Join Phil Hardberger Park as we welcome Thomas L. Adams, Ph.D., Chief Curator and Vice President of Research, Witte Museum.

Dr. Adams is a vertebrate paleontologist whose research is focused on Cretaceous ecosystems and faunal diversity within Texas and its implications on Early to Late Cretaceous transitions. As well as research on crocodyliform evolution and biodiversity, and dinosaur paleoichnology. He has conducted paleontological research in Alaska, Texas, Wyoming, and Mongolia and have been involved with additional expeditions in Colorado, Utah, and Southern China.

Dr. Adams earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.