News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.

Dr. Cooke Promoted to Associate Professor
Siobhán Cooke was promoted to Associate Professor of Functional Anatomy and Evolution, effective October 1, 2022. A full-time faculty member in the Center, Dr. Cooke earned her PhD in Anthropology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her...
Job Alert! Full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution (FAE) at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.
Congratulations Dr. Deanna M. Goldstein!
Huge congratulations to Dr. Deanna M. Goldstein for completing her PhD and graduating on May 25th, 2022! Dr. Goldstein was hooded by FAE Graduate Program Director and advisor, Dr. Adam Sylvester. Dr. Goldstein is currently working as a Research Instructor in the...
Huge congrats to MSAE ’22 student Song Park for her new position!
Join us in congratulating Song Park (2022 Master's of Science in Anatomy Education student) who has accepted an anatomy instructor position at Cleveland University Kansas City! She will be anatomy faculty at the chiropractic college division, teaching head and neck...
Congratulations to Catherine J. Llera Martin & Zana R. Sims: 2022 AAA-AABA Anatomy in Anthropology Prize Winners!
FAE students Catherine J. Llera Martín and Zana R. Sims were awarded the AAA-AABA Anatomy in Anthropology Prize for their independent project entitled "Using weighted spherical harmonics to detect functional locomotor signals at the distal femoral articulation."...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Don Cerio, PhD
Trade-offs and constraints in visual system evolution: multimodal evidence from diapsid reptiles
Bever lab student publishes first paper!
William Foster from Bever lab has published his first paper! Based on part of his master's thesis, Foster et al describe the cranial anatomy of the Chinese tyrannosaurid dinosaur Qianzhousaurus sinensis. Check out the full article here: "The cranial anatomy of the...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Dr. Matthew Ravosa!
Join us tomorrow for guest speaker Dr. Matthew Ravosa's talk: Determinants of Phenotypic Variation in the Developing Skeleton Dr. Matthew Ravosa Professor of Biological Sciences, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, & Anthropology University of...
FAE Seminar Series presents: Dr. Rebecca German!
Dr. Rebecca German was our presenter for the FAE Seminar Series on February 10, 2022. Dr. German, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology Northeast Ohio Medical University, is an Adjunct Professor in the FAE. Her talk titled “Integration of Anatomy and Function in...