Dr. Mikkelsen has over 25 years experience as an author, editor, and research scientist. She manages the publication of our scholarly journals (Bulletins of American Paleontology, Paleontographica Americana), special publications, and our quarterly membership magazine, American Paleontologist. She is a malacologist, conducting her own research on the systematics and diversity of living and fossil marine mollusks, known collectively as "seashells." She specializes in two groups: shelled opisthobranch "bubble" snails, and bivalves, including clams, scallops, mussels, and oysters. See her latest research on Bivalve Evolution at BivAToL.