DinoFest 2017 Speaker: Dr. Luis M. Chiappe
Keynote Lecture — 12 p.m.
"Digging for Dinosaurs"
Listen as keynote speaker Dr. Luis Chiappe explains the challenges of mounting dinosaur expeditions, the importance of museum collections, and why paleontologists continue to conduct fieldwork.
Dr. Luis Chiappe is vice president of research and collections and a curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
A vertebrate paleontologist and the director of the Museum’s Dinosaur Institute, Chiappe has conducted extensive research on the evolution of dinosaurs, from their reproductive behavior to their evolutionary connection with birds.
His research has been published in more than 150 scholarly papers as well as in many popular articles and books. He is the author of Walking on Eggs, Glorified Dinosaurs, and the upcoming Birds of Stone.
Chiappe’s commitment to public communication is reflected in the Museum’s Jane G. Pisano Dinosaur Hall, an award-winning permanent exhibition that he curated about the nature of science and the lives of dinosaurs.
Chiappe is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Humboldt Foundation Awardee, and an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. A native of Argentina, Chiappe lives in Santa Monica, California.