David grew up in Allentown, PA with a great family who he doesn't get to see nearly enough. He received degrees in geology from Cornell (B.S.) and the University of Georgia (M.S.) before heading west to Montana to do field work on dinosaurs. In 1995 he finished his doctorate in paleontology at Montana State University.

Since moving to Montana, David has had the opportunity to work with two museums, the Museum of the Rockies, and the Old Trail Museum, as well as doing a variety of field work. His favorite studies have been those that start in the field and provide the opportunity to learn something about, or at least ponder the biology of dinosaurs. He spent several summers at a site called Jack's Birthday Site that held the remains of at least nine different dinosaur species and many other animals.

Recently, he had the opportunity to work on some dinosaur nests and eggs. The dinosaur he has studied the most is the small theropod, Troodon, a wily, large-eyed predator from the Cretaceous. David has joined Paul on three earlier expeditions, all of which were great: Morocco ('95), Argentina ('96), and Niger ('97). He thinks Inner Mongolia should be way cool. (*NOTE: Dave is modest and so he hasn't told you that he is also the discoverer of Suchomimus, the crocodile mimic.)