Research Talks
PaleoFest Research
March 4 & 5 2023
A weekend of research sharing
Join us for our 25th year of Burpee Museum’s annual PaleoFest! PaleoFest has become a much-anticipated event in paleontology, bringing researchers, students, and the interested public together to share research paleo news, network, and discuss.
Not Just for Professional Scientists
Students, interested community members, and aspiring scientists are encouraged to join the experts as they share stories, research, and experiences. It is a great opportunity to make connections and become inspired!
Speaker schedule and details coming soon!
2023 SPEAKERS
Dr. Lindsay Zanno
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
“A Hothouse for Cool Critters: how Cretaceous climate change redefined North American dinosaur evolution.”
Dr. Steve Brusatte
MEMBER’S NIGHT SPEAKER
Member’s Night: “My Travels in the Jurassic World” | Weekend Lecture: “The Rise and Reign of Mammals”
Caleb Bohus
“New tetrapod discoveries from the Late Mississippian red beds of Southern Illinois”
Dr. Thomas Holtz
“Jane vs. Pearl: Contrasting the Biology and Ecology of Two Latest Cretaceous Dinosaurs”
Evan Johnson-Ransom
“Biomechanical Performance of the Crania of Tyrannosauroids and Comparative Implications for Theropod Feeding”
Dr. Sara ElShafie
“Climate change effects on reptiles over time, science through stories, and why everyone should learn about fossils
Dr. Megan Whitney
“Microscopic insights into macroevolutionary transitions: how growth rates played a role in the vertebrate conquest of land.”
Talia Lowi-Merri
“Fly before you can soar: Ecomorphology and evolution of flight in the fossil record.”
Dr. Laura Wilson
“Rapid growth in Late Cretaceous sea turtles reveals life history strategies similar to extant leatherbacks.”
Dr. Melissa Pardi
“Geographic variation in the diets of mammoth (Mammuthus) and American mastodon (Mammut americanum)”
Dr. Robert McAfee
“Extinct sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa) from the Pleistocene-Holocene of Hispaniola: Underwater caves, intraspecific variation, new species, and unexpected discoveries”
Lynnea Jackson
“A New Basal Sauropodomorph from the Early Jurassic of Antarctica”
Dr. Joseph Frederickson
“Fossils of a ‘living fossil’: How new discoveries help us better understand sphenodons from the Morrison Formation of the American West.”
Dr. Kelsey Arkle
“Ecological Controls on Spatial Diversity Partitioning of Shallow Marine Mollusks, Grand Cayman”
Dr. Dennis Kolata
“The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event as Revealed in the Platteville Formation of the Upper Midwest USA”
TICKET OPTIONS
PaleoPackage | Public $170 | Member/Student $120
Includes general admission, admission to ALL talks for the whole weekend, and PaleoFest Keynote Dinner
PaleoVIP Package | Public $170 | Member/Student $120
Includes general admission, admission to ALL talks for the whole weekend, PaleoFest Keynote Dinner, and PaleoGear (t-shirt and poster)
Saturday Dinner Keynote Lecture & Reception ONLY | Public $75 | Member/Student $65
Includes admission to Saturday Keynote Dinner
Saturday ONLY PaleoFest Lecture Series | Public $65 | Member/Student $50
Includes admission to Saturday lectures only. Enjoy the speaker lineup!
Sunday ONLY PaleoFest Lecture Series | Public $65 | Member/Student $50
Includes admission to Sunday lectures only. Enjoy the speaker lineup!
2 Day PaleoFest Lecture Series | Public $85 | Member/Student $65
Includes admission to Saturday and Sunday lectures. Save by joining for both days and choose to watch all the talks!