zdinak received his training in fossil preparation and archival specimen housing at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He also worked at the Yale Peabody Museum and the Smithsonian before joining the NHM. Here in L.A. he helped re-design and renovate the museum’s fossil prep lab. He’s an active member of the greater paleontological community, teaching workshops at professional meetings such as The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) and Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology (AMMP), as well as giving talks on fossil prep topics to the general public.

Daniel Caballero, Junior Video Content Creator, Marketing & Communications (Moderator)
Daniel Caballero has worked as a Museum Educator since 2014 bringing his passion for the natural world as well as first hand paleontological and collections experience to countless guests. He now brings that same passion to the digital world creating video content for NHMLA and the La Brea Tar Pits.

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