Lisa L. Herzog

 Vertebrate Paleontology, Preparator & Collections Assistant, The Field Museum 1996-2011
Freelance Fossil Preparator 2006-2013

• University of Washington: Burke Museum of Natural History; Seattle, WA
• Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
• American Museum of Natural History;
 New York, NY
• University of Chicago; Chicago, IL
• Olivet Nazarene University; Bourbonnais, IL
• Burpee Museum of Natural History; Rockford, IL
• Indiana State Museum; Indianapolis, IN

2019 AC21 Special Project Fund: Advancing Paleontological Research and Specimen Conservation in

Southeast Asia ($10,000 to PI: LE Zanno; w/Co-PIs R Tucker, T Gates, E Hyland, R King, L Herzog)

2016 –  2019 National Science Foundation, Collections in Support of Biological Research: Natural History Collections (CSBR, award #1560871): Critical Conservation of Paleontological Collections at the NCSM: A Platform to Engage Underserved Students in Citizen Science. ($495,280 to PI LE Zanno; w/Co-PIs L Herzog, P Weaver, V Schneider)

2014 North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Research & Collection Project Award: Crystal Geyser Quarry Excavation, Utah: ($2,379 to PIs LL Herzog, LE Zanno) 

20. Beguesse K, Canoville A, Herzog L, Zanno LE. 2019. Bone Pathologies In The Early Cretaceous Therizinosaurian Falcarius Utahensis. J Vert Paleontol Progr Abstr, 2019, 60. 

19. Herzog L, Makovicky PJ, Zanno LE. 2019. Comparative Osteology Of Entoplastra Reveals Their Diagnostic Utility For Differentiating North American Helochelydrid Species J Vert Paleontol Progr Abstr, 2019, 117.

18. Herzog , L.  2019. Understanding the Mechanisms of Pyrite Decay. Making the Case for Natural History Collections: Program & Abstracts of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.

17. Herzog, L. 2018. Pyrite Decay Mitigation. Abstracts of the 11thAssociation for Materials and Methods in Paleontology Annual Meeting.Platform presentation

16. Button K, Cross L, Rende K, Weaver PG, Van Veldhuizen JA, Herzog LL, Zanno.  2017. Turning Teens Into FossilPhiles: Citizen Science and Advanced Visualization of Paleontological Collections. Geol Soc Am Abstr Programs 2017, 142

15. Van Veldhuizen JA, Weaver PG, Zanno LE, Herzog LL. 2017.  Developing a Workflow for Transferring and Rehousing Specimens During a Cabinetry Upgrade: A Case Study from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology Annual Meeting, 10 th  , Austin, TX p53

14. Herzog, L. Zanno, L.E., and Mackoviky, P. J. 2015. New Records of Solemydid Turtles in North America: specimens from the upper cretaceous Mussentuchit member of the Cedar Mountain Formation. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts of Papers 75th Annual Meeting, November 2015.(Accepted for poster presentation)

13. Herzog, L. L., Zanno, L.E. 2015. Histological and Computed Tomographic (CT) Analysis of Paleopthological Limb Bones. NC State University 10thAnnual Graduate Student Research Symposium Abstracts, p.65: and poster presentation.

12. Zanno LE, Arbour VM, Gates TA, Makovicky PJ, Loewen MA, Button K, Moyer AE, Bridges T, Herzog LL . 2015. Body mass transformations in the mid-Cretaceous of North America: how eustasy, range restrictions, and clade sorting shaped the evolution of dinosaur size. J Vert Paleontol Progr Abstr, 2015, 244

11. Herzog, L. L., Zanno, L.E., and Kirkland J. I. 2014. Histological Analysis of an Enigmatic Microstructural Paleopathology on Limb Bones of the Theropod Dinosaur Falcarius utahensis. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts of Papers 74th Annual Meeting, November 2014. 

10. Zanno, L., Kirkland, J., and Herzog L. L. 2014. Second Therizinosaurian Mass Death Locality in the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation Yields a New Taxon. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts of Papers 74th Annual Meeting, November 2014.

9. Herzog, L., Zanno, L. E., and Mackoviky, P. J. 2014. New Solemydidturtle specimens from the upper cretaceous Musssentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation. Proceedings of the Mid-Mesozoic: The Age of Dinosaurs in Transition Conference. Kirkland, J., Foster, J., Hunt-Foster, R., Liggett, G. A. and Trujillo, K. eds. 

8. Zanno, L.E., Kirkland, J. I., and Herzog, L.2014. Second Mass-Death Locality of a Basal Therizinosaur From the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, East Central Utah: a probable new taxon. Proceedings of the Mid-Mesozoic: The Age of Dinosaurs in Transition Conference. Kirkland, J., Foster, J., Hunt-Foster, R., Liggett, G. A. and Trujillo, K. eds.

7. Herzog, L. 2014. Solutions for small delicate specimens: print your own form fitted specimen cradle. Abstracts of the 7th Annual Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium, Utah Museum of Natural History.

6. Herzog, L. and A. Shinya. 2009. Effective Micropreparation Workstation Setup. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(Supplement to No.3):114A

5. Bergwall, L. 2008. Fossil Preparation Test: an indication of manual skills. First Annual Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium, Abstracts of papers1:5

4. Shinya, A. and L. Bergwall. 2007. Pyrite oxidation: Review and prevention practices. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(Supplement to No.3):145A

3. Bergwall, L. and A. Shinya. 2005. Traveling with Elmer. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(Supplement to No.3):36A

2. Shinya, A., Bergwall, L. and C. VanBeek. 2005. BSV scaling: A simple viscosity scale for adhesives and consolidants and its applications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(Supplement to No.3):115A

1. Bergwall, L. 2001. Preparing for acid preparation by embedding in resin: Solving the problem of silvering. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology21(Supplement to No.3)