Mary Schweitzer
MS
Professor Emeritus
Research Curator, Paleontology
Department of Biological Sciences
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
schweitzer@ncsu.edu WebsiteEducation
B.S. Communicative Disorders Utah State University 1977
Ph.D. Biology Montana State University 1995
Publications
- Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometry , The Catalogue of Life (2026)
- Resonance Raman confirms partial haemoglobin preservation in dinosaur remains , Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences (2025)
- Taphonomic variation in vascular remains from Mesozoic non-avian dinosaurs , Scientific Reports (2025)
- Porphyrin-Based Molecules in the Fossil Record Shed Light on the Evolution of Life , Minerals (2024)
- A STATISTICAL META-ANALYSIS OF LITHOLOGIC AND OTHER POTENTIAL CONTROLS ON FOSSIL BONE CELLULAR AND SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION , Palaios (2023)
- Independent Evidence for the Preservation of Endogenous Bone Biochemistry in a Specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex , Biology (2023)
- Paleontology in the 21st Century , Biology (2023)
- An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes , Scientific Reports (2022)
- Environmental Factors Affecting Feather Taphonomy , Biology (2022)
- Soft-Tissue, Rare Earth Element, and Molecular Analyses of Dreadnoughtus schrani, an Exceptionally Complete Titanosaur from Argentina , Biology (2022)