About Ashley

Ashley Hall is a dynamic paleontologist, science communicator, naturalist, and science educator.

After attending Indiana University Bloomington where she received her B.A in Anthropology and Animal Behavior, she spent a decade working as a science educator for various educational institutions such as the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the world famous La Brea Tar Pits. Passionate about educating the public about natural history, Ashley is a phenomenal public speaker and has designed and given thousands of Museum tours, programs, and classes for visitors of all ages.

As Assistant Curator at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, Ashley worked with paleontologists Dr. Andrew Farke and Dr. Don Lofgren to excavate, identify, and curate the Museum’s paleontology collection. She has discovered and excavated Troodon nests from the Two Medicine Formation in Montana, Cretaceous dinosaur fossils in the Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah, and Miocene mammal fossils from Barstow, California. Ashley's research has focused on sauropod dinosaur claw function and morphology and bird evolution at the La Brea Tar Pits.

While educating the public through personal interactions is effective, Ashley realized that she could reach broader audiences by sharing science on social media. In recent years, she has given several professional workshops on how to communicate science through social media at professional societies such as the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology. Now, as one of the most popular science communicators on social media, Ashley has spent the most recent years of her career communicating science to the masses on social media, being a mentor and supporter of women in science, and has grown her Twitter following to over 18K.