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Alec Quinn

Alec Quinn is a current Museum Studies Graduate Student at George Washington University with an Undergraduate degree in Paleontology from Appalachian State University. She currently volunteers in FossiLab as a prepator and scientific drawer. She also volunteers with the Sundance Fossil Insect Collection at the Smithsonian. Outside of museum and paleontology work she is a stand up comedian in DC. 

Stories from this author

A man in a grey short sits in a lab setting, in front of a microscope and a computer screen.

Meet the National Museum of Natural History Volunteer Preserving Prehistory One Microfossil at a Time

Carlos Savignano is part of a dedicated group of FossiLab volunteers preparing Smithsonian fossils for display and future research