News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.
Welcome new MSAE Students!
The FAE Center is delighted to welcome our incoming class of MS in Anatomy Education students! We can not wait for you to join us in only a few short weeks. In anticipation of their arrival, please read some fun facts about each student below. GRACE: I am...
Congratulations to our MSAE graduates!
The Masters of Science in Anatomy Education class of 2023-2024. From left to right, Jessica Chmielewski and Sara Gum.Congratulations to our outstanding students, Jess Chmielewski and Sara Gum, for completing their Master of Science in Anatomy Education 2023-2024! Your...
Jake Wilson awarded an NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellowship!
The FAE Center is proud to announce that Jake Wilson was recently awarded an NSF EAR postdoctoral fellowship! Jake will be working with Tyler Lyson from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and Blair Schoene from Princeton University to study the diversity dynamics...
Congrats Dr. EJ Huang!
We would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to EJ Huang, who sucessfully defended his dissertation on the 1st of May. EJ's dissertation is titled "Studies of deep homology and phenotypic evolution under a phylogenetic framework". We are extremely proud of EJ...
Welcome New PhD Students!
It is with great enthusiasm that FAE welcomes Sam Broadbent, Emma Puetz, and Mason Hintermeister as our newest PhD students in the fall of 2024! We look forward to meeting our new members in the upcoming months. But as a sneak peek, please take some time to read some...
FAE Seminar Series: Dr. Chris Krupenye!
Event Date & Time : Wednesday, April 17th at 4 PMPresentation: "The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes"Location: 1830 Building (1830 E. Monument St), 2nd Floor Auditorium (Rm. 2-108) Join us for a fascinating talk regarding the evolution of humans and primates!...
NSF-funded Digital Paleontology Internship for Undergraduate Students
As part of a collaborative NSF-funded collaborative research grant, Dr. Siobhan Cooke is recruiting two undergraduate students to conduct research in her lab during May and June of 2024. The project focuses on niche-differentiation and extinction of the endemic...
Congrats to EJ Huang & Jake Wilson on their recent publication!
Bever Lab PhD students EJ Huang and Jake Wilson just published a detailed analysis of body mass and its method of estimation among small mammals, with important implications for the Mesozoic fossil record! http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12692 Way to go EJ and Jake!
Publication alert for PhD candidates Fernando Torres & EJ Huang!
PhD students Fernando Torres and EJ Huang published a new study of Pleistocene fossils from Ecuador that advances our understanding of the famous giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2313615 See also a note on this article...