About
the CURATOR
PROJECT'S
AUTHOR AND OTHER Contributors
Dr. Robert George Sprackland (above,
making notes on dogfishes) is a systematist who has worked primarily
with lizards. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and Zoological
Society of London, and a Research Associate in Zoology at the
National Museums of Scotland. He holds a B.A. in Zoology and M.S. in
Education from the University of Kansas, and M.A. in Biology from
San Jose State University, and a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Zoology from
University College London. He is a member of the American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the American Elasmobranch
Society, and the European Shark Trust. Robert has authored four
books on herpetology, and was co-founder of Young Forest Company.
Geoffrey N.
Swinney is Curator of Fishes,
Amphibians, and Reptiles at the National Museums of Scotland,
Edinburgh. He is also a board member of the British Shark Trust. He
holds a B.Sc. in Fish Biology. Geoff is
primarily interested in fish taxonomy and the educational
presentation of fishes to the public. Among his accomplishments was
to be scientific director of the construction of the gallery of
fishes at the National Museum of Scotland’s Natural History Museum
in Edinburgh.
Teri Sprackland
is a professional business journalist who has worked in high-tech
publishing since 1986. She is co-founder and President of Young
Forest Company, and operates a high-tech public relations business.
She holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas’
William Allen White School of Journalism. Her career has given her
the opportunity to write or edit a wide variety of technical
publications, including an agricultural wire service, energy,
insurance, and semiconductor publications, and doctoral theses
ranging from biology to British colonial history.
Daniel J.
Diessner has been a lead engineer
of enabling technologies at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, and is
Chief Engineer for Young Forest Company. Dan holds a B.S. in
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, a B.S. in
Engineering Physics (both from the University of Colorado, Boulder),
and an M.S. in Physics from the University of Washington, Seattle.
