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Robert DePalma

 



Boca Raton native and geology major at Florida Atlantic University, Robert has been all over the world searching for and collecting the remains of dinosaurs that once roamed the earth. He began his work with dinosaurs in 1995 when he was associated with the museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville and continued his to develop his knowledge through study at the Denver Museum of Natural History where John Gurche taught him how to sculpt and reconstruct skeletal creatures. Though he's entering his junior year at FAU, he has worked for several additional universities and museums and led two expeditions to Costa Rica. In Montana, he excavated a duckbilled dinosaur that he is in the process of reassembling and mounting. Most recently, he has concentrated his efforts on leading expeditions to South Dakota's Hell Creek Formation, discovering and excavating an adult Triceratops in 2003 and a juvenile of the same species in 2005. After graduation from FAU, where he is also currently president of the Geology Club and liaison between the museum and faculty; Robert plans to continue doing research including studies of dinosaur embryos and working on a master's degree.

 

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