Glenn Storrs is Assistant Vice President for Natural History & Science and the Withrow Farny Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at Cincinnati Museum Center. He serves also as Adjunct Professor of Geology at the University of Cincinnati.  Dr. Storrs joined Cincinnati Museum Center in 1995 and administers the education, research and collection management efforts and staff of its Museum of Natural History & Science. These include programs at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, the nearby Geier Collections and Research Center, The Richard and Lucile Durrell Edge of Appalachia Preserve System in Adams County, Ohio and the Museum's Dinosaur Field School in Red Lodge, Montana. In his curatorial role, he oversees the Museum's fossil vertebrate research program and collections and is an international authority on the anatomy and evolution of fossil reptiles, particularly marine forms such as Sauropterygia.


Dr. Storrs was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York and educated at Syracuse University (B.S., 1979), The University of Texas at Austin (M.A., 1981) and Yale University (M.Phil., 1983; Ph.D., 1986). Before coming to Cincinnati, he was a Research Associate (later Visiting Senior Research Fellow) in the Department of Geology at the University of Bristol, England. He has led or joined numerous paleontological expeditions across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Ongoing projects close to home include work at significant localities in Ohio and Kentucky.


Dr. Storrs is the author of many scientific papers, book chapters and popular articles on fossil vertebrates, as well as two books for children. He is an active member of The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, The Paleontological Society, The Geological Curators Group, The Systematics Association, and The Yellowstone - Bighorn Research Association. Dr. Storrs was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1993 and serves on numerous professional committees. He is a 2005 graduate of the Getty Foundation’s Museum Leadership Institute.



 

About the curator

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Glenn W. Storrs, Ph.D.


B.S. Geology & Biology 1979

Syracuse University


M.A. Geological Sciences 1981

University of Texas at Austin


Ph.D. Geology & Geophysics 1986

Yale University


Geology Research Associate 1991-1995

University of Bristol


Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology 1995-1998

Cincinnati Museum Center


Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology 1998-2001

Cincinnati Museum Center


Withrow-Farny Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology 2001-Present

Cincinnati Museum Center


Director of Science Research 2001-2004

Cincinnati Museum Center


Assistant Vice President for Natural History & Science 2004-Present

Cincinnati Museum Center


Adjunct Professor of Geology

1995-Present

University of Cincinnati


Contact information

Cincinnati Museum Center

1301 Western Avenue

Cincinnati, OH

45203-1130 USA

Email: gstorrs@cincymuseum.org

Tel: +01-513-455-7141

Fax: +01-513-287-7095

Toll free: 1-800-733-2077 x 7141


List of Publications