Joel Crothers

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

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

• 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)

Title: Museum & Field Studies Graduate Student

• 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

• 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)