Ms Louise Tomsett
Senior Curator, Mammals
Division: LS Vertebrates Division
Team: Louise Tomsett, Paulina Jenkins Specialisms: Interests include wildlife conservation & forensics, carnivores & pangolins, field biology, historical collections & expeditions, specimen preparation.
Summary
OVERVIEW: Curation, enhancement and development of NHM Mammal Collection. Enquiries, identifications, specimen preparation (excl. taxidermy), Integrated Pest Management, public events and media.
INTERESTS: wildlife conservation & forensics, promoting use of museum collections in multidisciplinary research, specimen preparation, historical collections, field biology.
Qualifications
- MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh
Degrees
Employment history
- Skills Share Scheme, Royal College of Surgeons, Specimen conservation, UK, 2011 - 2019
Academic
Partnership
Museum Lives
Kingston University
London
2011 - 2014.
Skills Share Scheme
Royal College of Surgeons of England Museums
London
2011 - 2019.
Fieldwork
Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA
2012 - 2012.
Kalimantan Timur (Indonesian Borneo)
2011 - 2011.
Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA
2010 - 2010.
Memberships
Member, Anglo-Indonesian Society, London.
Member, Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA).
Member, Society for Wildlife Forensic Science (SWFS).
Council member, Society for the History of Natural History.
Member, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC).
Member, American Society of Mammalogists (ASM).
Events
Conference Attendance
Invited speaker, Oral presentation, WISRNet’s Women and Science in the Twentieth Century: Using oral history to reveal hidden stories at Kingston University, (Symposium),
Publications
Meloro C, Hunter J, Tomsett L, Portela Miguez R, Prevosti FJ, Brown RP (2017) Evolutionary ecomorphology of the Falkland Islands wolfDusicyon australis. Mammal Review, 47 (2) : 159 - 163. doi: 10.1111/mam.12085
Tomsett L (2016) Scaly mammals: the plight of the pangolin. 56 - 61.
Statham MJ, Murdoch J, Janecka J, Aubry KB, Edwards CJ, Soulsbury CD, Berry O, Wang Z, Harrison D, Pearch M, Tomsett L, Chupasko J, Sacks BN (2014) Range-wide multilocus phylogeography of the red fox reveals ancient continental divergence, minimal genomic exchange and distinct demographic histories. Molecular Ecology, 23 (19) : 4813 - 4830. doi: 10.1111/mec.12898
Tomsett L, Tomsett (null) LinkedIn profile
(2014) History of Zoos and Aquariums: From Royal Gifts to Biodiversity Conservation. McGregor Reid G, Moore G (Eds). The North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) : Chester, UK.
Yamaguchi N, Driscoll CA, Werdelin L, Abramov AV, Csorba G, Cuisin J, Fernholm B, Hiermeier M, Hills D, Hunter L, Itakura H, Johansson US, Kascheev V, Krohmann K, Martin T, Nowak-Kemp M, Pavlinov IY, Renoud F, Tomsett L, Mije SVD, Zholnerovskaya E, Groves C, Kitchener AC, Nijman V, Macdonald DW (2013) Locating Specimens of Extinct Tiger (Panthera tigris) Subspecies: Javan Tiger (P. T. sondaica), Balinese Tiger (P. T. balica), and Caspian Tiger (P. T. virgata), Including Previously Unpublished Specimens. Mammal Study, 38 (3) : 187 - 198. doi: 10.3106/041.038.0307
Reynolds J, Tomsett L, Farrell M (2012) London Museums Group Swop Shop I
Tomsett L, Reynolds J, Farrell M (2012) London Museums Group Swop Shop II
Tomsett L (null) Manis javanica species focus
Tomsett L (null) Cryptoprocta ferox species focus
Contributed Publications
Tomsett L (2016) Scaly mammals: the plight of the pangolin. 56 - 61.
(2014) History of Zoos and Aquariums: From Royal Gifts to Biodiversity Conservation. McGregor Reid G, Moore G (Eds). The North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo) : Chester, UK.
Reynolds J, Tomsett L, Farrell M (2012) London Museums Group Swop Shop I
Tomsett L, Reynolds J, Farrell M (2012) London Museums Group Swop Shop II
Courses taught
Professional training: Endangered specimens, endangered skills : The core principals of fluid preservation - routine maintenance of the specimen
Supervision
Master's Lead supervisor to Ng WS
Co supervisor(s): Cooper N
Convergence in afrotherian and laurasiatherian "insectivores".
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Master's Lead supervisor to Buckingham E
Co supervisor(s): Cooper N
Historical distributions and overexploitation of pangolins.
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Invited and keynote speaker
On the use of X-ray μ-CT for curation and conservation of cultural heritage artefacts, ToScA North America Symposium 2019: University of Florida, 6/3/2019.
Public Engagement
Internal activities
Batfest Weekend (annual event) at the Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2009 - 2015.
Media
Broadcasts
NHM Live - Who's afraid of the dark?, Science Communicator David Urry is joined by Museum ecologist Steph West, Senior Mammal Curator Louise Tomsett, and Physiology and Behaviour Expert Dr Robyn Grant, to talk about creatures that thrive at night., 11/7/2018.