Graduate Profile: Matt Lamanna ’97
Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Considered to be a pivotal contributor to the understanding of how dinosaurs and their environments evolved through time, Matt Lamanna ’97 has travelled to all seven continents on paleontological expeditions. In Egypt, he was on the team that discovered one of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived — a discovery that is hailed as one of the most significant paleontological finds in recent history. Lamanna also travelled to China as part of the team that found a new species of ancient waterbird, one of the oldest members of a group that eventually led to the evolution of today’s birds.