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Joel Crothers

Joel Crothers

Boulder,CO

Summary

I am an MS student at CU Boulder, where I study Mesozoic Non-mammalian Microvertebrates and work on the exhibits team in illustration and fabrication. As a scientific artistic, I specialize in pen & ink, digital art, and 3D reconstructions. My works focus on paleontology, geology, stratigraphy, and earth systems.

https://www.artstation.com/ammonitedreams

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Assistant

University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder
08.2023
  • Georeferencing for a BLM-funded collections evaluation project, Exhibition Design, Scientific Illustration, Graphic Design.

Digital Technology Lab Intern for School Credit

Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver, CO
05.2024 - 07.2024
  • CT Segmentation on fossil and zoological specimens (focus on Corral Bluffs Paleocene specimens), surface scanning, 3D-printing

Museum Educator

Dickinson Museum Center & Badlands Dinosaur Museum
Dickinson, ND
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Museum Tour Guide, Outreach Project Designer, Public Engagement, Exhibit Builder/Designer.

Museum Intern

McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
03.2021 - 12.2022
  • Exhibition work, 3D Printing, Sculpture, Public Education & Outreach, Illustration, Graphic Design

Museum Educator

Appalachian Fossil Museum/McCoy Mineral Inc.
Blowing Rock, NC
08.2015 - 11.2021
  • Museum Tour Guide, Public Engagement, Exhibit Builder/Designer, Exhibition Label Design, Fossil/Mineral Specimen Care, Retail, Exhibit Maintenance.

Education

Master's of Science - Museum & Field Studies - Public/Administration Track (Paleontology Cognate)

University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO
05-2024

Bachelor's of Art - Art & Visual Culture

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
12.2022

Skills

  • 3D Printing/Modeling (Creality, Formlabs)
  • Pen & Ink Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
  • Molding & Casting (Smooth On Inc Products)
  • Savage Interactive Procreate
  • ArcGIS
  • Blender
  • Dragonfly
  • Revopoint Scanners
  • Metascan

Details

Boulder, CO, United States, 8284069093, jocr4294@colorado.edu

Presentations/Posters

  • 12th North American Paleontological Conference, Van Veldhuizen, J, Crothers, J, Leventhal, S, Eberle, J J,Tracking Online Reporting (Raptor) Paleontological Localities Database. Poster Presentation (June 2024)
  • Crothers, J & Pugh, I, Association of Materials & Methods in Paleontology: Annual Meeting, Ancient Écorché: 3D Printing As An Inexpensive Tool For Musculoskeletal Anatomical Reference In The Classroom. Live Presentation (May 2024)
  • Crothers, J, Heckert, A B, Toran, M, Rose, L, Association of Materials & Methods in Paleontology: Annual Meeting, What No Eye Has Seen: Digitization, 3D Printing, and Customization as an Inexpensive Means of Reconstructing Fossil Specimens for Exhibitions and Outreach. Live Presentation (April 2023)
  • Crothers, J, Asheville Art Museum Interdisciplinary Symposium, The Importance of Collections in Local Museums. Presentation (Undergraduate Speaker) (October 2020)
  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Crothers, J, Pugh J, Rose, l, Heckert, A B, Toran, M, Printing, Painting, And Presenting Lost Worlds: Art And 3d Printing As An Inexpensive Tool For Increasing The Accessibility Of Vertebrate Fossils In Exhibitions And Classrooms. Poster (November 2022)
  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, L.J. Rose, J.P. Crothers, A.B. Heckert, S.J. Nesbitt, M. Stocker, B. Lauer, R. Lauer Osteichthyans And Chondrichthyans Of The Upper Triassic Homestead Site Of East-central New Mexico, U.S.A, Along With A Comparison Of Lungfish (Sarcopterygii:dipnoi) Tooth Plates From Other Triassic Localities Across The American Southwest. Live Presentation (November 2022)
  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Wurtz, A, Crothers, J, Dunn, R, Heckert A B, Foster J R, Hunt-Foster, R H, Eberle, J J, Rebecca's Hollow: A Freshwater Microvertebrate Assemblage From The Upper Cretaceous (Edmontonian) Williams Fork Formation, Northwestern Colorado, USA. Poster (October 2023)
  • 14th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, Heckert, A, J. Crothers, J, Rose, L, Nesbitt, S, Pugh, I, Stocker, M, Barrett, P, Wills, S, Ward, D, Lauer, B, Lauer, R., An Exceptionally Rich Upper Triassic Microvertebrate Site From The ?Early Revueltian (Mid-norian) Garita Creek Formation Of East-central New Mexico, USA. Poster (June 2023)
  • Geological Society of America Joint North-Central & Southeastern Section Meeting, Pugh, I, Crothers J, Heckert, A B,3D Modeling And Printing As A Resource In Paleontological Outreach. Lightning Talk (March 2022)

Personal Information

Title: Museum & Field Studies Graduate Student

Awards

  • Russ McCarty Student Travel Grant, 05/01/24, Association of Materials & Methods in Paleontology
  • Museum Student Research Award, 05/01/24, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
  • GES Outreach Award, 05/01/22, Appalachian State University Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences
  • Undergraduate Research Assistantship, 08/01/22, 12/31/22, Appalachian State University
  • Office of Student Research Travel Grant, 10/01/22, Appalachian State University
  • Peggy Polson Art Scholarship, 08/01/20, Appalachian State University

Accomplishments

  • 2024, Graduate School Travel Grant (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  • 2024, Russ McCarty Student Travel Grant (Association of Materials & Methods in Paleontology)
  • 2024, Museum Student Research Award (University of Colorado, Boulder)
  • 2022, GES Outreach Award (Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences)
  • 2022, Undergraduate Research Assistantship (Appalachian State University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences)
  • 2022, Office of Student Research Travel Grant (Appalachian State University)
  • 2020, Peggy Polson Art Scholarship (Appalachian State University)

Timeline

Digital Technology Lab Intern for School Credit

Denver Museum of Nature & Science
05.2024 - 07.2024

Graduate Assistant

University of Colorado, Boulder
08.2023

Museum Educator

Dickinson Museum Center & Badlands Dinosaur Museum
05.2022 - 08.2022

Museum Intern

McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, Appalachian State University
03.2021 - 12.2022

Museum Educator

Appalachian Fossil Museum/McCoy Mineral Inc.
08.2015 - 11.2021

Master's of Science - Museum & Field Studies - Public/Administration Track (Paleontology Cognate)

University of Colorado, Boulder

Bachelor's of Art - Art & Visual Culture

Appalachian State University
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