Meet a Scientist: Urban Rivers Team

Come join the Urban Rivers team to learn about their efforts in transforming city rivers into urban sanctuaries. Touch and explore specimens and tools from their ongoing research focusing on mussel reintroduction programs and macroinvertebrate surveys. Discover opportunities to become involved through volunteering and participating in community science research.

Presenters include Sage Rossman, Urban Rivers Community Outreach and Programs Manager; Maya Kelly, Urban Rivers Business Operations Manager.

Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.

During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the Grainger Science Hub. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum’s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there’s a world of science to explore.

Visit the Science Hub on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.