Rayna Bell, PhD, Assistant Curator of Herpetology
Assistant Curator of Herpetology
Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles

I am an organismal evolutionary biologist who integrates genomic techniques with field biology to study diversification in amphibians and reptiles. Prior to joining the Academy’s Herpetology Department, I completed a PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, and I served as Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Erica Ely
Senior Curatorial Assistant, Herpetology
Lauren gopher snake
Senior Collection Manager, Herpetology