News from Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Read our latest announcements about department updates, honors and publications.
Announcing the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Geobiology Symposium at JHU
(Image above) 2024 Mid-Atlantic Geobiology Symposium hosted by the University of PennsylvaniaWe are excited to announce the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Geobiology Symposium! The symposium will be held on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 at Johns Hopkins University. We welcome attendees...
New publications from the Bever Lab!
The Bever Lab has published two new papers on the early reptile skull. Lab members William Foster (PhD student), Paul Gensbigler (MS student), Jacob Wilson (PhD student), and Gabriel Bever (PI) led a study on the Triassic stem archosaur Mesosuchus and the deep history...
Upcoming Seminar by Dr Jianping Fu (Sep 12, 2:30 PM)
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Jianping Fu will be the distinguished seminar speaker on September 12 from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM at the Mountcastle Auditorium. His presentation, titled "Bioengineering Human Embryo and Organ Models," will explore the development of an...
Congratulations!!
We are excited to announce that two of our postdoctoral fellows are departing for tenure-track faculty positions starting this Fall. Dr. Allison Machnicki, who has assisted in anatomy instruction to our medical and graduate students, will be joining the Biomedical...
Welcome!
It is our distinct pleasure to announce that Dr. Amy L. Balanoff will be joining the FAE faculty on July 1. Amy is currently the Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, David S. Olton Behavioral Biology Program, and Assistant Research Professor in...
Dr. Sylvester to Collaborate with Dr. Cowgill on NSF-MCA Grant at University of Missouri
Dr. Adam Sylvester has been named as a collaborator by Dr. Libby Cowgill of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri for her NSF-MCA grant, titled "Validating Patterns of Bone Functional Adaptation in Living Humans." Bone is a living tissue that...
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...
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....