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Professional Highlights
3/20- present NM Museum of Natural History and Science Albuquerque, NM
FOSSIL LAB MANAGER/CHIEF PREPARATOR
2/01- present Gryphon’s Lair Albuquerque, NM
FOUNDER/ARTIST
3/18- 2/20 Denver Museum of Nature and Science Denver, CO
PALEONTOLOGICAL PREPARATOR
12/17- 3/18
INTERIM CHIEF PREPARATOR/TECHNICAL TRAINER
6/17- 12/17 Makerbot Industries New York, NY
REPAIR TECHNICIAN
7/15- 2/17
PRINT SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
3/17- 6/17 Collage @ The Distrikt Hotel New York, NY
BARTENDER/SERVER
1/15- 7/15 Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville, FL
PANAMA CANAL PROJECT INTERN
8/13- 8/14 Hyogo Board of Education Himeji, Japan
ASSISTANT LANGUAGE TEACHER
11/08- 7/13 American Museum of Natural History New York, NY
SENIOR PREPARATOR
6/08- 9/08 Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument Kanab, UT
GSA GEOCORPS INTERN PALEONTOLOGIST
1/07- 5/08 Stony Brook University – Anatomical Sciences Dept Stony Brook, NY
FOSSIL PREPARATOR
5/06- 10/07 Stony Brook University – Student Activities Dept
A/V TECHNICIAN
Education
2008 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
- Bachelors of Science in Biology (Concentration in Evolution)
Publications
June 2009 The Anatomical Record
Farke, A., Alicea, J. FEMORAL STRENGTH AND POSTURE IN TERRESTRIAL BIRDS AND NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS
Conference Abstracts
October 2013 The Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Alicea, J., Loewen, M. NEW MINOTAURASAURUS MATERIAL FROM THE DJODAKTA FORMATION ESTABLISHES NEW TAXONOMIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC CRITERIA FOR THE TAXON?
October 2007 The Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Alicea, J., Farke, A., et al CAN CROSS SECTIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE FEMUR BE USED TO INFER POSTURE IN NONAVIAN THEROPODS?
Lectures
4/24 Exploring Pathways in Museum Careers Symposium – UNM Art Museum – Albuquerque, NM
- Presenter – That’s one way to do it: One Persons Path to Working in Natural History Collections
5/15 30th Annual SPNHC Conference – Florida Museum of Natural History – Gainesville, FL
- Co-presenter – CT scanning with Next Engine
3/14 Shikama Kougyou High School – Himeji, Japan
- Presenter – Cultural exchange and paleontology presentation for an entire Japanese high school
Patents Awarded
12/16 Patent #US Utility Appl. No. 15/388,384
RAFT TECHNIQUES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING
Other Honors and Awards
07/14 Hyogo Board of Education
HONORARY CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
12/07 Stony Brook University
URECA RESEARCHER OF THE MONTH
Field Experience
Spr 2024 Empedrado Wilderness Torreon, NM
Spr 2023 San Juan Basin Farmington, NM
Spr 2023 Snyder Quarry Abiquiu, NM
Sum 2021 Kinney Brick Quarry Tijeras, NM
Fall 2021 Espanola Espanola, NM
Spr 2018 Corral Bluffs Colorado Springs, CO
Spr 2015 Thomas Farm Gainesville, FL
Spr 2015 Panama Canal Panama City, PAN
Sum 2008 Grand Staircase National Monument Kanab, UT
Professional Service
2022 New Mexico Museum of Natural History
FOSSIL 3D RESIN PRINTS
2018 Darin Croft @ Case Western Reserve University
FREELANCE PREPARATION
2012 Maxilla and Mandible
APATOSAUR SKULL MOLD
Media Collaborations
02/24 Sandia Mountain Natural History Center – Youtube
SECRETS OF THE NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE
11/20 NMMNHS YouTube Channel
THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
10/19 Nova – PBS
10/12 Robin Kawakami – Wall Street Journal
WHAT THEY’RE WEARING AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
8/11 Robyn Williams – Science Radio
8/10 Ralph Gardner Jr.- Wall Street Journal
6/09 AMNH Paleo Portal
FOLLOW THE SPECIMEN – PROTOCERATOPS
Affiliations and Memberships
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Geological Society of America
National Geographic Society
Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology
American Alliance of Museums
Mountain Plains Museums Association
New Mexico Association of Museums
Lambda Sigma Upsilon Fraternity