Conference Presentations

Professional presentations

28. Walker, L. J., Krimmel, E. R., Vendetti, J. E., & Hendy, A. J. W. (2018). Leveraging Collective Experience to Digitize the Fossil Insects of Los Angeles. Joint meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and TDWG, Dunedin, New Zealand. [anticipated 08/2018]

27. Hendy, A. J. W., Walker, L. J., Krimmel, E. R., & Sessa, J. A. (2018). Bringing Back the Buzzing of the Bees: Enhancing the Discovery of the Fossil Insect Collections with the ePANDDA API. Joint meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and TDWG, Dunedin, New Zealand. [anticipated 08/2018]

26. Walker, L., Hendy, A., Krimmel, E., & Vendetti, J. (2018). Digitizing the Fossil Insects of Los Angeles for an International Research Community. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France. [anticipated 07/2018]

25. Walker, L., Hendy, A., Krimmel, E., & Vendetti, J. (2018). Catalyzing New Research on the Cretaceous Seas of California. 5th International Palaeontological Congress, Paris, France. [anticipated 07/2018]

24. Hendy, A. (2018). Clams in the City and Snails Lost at Sea: A Fitness-For-Use Assessment of Aggregated Marine Biodiversity Data. Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.

23. Walker, L., Hendy, A., Krimmel, E., & Vendetti, J. (2018). Revitalizing the Cretaceous Seas of California through Comprehensive Collections Digitization. Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.

22. Estes-Smargiassi, K., Hendy, A., Krimmel, E., Walker, L, & Vendetti, J. (2018). The Importance of Taxonomic Quality Control in Paleontological Digitization: Strategies for Increasing Fitness for Use and Trust in Aggregated Data. Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, Berkeley, CA.

21. Aziz, J., Hendy, A. J. W., & Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2017). Biodiversity and paleoecology of Plio-Pleistocene marine molluscs, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [Abstract]

20. Buczek, A. J., Hendy, A. J. W., Hopkins, M., & Sessa, J. (2017). Variable bivalve shell microstructure preservation in the Cebada and Graciosa Members of the Careaga Sandstone (Pliocene, Santa Maria, VA) highlights need to SEM all specimens prior to isotopic analysis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 [Abstract]

19. Estes-Smargiassi, K. E., Hendy, A. J. W., Villalobos, M., Ellwood, E., Lindsey, E., & Novie, A. (2017). Project paleo: Citizen curation at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 [Abstract]

18. Hendy, A. J. W. (2017). High-resolution paleoenvironmental analysis of a Plio-Pleistocene marine succession in California. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 [Abstract]

17. Hendy, A. J. W., Estes-Smargiassi, K., Walker, L. J., & Hamdan, K. (2017). Partnerships in paleontology: Bringing students and teachers into the collection to experience authentic science and develop education outcomes. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 [Abstract]

16. Hendy, A. J. W., Estes-Smargiassi, K., Vendetti, J. & Walker, L. J. (2017). Reimagining invertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Embracing the future while curating the past.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [Abstract]

15. Lopez, L., Villanueva, D., Van Natta, D., Gonzalez, C., Diaz, A., Hendy, A. J. W., Estes-Smargiassi, K., & Walker, L. J. (2017). Cretaceous in the classroom: A partnership between the museum scientists and pre-service teachers.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [Abstract]

14. Marshall, C. R., et al. (2017). Digitization of millions of marine invertebrate fossils through the Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network (TCN). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6. [Abstract]

13. Walker, L. J., & Hendy, A. J. W. (2017). Cretaceous seas of California: Old fossils, new tricks. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6 [Abstract]

12. Estes-Smargiassi, K., Hendy, A., & Walker, L. J. (2017). Innovative inventory: Shedding light on dark data and creating new collection tools. 32nd Annual Meeting of The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Denver, CO. [Program]

11. Walker, L. J., Hendy, A. J. W., & Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2017). Curating the Cretaceous seas of California at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 32nd Annual Meeting of The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Denver, CO. [Program]

10. Aziz, J., Hendy, A. J. W. and Estes-Smargiassi, K. Biodiversity and paleoecology of Plio-Pleistocene marine molluscs, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

9. Clites, E.C., Pearson, L.K., Hendy, A., & Marshall, C.R.. (2017). Eastern Pacific invertebrate communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC): Digitizing millions of fossil mollusks. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

8. Estes-Smargiassi, K. and Hendy, A.J.W. (2017). The great scaphopod hunt: Finding forgotten fossils. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

7. Hendy, A. J. W. and Fait, C. (2017).High-resolution paleoenvironmental analysis of a Plio-Pleistocene marine succession, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

6. Huh, M., Laguna, R., and Hendy, A. J. W. (2017). Seashells by the Salton Sea: Marine molluscs of the Middle Pleistocene Brawley Formation, Riverside County, California. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

5. Walker, L. J, Hendy, A. J. W., & Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2017). Digitizing the Cretaceous clams, snails, and cephalopods of California. 50th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA.

4. Walker, L. J., Hendy, A. J. W., Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2017). Catalyzing collections digitization and research using comprehensive specimen inventories. iDigBio workshop: Digital Data in Paleontological Research, Berkeley, CA.

3. Estes-Smargiassi, K., Hendy, A. J. W., & Vendetti, J. (2016). Increasing diversity and creating a sustainable workflow: Digitization at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7  [Abstract]

2. Rodriguez, M. & Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2016). Women of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Generations of female paleontologists and their contributions. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7 . [Abstract]

1. Vendetti, J., Hendy, A. J. W., & Estes-Smargiassi, K. (2016). Digitization of fossil mollusks at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Introducing EPICC. 49th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists & the 82nd American Malacological Society Annual Meeting, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. [Abstract]