News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.
Welcome New PhD Students!
FAE is excited to welcome Bianca Neale and Elizabeth Jewlal as PhD students in the fall of 2023. Both Bianca and Elizabeth bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, and we are thrilled to have them join our...
Congratulations to Catherine J. Llera-Martin!
Catherin J. Llera-Martin successfully defended her dissertation on January 31st. Her dissertation titled “Age and Additive Genetic Effects on Cross-Sectional Morphology in Primates” estimates the heritability of bone cross-sections in two primate colonies....
Shout-out to Catherine J. Llera Martín for her recently published article!
Catherine J. Llera Martín from the Sylvester Lab recently published a morphometric analysis of Euprimate tarsals from Gujarat, India with Dr. Kenneth D. Rose. Congratulations Cat! Check it out: A morphometric analysis of early Eocene Euprimate tarsals from Gujarat,...
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...