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Elizabeth Dunn and Ann Molineux
For her undergraduate honors thesis on coral reefs, Liz Dunn worked with Ann Molineux, collections manager for the university's Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab, which holds four million specimens representing most time periods on Earth.
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Related Units at UT Austin

These UT Austin institutes and units have strong affiliations to the Jackson School. The university also has nationally ranked graduate programs in a number of the disciplines integral and related to the geosciences, such as biology, chemistry & biochemistry, computer sciences, physics, ecology/evolutionary behavior (within integrative biology), mathematics, and petroleum & geosystems engineering.

Center for Space Research
Covers space geodesy, Earth and its environment, and the solar system, while expanding scientific applications of space systems data.
Environmental Science Institute
Unites faculty and students in the life, Earth, physical and social sciences to form a focused, interdisciplinary program of environmental research.
Marine Science Institute
Emphasizes basic and applied research to understand the biological, chemical, and physical processes governing the coastal zone ecosystem.
Texas Natural Science Center
Comprises the Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collections, Vertebrate and Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratories.
Non-Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory
Houses four million specimens representative of most time periods, with a geographic focus on Texas and the United States.
Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory
One of the seven largest fossil vertebrate holdings in North America, with unique scientific collections from the American Southwest.
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