Richard Kissel Paleontologist and Science Program Developer The Field Museum Richard Kissel is an experienced paleontologist who has studied extinct amphibians, the ancient relatives of mammals, dinosaurs and other reptiles, and—most recently—ice age mammals. From 2003-2006, Richard served as the primary scientific advisor for Evolving Planet, The Field Museum’s new, 27,000-square-foot exhibition on the history of life on Earth. Now working in the Education Department, Richard is currently responsible for designing, coordinating, and teaching programs on paleontology and other science-based topics. Richard has traveled the world studying ancient animals. From Oklahoma to Germany, he’s excavated animals that lived well before dinosaurs ever walked the earth. Richard has also conducted fieldwork in the Upper Cretaceous rocks of southern Texas, where he excavated fossils of hadrosaurs (duck-billed dinosaurs), ceratopsians (horned dinosaurs), sauropods (long-necked dinosaurs), and Deinosuchus, a fifty-foot-long crocodile. Richard holds a B.Sc. from Bowling Green State University, a M.Sc. from Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, Texas, and he is currently completing his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Ontario. meet the team>>