Luis M. Chiappe

Luis M. Chiappe (born 1962) is an Argentine paleontologist born in Bueno Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997. He is currently the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Director of the Dinosaur Institute. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York after immigrating from Argentina. He is world-renowned for his research on Mesozoic birds, the curator of an award winning dinosaur exhibit, teacher and mentor, BBC advisor and prolific author of scientific and popular books.

Chiappe is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Alexander Humboldt Foundation, a Chapman Memorial Fund Fellow and a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing.



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