Description: The National Museum of Natural History’s Forensic Ornithologist, Carla Dove, examines the remains of birds that struck airplanes in order to minimize future, sometimes fatal, bird-strike accidents. #Groundbreaker
Description: Conservator Carolyn Rose (left) was head of the National Museum of Natural History's Anthropology Conservation Laboratory, was thesis advisor for over 30 students, and received the 1992 Rutherford John Gettens Merit Award for outstanding contributions to the American Institute for Conservation.
Description: Biologist Devra Kleiman was well-known for her research on panda and golden lion tamarin behavior and reproduction, and for almost 30 years, she coordinated the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program which successfully reintroduced the first GLTs into the wild. #Groundbreaker
Description: Donna Strahan, Head of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research at the Freer Sackler, has written numerous articles on topics ranging from technical studies on Chinese Buddhist sculpture and Thai bronzes to best practices for the field. #Groundbreaker
Description: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Janine Brown is head of the world's largest wildlife Reproductive Endocrinology Lab, and is dedicated to improving the welfare and breeding management of endangered species. #Groundbreaker
Description: Forensic Anthropologist, Kari Bruwelheide solves cold cases—some as old as 10,000 years! She and her colleagues develop new ways to interpret evidence from bones and burials and are currently solving mysteries from the days of the earliest English settlements in America. #Groundbreaker
Description: Conservator Lisa Young, National Air and Space Museum, has developed new procedures to slow down the deterioration of the museum’s spacesuits which contain several different materials, some of which are not visible to the naked eye! #Groundbreaker
Description: Martha Goodway, Metallurgist Emeritus of the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute, was a pioneer in the field of Archaeometallurgy, the study of the traditional technologies of mining, smelting, refining, and forming of metals and their by-products. #Groundbreaker
Description: Nora Lockshin, Senior Conservator at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, consults on preservation goals with archivists & collection managers throughout the Smithsonian and researches modern materials found in archives including plastics. #Groundbreaker
Description: Geologist Sharon Purdy, Center for Earch and Planetary Sciences at the National Air and Space Museum, investigates the geology and geomorphology of landforms on Mars that were formed and (or) modified by surface water. #Groundbreaker
Description: The first African American female elevator operator and museum technician at the National Museum of Natural History, Sophie Lutterlough, tirelessly worked to restore and classify thousands of myriapoda and tick specimen. #Groundbreaker
Description: Calista Jacobs and her son return to solve the murder of a children's book author Norman Petrakis, with the help of Smithsonian archeologist Archie Baldwin.