| John Alroy | Paleobiology, Mammals | | 1997 | 1998 | Scott Wing (post-doc) |
| Nadege Aoki | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (grad student) |
| Jonathan W. Armbruster | Evolution and Development Biology, Genetics, Ecology Biology | | 1997 | 1998 | Richard P Vari (post-doc) |
| Jamie Baldwin Fergus | Animal Physiology Biology, Behavioral Sciences Psychology, Evolution and Development Biology | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (post-doc) |
| Ricardo Betancur-R. | Zoology Biology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography Biology | | 2013 | 2014 | Richard P Vari (post-doc) |
| Seán G. Brady | | | | | |
| Benjamin T Breeden | Vertebrate paleontology, geochemistry, stratigraphy | | 2010 | 2011 | Matthew Thomas Carrano (research assistant) |
| Gabriela P. Camacho | Myrmecology, Taxonomy, Systematics, Community Ecology | Entomology | 2016 | 2017 | Ted R. Schultz (grad student) |
| Matthew Thomas Carrano | vertebrate paleontology | | | | |
| Meng Chen | Vertebrate paleontology, evolution, ecomorphology | Paleobiology | 2015 | 2017 | Matthew Thomas Carrano (post-doc) |
| Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia | Zoology, Herpetology, Ornithology, Natural History, Biogeography, Conservation | Herpetology | 2002 | | Roy W. McDiarmid (grad student) |
| Doris Mable Cochran | Herpetology, taxonomy | Division of Reptiles and Amphibians | 1919 | 1943 | Leonhard Hess Stejneger (research assistant) |
| Selina R Cole | paleontology, macroevolution, phylogenetics, crinoids | Paleobiology | | | Gene Hunt (post-doc) |
| David DeMar | Vertebrate paleontology, extinction and recovery | Paleobiology | 2017 | 2019 | Matthew Thomas Carrano (post-doc) |
| Hester L Dingle | Collections, Ants, Social Insects | | | | |
| Robert David Edwards | Phylogenetics, systematics, biogeography, macroecology | National Herbarium | 2016 | | Vicki Funk (post-doc) |
| Oliver S. Flint | Neuropteroidea with emphasis on Trichoptera (caddisflies) and Odonata (dragonflies). | | | | |
| Vicki Funk | | | | | |
| Stephen David Gaimari | Systematics, Taxonomy, Diptera | Entomology | 1999 | 2000 | Wayne N. Mathis (post-doc) |
| Brett Gonzalez | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (post-doc) |
| Morgan Gostel | | National Herbarium | 2015 | 2018 | Vicki Funk (post-doc) |
| Jason J. Head | Vertebrate paleonotology, evolution, herpetology | Paleobiology | | | Anna K. Behrensmeyer (grad student) |
| Nicholas Hotton | Permo-Triassic fauna | | | | |
| Advait Mahesh Jukar | Vertebrate Paleontology, Macroecology, Mammalogy, Herpetology, Evolution | Paleobiology | 2018 | 2020 | Matthew Thomas Carrano (post-doc) |
| Rhiannon J. LaVine | Paleontology, evolutionary biology | | 2011 | 2011 | Peter J. Wagner (research assistant) |
| Justin L. Lee | herpetology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy, ecology | Department of Vertebrate Zoology Department of Vertebrate Zoology | 2015 | | Roy W. McDiarmid (research scientist), Aryeh H. Miller (collaborator) |
| Chan Lin | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (post-doc) |
| Daniel Natanael Lumbantobing | | | | 2013 | Lynne Rosemary Parenti (grad student) |
| Wayne N. Mathis | | | | | |
| Roy W. McDiarmid | | | | | |
| Amy Lynn Downing Meisner | | | | 1998 | Lynne Rosemary Parenti (grad student) |
| Elizabeth A. Murray | Systematics | Entomology | 2018 | | Seán G. Brady (post-doc) |
| Kyle O'Connell | | Vertebrate Zoology | | | Rayna C. Bell (post-doc) |
| Jeanine Louise Olsen | phylogeography, phylogeny, invasive species | | | | |
| Karen J. Osborn | Pelagic Invertebrate Evolution | | | | |
| John D. Oswald | insect systematics, insect collections | Entomology | 1991 | 1995 | Oliver S. Flint (post-doc) |
| Lynne Rosemary Parenti | Ichthyology, systematics | | | | |
| Carla Piantoni | | | 2004 | 2010 | Klaus Ruetzler (research assistant) |
| Steve Poe | Herpetology, systematics | Vertebrate Zoology | 1997 | 1998 | Kevin de Queiroz (grad student) |
| Ivan Prates | Evolutionary Biology, Biogeography, Population Genomics, Herpetology | Vertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology | 2018 | | Kevin de Queiroz (post-doc), Rayna C. Bell (post-doc) |
| Adam Carl Pritchard | vertebrate anatomy, paleontology | | | | |
| Devin Reese | | | | | |
| Klaus Ruetzler | | | | | |
| Sarah Schnurr | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (grad student) |
| Floyd W. Shockley | Coleoptera, Systematics, Natural History, Collections Management | | | | |
| Scott E. Solomon | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | | 2007 | 2009 | Ted R. Schultz (post-doc) |
| Robert G. Sprackland | Herpetology, systematics, physiology | | | | |
| Leonhard Hess Stejneger | herpetology, ornithology, taxonomy | | 1881 | | Spencer Fullerton Baird (research assistant) |
| Vanessa Stenvers | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (grad student) |
| Hans-Dieter Sues | Vertebrate paleontology, anatomy, evolutionary biology | | | | |
| Milton Tan | | | | | |
| Sarit Truskey | | Invertebrate Zoology | | | Karen J. Osborn (grad student) |
| Richard P Vari | | | | | |
| Dominic White | | Paleobiology | 2016 | 2019 | Matthew Thomas Carrano (research assistant) |
| David F. Wright | Macroevolution, Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Echinoderm paleobiology, Crinoidea | Paleobiology | 2017 | 2018 | Gene Hunt (post-doc), Peter J. Wagner (post-doc) |
| John Julius Wurdack | | | | | |