Elizabeth Jones
Dr. Elizabeth D. Jones is the Project Manager for Cretaceous Creatures in the Zanno Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences at North Carolina State University. She is also a Historian of Science and author of the book Ancient DNA: The Making of a Celebrity Science (Yale University Press, 2022). Her research focuses on the historical, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the scientific process to better understand how science happens and how it impacts society. Throughout her career, she has had first-hand experience working with paleontologists and geneticists in both the field and the lab in the US, UK, and Europe. Jones also has extensive experience working with the public from managing paleontology volunteer programs to teaching summer educational programs. Prior to working on Cretaceous Creatures, Jones was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at NC State University and Project Manager for a NSF grant to create a Data Ethics Toolkit for the Participatory Sciences in partnership with the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences. Her job now is dedicated to building collaborations between paleontologists, educators, students, and sponsors, then bringing together the scientific, technical, educational, and ethical dimensions required to make Cretaceous Creatures a successful public science project.
