News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.
Welcome New MSAE Students!
FAE is thrilled to introduce Jess Chmielewski, Chrissy Davis, Sara Gum and Ezzat Shammas as MSAE students for the 2023 academic year. They bring strong experience in the life sciences to the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution. Jess earned a BS in Biology from...
Congratulations to our Paleontological Society Student Research Grant recipients!
Stephanie Palmer for her proposal, "Insights into aquatic transitions through carnivoran comparative endocranial morphology." Savannah Cobb for her proposal, "Using computer vision to classify ‘honing premolars’ by sex and diet." Will...
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...
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...
Deanna Goldstein to Present Doctoral Dissertation
Deanna Goldstein will present her doctoral dissertation as part of the FAE Seminar Series on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Her thesis is titled “External and internal carpal morphology of knuckle-walking apes among mammals.”
Dr. Katrina Jones to Present in the FAE Seminar Series
Katrina Jones is a Presidential Fellow and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.