About | MicroPaleoWorks

Meet the Team

MicroPaleoWorks is a majority women owned and operated US-based company that manufactures micropaleontology slides. Founded in 2023 to provide high-quality and customizable solutions for micropaleontology, geology, and oceanography researchers.

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Founder, Owner

Jenn Fehrenbacher

Jenn is Assoc. Prof. at Oregon State University and studies modern and past ocean change, primarily through the ecology and chemistry of foraminifera. She has used micropaleontology slides for over 20 years. Learn more about her on her research website.

Founder, CFO

Tom Fehrenbacher

Tom worked in the financial services industry specializing in financial derivatives for 25+ years. He holds a BS from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

Sales and Product Support

William Herbert

As the former owner of a gear manufacturing company with 50 years experience in sales and manufacturing, Bill he has extensive experience fabricating parts and building relationships with industry partners. Bill played a key role in identifying our US based industry partner and provided the CAD drawings for our aluminum slide holders. Bill also provides fabrication support in our shop.

About the company

Our slides are fabricated, packaged, and shipped from Corvallis, Oregon.

Our aluminum slide holders are fabricated by an industry partner in the Pacific Northwest using aluminum imported from Canada.

The paperboard we use to fabricate our slides is made of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) 100% recycled paper.