Allison Werberg has a BS in Zoology and Biological Aspects of Conservation from University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MS in Museum & Field Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has finished all the coursework, including Advanced Cartographic Design, for a GIS Certificate at UW-Madison.

In addition to her direct involvement in scientific research, Allison has also taken scientific illustration courses at the Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

She has worked as the zoology collections manager for the University of Wisconsin, and as a fossil preparator for the Field Museum in Chicago, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

Most recently she has been working for the New York New Jersey Trail Conference as a GIS cartographer, and as an illustrator for Deadwilder Design & Illustration from her residence in Göteborg, Sweden.