13 Facts About Bolortsetseg Minjin

Bolortsetseg Minjin is a Mongolian paleontologist known for her work in fossil repatriation and dinosaur-themed science outreach.

Bolortsetseg Minjin is a recipient of the WINGS WorldQuest Women of Discovery Award for Earth, National Geographic Explorer, and TEDx speaker.

Bolortsetseg Minjin is the founder of the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs.

Bolortsetseg Minjin is the daughter of the late Mongolian paleontologist Minjin Chuluun.

Bolortsetseg Minjin learned Russian in order to read his books about dinosaurs.

Bolortsetseg Minjin attended the Mongolian University of Science and Technology, where she earned a bachelor's degree in geology and a master's in invertebrate paleontology.

Bolortsetseg Minjin became concerned that very few Mongolians her age and younger were choosing paleontology as a career, despite the large number of well-preserved fossils from her country.

Bolortsetseg Minjin has studied and discovered dinosaur and mammal fossils from the Gobi Desert that range in age from 145 to 65 million years.

Bolortsetseg Minjin once located 67 dinosaur fossils in one week.

Bolortsetseg Minjin has led two field expeditions with the Museum of the Rockies.

Bolortsetseg Minjin conducted post-doctoral research at the Museum of the Rockies on the paleobiology of Psittacosaurus, a Cretaceous dinosaur.

Bolortsetseg Minjin recognized it as a Mongolian specimen and reported the auction to Mongolian authorities, helping them stop the dinosaur from falling into the hands of a private bidder.

Bolortsetseg Minjin has organized dinosaur-themed science workshops for children in Mongolia since 2009 through her nonprofit organization, the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs.