Randy Singer
Randy is an Assistant Research Scientist and Collection Manager for the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the Ann Arbor Campus. His research focuses on ecology and the natural history of deep-sea fishes. Randy also uses chemistry to help to develop new ways for preserving and caring for natural history specimens in museums. In his area of research he has discovered new species, mapped where species live and what environments they prefer and has added to what we know about our planet's largest ecosystem - the deep sea! Randy also has the pleasure of overseeing the fish division of one of the world's largest natural history museums. These museums house millions of specimens collected over hundreds of years by other scientists and are used in research and education by thousands of people all over the world. Randy grew up in the United States in the state of Florida and received his B.S. in Ecology from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia and his Masters and Ph.D. from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.