Stephen P. Rogers
Collection Manager, Section of Birds
Collection Manager, Amphibians and Reptiles
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213-4080
Email: rogerss@CarnegieMNH.org
Primary Phone: 412-622-3255 - Birds
Alternate: 412-622-3258 - Amphibians & Reptiles

Education/Academic Training:

Bachelor of Science 1976
Slippery Rock State College

Master’s Degree 1981
Zoology (specialize in Physiological Zoology, Mammals)
Michigan State University
Thesis title: "The Effect of Cold Exposure on the Sodium and Water Balance of the Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum."
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. v + 58 pp.

Additional training:
Practiced in the art of taxidermy for 30 years.
Certificate from Northwestern School of Taxidermy.

Research Interests:

• History of Scientific Preparation and Taxidermy
• Preparation Techniques of Vertebrates
• Care and preservation of Natural History Collections

Publications/Abstracts/Presentations:

1986     The museum study skin. Breakthrough, 12:68-69, 71, 73.  

1988     The effects of chemicals used in specimen preparation on the colors of bird plumage. Paper presented at the 106^th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologist’s Union, 15-18 August 1988, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. (Daley, K., S. P. Rogers, and D. S. Wood)  

1989     Effects of initial preparation methods on dermestid cleaning of osteological material. Collection Forum, 5(1): 11-16 (S. L. Williams and S. P. Rogers)  

1989     Annotated Bibliography on Preparation, Taxidermy and Collection Management of Vertebrates with Emphasis on Birds. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 15, 189 pp. (S. P. Rogers, M. A. Schmidt, and T. Gütebier)  

1989     Bird specimen labels: A visual world survey with analysis of data recorded on them. Poster presented at the 107th Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologist's Union, 7-10 August 1989, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.           

1989     Notes from a Workshop on Bird Specimen Preparation. Section of Birds, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 117 pp. (S. P. Rogers and D. S. Wood, compilers).  

1990     We need a library…. Taxidermy Today, 12(1): 74 (reprinted in Canadian Taxidermist).  

1990     Evaluating taxidermy chemicals. Part 1: Their effect on feathers. Taxidermy Today, 12(3): 45-47, 49.  

1990     Evaluating taxidermy chemicals. Part 2: Their effect on feathers. Taxidermy Today, 12(4): 59-65.  

1992     A special offer…. (Concerning use by Pennsylvania taxidermists of the taxidermy library of S. P. Rogers). Pennsylvania Taxidermist Association Newsletter.  

1993     A national library of taxidermy. Outlook (Newsletter of the National Taxidermists Association), Nov-Dec Issue: 22-24.  

1994     A sense of history. Breakthrough No. 35: 108-109, 111.  

1996     Bug-out, the new bug proofing compound. Breakthrough No. 43: 63-65.