BRYN TM DENTINGER portrait
  • Curator of Mycology, Natural History Museum of Utah
  • Associate Professor, School Of Biological Sciences

Professional Service

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Associate Editor. 01/01/2022 - present
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Associate Editor. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2023
  • Fungal Genomics and Evolution, Frontiers in Fungal Biology. Review Editor. 01/2020 - present
  • Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology, Frontiers in Fungal Biology. Review Editor. 01/2020 - present
  • Mycologia. Editorial Advisory Committee member. 01/2020 - 12/2025
  • Plant and Fungal Systematics. Role: Associate Editor. Associate Editor, Plant and Fungal Systematics. 01/2018 - present
  • MycoKeys. Subject Editor. 01/2017 - present
  • PeerJ. Academic Editor. 01/01/2014 - present
  • Mycological Society of America . Role: member. Biodiversity Committee. 01/2013 - 12/2017
  • Mycologia. Associate Editor. 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2017
  • Kew Bulletin. Associate Editor. 01/01/2011 - 12/31/2016

Internal Service

  • Botany Collections Manager. Natural History Museum of Utah. Search committee member. , 06/2019 - present. University service.
  • Collections Digitization Coordinator. Natural History Museum of Utah. Search committee chair, 03/2019 - present. University service.
  • Natural History Museum of Utah, established a new collection of fungi at the museum. Curator, 09/2016 - present. University service.

Outreach

  • Research Quest. Natural History Museum of Utah. Three live-streamed 30-minute interviews. 04/2020 - 05/2020
  • Instagram Live: MycoViral Nights with Giuliana Furci. Two 1-hr interviews. 04/2020 - 05/2020
  • “Identifying stomach contents of a preserved baby mammoth using DNA.” Utah Friends of Paleontology. 04/2017 - 04/2017
  • “Behind-the-Scenes.” Natural History Museum of Utah. Two-day event each fall where the genetics lab and fungarium is open to the public. 01/2017 - 12/2019

Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Lecturer, Institute of Biol., Environ, and Rural Sciences, Penglais, Aerystwyth, Wales, 2011- 2016. Aberystwyth University, 01/2011