Andy was born on November 22nd, 1978 and has lived in Maine for his whole life until he came to the University of Chicago in 1997.When he was a kid, he spent a lot of time in the woods, but he admits he spent way too much time in front of the TV. He has an older brother a younger brother and a younger sister.

When Paul came back from his '97 expedition to the Sahara he gave a talk at the U of C. Andy tagged along with a couple of girls who wanted to hear the lecture. All of this paleontology stuff seemed pretty cool to Andy, so he volunteered in the lab for a quarter, and most of his work in the lab has been on a huge crocodile cranium. He's a biology major specializing in Ecology & Evolution who has postponed graduation until the fall for this expedition.

After graduating Andy hopes to move to the Pacific- maybe Hawaii, Alaska or New Zealand.