Grant Museum Curator
UCL Culture
Expertise: Zoology, Palaeontology, Museum Studies, Heritage
I have worked in the museum and heritage sector, particularly with natural history collections, for over 20 years. My research interests include history of science, historic collecting, and zoology models.

More about Tannis:
I am the curator of the Grant Museum of Zoology at UCL and responsible for the care and use of the museum’s 68,000 specimens.
Questions answered by Tannis:

If a small group of lemurs went from Africa to Madagscar what happened to the rest left behind?

How do the spines form on a Spiny Oyster shell?

What is your favourite object in the Grant Museum collection?