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Dr. Kraig Derstler
Paleontologist
While Jurassic Park (1993) sparked global fascination with dinosaurs, the decades since have brought an explosion of new discoveries, and a modern-day gold rush in fossil hunting around the world. This talk will explore:
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Dinosaur anatomy, ecology, and extinction
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Breakthrough technologies like MRI
imaging and 3D printing
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The growing global industry behind fossil discovery
About This Event
About the Speaker
Paleontologist Dr. Kraig Derstler is a vertebrate fossil expert and Professor Emeritus at the University of New Orleans. Recently returned from building dinosaurs at a new natural history museum in Abu Dhabi, he is now helping construct a triceratops skeleton in Santa Paula for the Ventura County Science Center. With decades of fieldwork in Wyoming and research spanning dinosaurs to ancient marine life, he brings deep scientific insight and engaging, real world discovery to public audiences.