Whittaker, Scott
Manager- Scientific Imaging
Support the Scientific Imaging needs of the National Museum of National History with 25+ years experience in light and electron microscopy and analysis and more recently micro and nano- Computed Tomography (µCT).
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Vicenzi, Edward P., Whittaker, Scott, Weaver, Jamie L., Staymates, Matthew E., Radney, James G., and Zangmeister, Christopher D. 2024. "Microscopy of Woven and Nonwoven Face Covering Materials: Implications for Particle Filtration." Microscopy and Microanalysis, https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad138. 2024
- Owsley, Douglas W., Bruseth, James E., Jones, Bradford M., Schlachtmeyer, Sandra S., Bruwelheide, Karin S., Crain, John W., Barca, Kathryn G., Rose, Timothy R., Bush, Leslie L., Whittaker, Scott D., Mercado-Allinger, Pat A., Borgens, Amy A., Turner, Toni S., and Willis, Mark D. 2023. "Finding Truth in Legend: The Story of Texas Ranger James Coryell." Journal of Texas Archeology and History, 7 79–110. 2023
- Vicenzi, Edward, Whittaker, Scott, Zangmeister, Chris, Radney, James, Staymates, Matt, and Weaver, Jamie. 2021. "Home- and Laboratory-based Microscopy of Face Covering Materials." Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 1292–1294. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621004839. 2021
- Douglass, Kristina, Bulathsinhala, Priyangi, Feo, Teresa J., Tighe, Tim, Whittaker, Scott, Brand, Zanell, James, Helen F., and Rick, Torben. 2021. "Modeling avian eggshell microstructure to predict ontogenetic age and reveal patterns of human-avifauna interaction." Journal of Archaeological Science, 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105442. 2021
- Gingerich, Joseph A. M., Whyte, Thomas R., and Whittaker, Scott. 2019. "Misidentified Clovis-age fish bone at Shawnee-Minisink and the problem with single case studies in Late Pleistocene archaeology." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 25 94–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.04.001. 2019
- Vicenzi, Edward P., Pearce, Carolyn I., Weaver, Jamie L., McCloy, John S., Wight, Scott, Lam, Thomas, Whittaker, Scott, Sjoblow, Rolf, Peeler, David K., Schweiger, Michael J., and Kruger, Albert A. 2018. "Compositional Imaging and Analysis of Late Iron Age Glass from the Broborg Vitrified Hillfort, Sweden." Microscopy and Microanalysis, 24 2134–2135. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927618011157. 2018
- Brooks, Alison S., Yellen, John E., Potts, Richard, Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Deino, Alan L., Leslie, David E., Ambrose, Stanley H., Ferguson, Jeffrey R., d'Errico, Francesco, Zipkin, Andrew M., Whittaker, Scott, Post, Jeffrey, Veatch, E. Grace, Foecke, Kimberly, and Clark, Jennifer B. 2018. "Long-distance stone transport and pigment use in the earliest Middle Stone Age." Science, 360, (6384) 90–94. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao2646. 2018
Activities
Has Knowledge Of
- Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) Technique
- Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) Technique
- Fluorescent Microscopy Technique
- Histology Technique
- Immunohistochemistry and analysis Technique
- Micro-anatomy Technique
- Microscopy Technique
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Technique
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Technique
- X-Ray micro computed tomography (µCT) Technique
- X-Ray nano computed tomography (nCT) Technique
- photography Technique
Contact
Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department