Overall responsibility for the Natural Sciences collections, building the collections and expanding the team of curators and research activities. Helen's particular focus is on developing, curating and researching the collection of freshwater invertebrates.
Overall responsibility for the Natural Sciences collections, and in particular the fossils, minerals, rocks and meteorites.
Responsible for the vertebrate collection and wildlife art collection. Angela is partly retired, working on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Bernard is responsible for building and curating the marine invertebrate collections in the Natural Sciences section. He publishes extensively on the taxonomy of nudibranch sea slugs and sponges and is the author of several species identification guides. Since 2014 he has been partly retired.
Rhonda is responsible for the botanical collection. Her main interests are in integrative taxonomy, species concepts, accelerating traditional taxonomic outputs and biodiversity conservation.
Learn more about how we're digitising our vast sponge collection within the Natural Science department.
Broadening access to our collectionsby Mike Simms, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences
A New View of the Giant's CausewayJoin our Senior Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr. Mike Simms, as he investigates a fallen meteorite in his hometown, Bishops Cleeve.
In pursuit of fallen meteorites
