FAE Alumni
Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution Alumni
We are proud of our alumni! Find them and their current details below. All dissertations are available from UMI Dissertation Services, or by interlibrary loan. Additionally, full text of dissertations after 1997 can be found on ProQuest with abstracts available for dissertations submitted prior to that date.
Former Post Doctoral Fellows:
Sorted Chronologically
Dr. Marian Dagosto
- 1986-1987
- Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
303 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611 - E-mail: m-dagosto(at)nwu.edu
Dr. Daniel Gebo
- 1986-1987
- Presidential Research Professor, Department of Anthropology
Norther Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115 - E-mail: dgebo(at)niu.edu
Dr. David Begun
- 1988-1989
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada ON M5S 3G3 - E-mail: begun(at)chass.utoronto.ca
Dr. M. Elizabeth Strasser
- 1989-1990
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
California State University
6000 J Street
Sacramento, Ca 95819 - E-mail: strasser(at)saclink.csus.edu
Dr. Brian Corner
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist, U.S. Army Soldier Center
AMSSB-RSS-E(N)
Natic, MA 01760 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
Dr. Barbara Brown
- 1990-1992
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy in Orthopaedic Surgery
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine
4209 St. Rt. 44, P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, OH 44272-0095 - E-mail: bxb(at)neoucom.edu
Dr. Hannah Grausz
- 1991-1992
- Associate Director, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emergency Medicine Residency and Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH 44195 - E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org
Dr. Peter Ungar
- 1992-1993
- Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Anthropology
University of Arkansas
Old Main 330
Fayetteville, AR 72701 - E-mail: pungar(at)uark.edu
Dr. Theodore M. Cole, III
- 1994-1998
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
School of Medicine
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64108 - E-mail: tcole(at)cctr.umkc.edu
Dr. Nayuta Yamashita
- 1997-1998
- Assistant Professor, Cell and Neurobiology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA - E-mail: nayutaya(at)usc.edu
Dr. Michael Zumpano
- 1997-1999
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy
N.Y. Chiropractic College
2360 State Route 89
Seneca Falls, NY 13148 - E-mail: mzumpano(at)nycc.edu
Dr. Samantha Hens
- 1998-2000
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
California State University
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819 - E-mail: shens(at)csus.edu
Dr. Donald Henderson
- 1999-2001
- Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada, AB - E-mail: donhender(at)ucalgary.ca
Dr. Myriam Zylstra
- 2000-2002
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University
19555 N. 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85308 - E-mail: mzylst(at)arizona.midwestern.edu
Dr. Rebecca Fisher
- 2002-2004
- Dual appointment:
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Basic Medicial Sciences
University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix
4001 N. 3rd Street, Suite 415
Phoenix, AZ 85012School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
ISTB1, Room 422 Tempe, AZ 85287 - E-mail:
Dr. Kristin Wright
- 2004-2006
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Anatomy, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas City, MO - E-mail: kwright(at)kcumb.edu
Dr. Adam D. Sylvester
- 2007-2009
- Assistant Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1830 E. Monument Street, Room 307A
Baltimore, MD 21202 - E-mail: asylves4(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. Rachel Dunn
- 2009-2011
- Lectuer in Anatomy
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Science
University of Missouri
M263 Medical Science Building
1 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212 - E-mail: dunnrh(at)missouri.edu
Dr. Terence R. Mitchell
- 2011-2013
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
4350 U.S. 421 South
Lillington, NC 27546 - E-mail: tmitchell(at)campbell.edu
Dr. Janine Chalk
- 2013-2015
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
Mercer University School of Medicine
1550 College Street, Macon, GA 31207 - E-mail: chalk_jm(at)mercer.edu
Dr. Elizabeth M. St. Clair
- 2015-2016
- Instructor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1830 E. Monument Street, Room 305
Baltimore, MD 21202 - E-mail: estclai(at)jhmi.edu
Mr. Maxx C. Toler
- 2015-2016
- Instructor of Anatomy
School of Medicine, Campbell University - mctoler0818(at)campbell.edu
Dr. Zachary S. Klukkert
- 2019-2020
- Assistant Professor
Central Michigan University College of Medicine - z.klukkert@gmail.com
Dr. Christine M. Harper
- 2020-2021
- charpe18@jhmi.edu
- Research Focuses: Functional morphology of the postcranial skeleton
Human, nonhuman primate, and early hominin locomotor behavior
Quantitative approaches to morphological variation
Dr. Christine M. Harper
- 2020-2021
- charpe18@jhmi.edu
- Research Focuses: Functional morphology of the postcranial skeleton
Human, nonhuman primate, and early hominin locomotor behavior
Quantitative approaches to morphological variation
Dr. Lauren Meckel
- 2021-2022
- lauren.meckel@gmail.com
- Research focuses: the effects of diet, lifestyle, and structural violence on human bone microstructural properties.
Sorted Alphabetically
Dr. David Begun
- 1988-1989
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada ON M5S 3G3 - E-mail: begun(at)chass.utoronto.ca
Dr. Barbara Brown
- 1990-1992
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy in Orthopaedic Surgery
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine
4209 St. Rt. 44, P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, OH 44272-0095 - E-mail: bxb(at)neoucom.edu
Dr. Janine Chalk
- 2013-2015
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
Mercer University School of Medicine
1550 College Street, Macon, GA 31207
Dr. Theodore M. Cole, III
- 1994-1998
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
School of Medicine
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO 64108 - E-mail: tcole(at)cctr.umkc.edu
Dr. Brian Corner
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist, U.S. Army Soldier Center
AMSSB-RSS-E(N)
Natic, MA 01760 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
Dr. Marian Dagosto
- 1986-1987
- Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Northwestern University
303 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611 - E-mail: m-dagosto(at)nwu.edu
Dr. Rachel Dunn
- 2009-2011
- Lectuer in Anatomy
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Science
University of Missouri
M263 Medical Science Building
1 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212 - E-mail: dunnrh(at)missouri.edu
Dr. Rebecca Fisher
- 2002-2004
- Dual appointment:
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Basic Medicial Sciences
University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix
4001 N. 3rd Street, Suite 415
Phoenix, AZ 85012School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
ISTB1, Room 422 Tempe, AZ 85287 - E-mail:
Dr. Daniel Gebo
- 1986-1987
- Presidential Research Professor, Department of Anthropology
Norther Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115 - E-mail: dgebo(at)niu.edu
Dr. Hannah Grausz
- 1991-1992
- Associate Director, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emergency Medicine Residency and Associate Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH 44195 - E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org
Dr. Christine M. Harper
- 2020-2021
- charpe18@jhmi.edu
- Research Focuses: Functional morphology of the postcranial skeleton
Human, nonhuman primate, and early hominin locomotor behavior
Quantitative approaches to morphological variation
Dr. Donald Henderson
- 1999-2001
- Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada, AB - E-mail: donhender(at)ucalgary.ca
Dr. Samantha Hens
- 1998-2000
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
California State University
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819 - E-mail: shens(at)csus.edu
Dr. Zachary S. Klukkert
- 2019-2020
- Assistant Professor
Central Michigan University College of Medicine - z.klukkert@gmail.com
Dr. Lauren Meckel
- 2021-2022
- lauren.meckel@gmail.com
- Research focuses: the effects of diet, lifestyle, and structural violence on human bone microstructural properties.
Dr. Terrence Mitchell
- 2011-2013
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
4350 U.S. 421 South
Lillington, NC 27546 - E-mail: tmitchell(at)campbell.edu
Dr. Elizabeth M. St. Clair
- 2015-2016
- Instructor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1830 E. Monument Street, Room 305
Baltimore, MD 21202 - E-mail: estclai(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. M. Elizabeth Strasser
- 1989-1990
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
California State University
6000 J Street
Sacramento, Ca 95819 - E-mail: strasser(at)saclink.csus.edu
Dr. Adam D. Sylvester
- 2007-2009
- Assistant Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
1830 E. Monument Street, Room 307A
Baltimore, MD 21202 - E-mail: asylves4(at)jhmi.edu
Mr. Maxx C. Toler
- 2015-2016
- Instructor of Anatomy
School of Medicine, Campbell University - mctoler0818(at)campbell.edu
Dr. Peter Ungar
- 1992-1993
- Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Anthropology
University of Arkansas
Old Main 330
Fayetteville, AR 72701 - E-mail: pungar(at)uark.edu
Dr. Kristin Wright
- 2004-2006
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Anatomy, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Kansas City, MO - E-mail: kwright(at)kcumb.edu
Dr. Nayuta Yamashita
- 1997-1998
- Assistant Professor, Cell and Neurobiology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA - E-mail: nayutaya(at)usc.edu
Dr. Michael Zumpano
- 1997-1999
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy
N.Y. Chiropractic College
2360 State Route 89
Seneca Falls, NY 13148 - E-mail: mzumpano(at)nycc.edu
Dr. Myriam Zylstra
- 2000-2002
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University
19555 N. 59th Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85308 - E-mail: mzylst(at)arizona.midwestern.edu
Alumni of the PhD Program
Sorted Chronologically
Dr. Christopher Beard
- Foundation Distinguished Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Senior Curator in the Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Ph.D., 1989 - Postcranial anatomy, locomotor adaptations, and paleoecology of early Cenozoic Plesiadapidae, Paromomyidae, and Micromomyidae (Eutheria, Dermoptera)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Human Evolution (Academic Press)
- MacArthur Fellow, 2000
- E-mail: chris.beard(at)ku.edu
- Homepage: http://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named
Dr. Audrone Biknevicius
- Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences,College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Ph.D., 1990 - Biomechanical scaling of the mandibular corpus in carnivores
- E-mail: biknevic(at)ohiou.edu
Dr. Carol Ward
- Curator's Distinguished Professor and Director of Anatomical Sciences, Department of Anthropology and Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 1991 - Functional anatomy of the lower back and pelvis of the Miocene hominoid Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya
- E-mail: WardCV(at)missouri.edu
- Homepage: https://www.wardlab.net
Dr. Hannah Grausz
- Associate Director, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emergency Medicine Residency and Associate Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
- Ph.D., 1992 - Growth of the human perinatal craniofacial skeleton characterized in three dimensions
- M.D., 1996
- E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org
Dr. Lawrence M. Witmer
- Professor of Anatomy, Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Ph.D., 1992 - Ontogeny, phylogeny, and air sacs: The importance of soft-tissue inferences in the interpretation of facial evolution in Archosauria
- E-mail: witmer1(at)ohiou.edu
- Homepage: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/
Dr. Jacqueline Runestad-Connour
- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
- Ph.D., 1994 - Humeral and femoral diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry and articular dimensions in Prosimii and Platyrrhini (Primates) with application for reconstruction of body mass and locomotor behavior in Adapidae (Primates: Eocene)
- E-mail: jackie_runestad(at)ccmail.wiu.edu
Dr. Ronald E. Heinrich
- Most recent academic address: Instructor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Ph.D., 1996 - Functional morphology and body size of Early Tertiary Miacoidea (Mammalia, Carnivora)
- E-mail: reheinrich(at)gmail.com
Dr. Maureen O'Leary
- Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, NY
- Ph.D., 1996 - Dental evolution in the Early Eocene Notharctinae (Primates, Adapiformes) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: documentation of gradual evolution in the oldest true primates
- E-mail: moleary(at)mail.som.sunysb.edu
- Homepage: http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/people/facultypage/oleary
Dr. Katherine Rafferty
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, University of Washington School of Dentistry
- Ph.D., 1996 - Joint design in primates: external and subarticular properties in relation to body size and locomotor behavior
- E-mail: kraff(at)u.washington.edu
Dr. Katherine Coffing
- Most recent academic address: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- Ph.D., 1998 - The metacarpals of Australopithecus afarensis: locomotor and behavioral implications of cross-sectional geometry
- E-mail: kcoffing(at)anthro.ucla.edu
Dr. Naoko Egi
- Assistant Professor of Phylogeny and Systematics Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Ph.D., 1999 - Functional morphology of the limb bones in recent carnivores and its application to North American Hyaenodontid Creodonta
- E-mail: egi(at)pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Homepage: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shinka/keitou/egi-HP/Egi-top.html [English]
Dr. Mason Meers
- Professor and Chair of Biology, Department of Biology, The University of Tampa, FL
- Ph.D., 2000 - Evolution of the crocodylian forelimb: anatomy, biomechanics and functional morphology
- E-mail: mmeers(at)ut.edu
Dr. Gail Krovitz
- Adjunct Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
- Ph.D., 2001 - Three-dimensional comparisons of craniofacial morphologyand growth patterns in Neandertals and modern humans
- E-mail: gail.krovitz(at)ucdenver.edu
Dr. Mary Silcox
- Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto Scarbrough, Canada
- Ph.D., 2001 - A phylogenetic analysis of the Plesiadapiformes and their relationship to Euprimates and other Archontans
- E-mail: msilcox(at)utsc.utoronto.ca
Dr. Brenda Chinnery
- Most recent academic address: Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Ph.D., 2002 - Morphometric analysis of evolution and growth in the Ceratopsian postcranial skeleton
- E-mail: brendachinnery(at)hotmail.com
Dr. Yizheng Li
- Staff Scientist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA
- Ph.D., 2002 - Postnatal development of pelvic sexual dimorphism in four anthropoid primates
- E-mail: yli(at)wyeth.com
Dr. Kristina Aldridge
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 2003 - Organization of the human brain: development, variability, and evolution
- E-mail: aldridgek(at)health.missouri.edu
Dr. Anita Hettena
- Biology Co-Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
- Ph.D., 2003 - A three-dimensional analysis of age-related change in the adult craniofacial skeleton
- E-mail: anitahettena(at)yahoo.com
Dr. Valerie Burke DeLeon
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Adjunct Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Ph.D., 2004 - Fluctuating asymmetry in the human craniofacial skeleton: effects of sexual dimorphism, stress, and developmental anomalies
- E-mail: vdeleon(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. François Therrien
- Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology, Royal Tyrrell Museum and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Canada
- Ph.D., 2004 - Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) dinosaur-bearing formations of Romania
- E-mail: Francois.Therrien(at)gov.ab.ca
Dr. Jay Mussell
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA.
- Ph.D., 2004 - A reexamination of Lipotyphla and Afrotheria using both molecular and morphological analyses
- E-mail: jmusse(at)lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Ann C. Zumwalt
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Ph.D., 2004 - The effect of endurance exercise on the morphology of muscle attachment sites: An experimental study in sheep (Ovis aries)
- E-mail: azumwalt(at)bu.edu
Dr. Amy E. Chew
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
- Ph.D., 2005 - Biostratigraphy, Paleoecology and synchronized evolution in the Early Eocene mammalian fauna of the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
- E-mail: achew(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. Benjamin M. Auerbach
- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- Ph.D., 2007 - Skeletal variation in the New World during the Holocene: effects of climate and subsistence across geography and time
- E-mail: auerbach(at)utk.edu
Dr. Jason M. Organ
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Ph.D., 2007 - The functional anatomy of prehensile and nonprehensile tails of the Platyrrhini (Primates) and Procyonidae (Carnivora)
- E-mail: jorgan(at)iupui.edu
Dr. Matthew O'Neill
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University
- Ph.D., 2008 - The Structural Basis of Locomotor Cost: Gait, Mechanics and Limb Design in Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)
- E-mail: mneill(at)midwestern.edu
Dr. Shawn P. Zack
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
- Ph.D., 2009 - The phylogeny ofeutherian mammals: a new analysis emphasizing dental and postcranial morphology of Paleogene taxa
- E-mail: spzack(at)gmail.com
Dr. Tonya A. Penkrot
- Instructor in Anatomy & Physiology, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
- Ph.D., 2010 - Molar morphometrics and diet in North American condylarths
- E-mail: tapenkrot(at)gmail.com
Dr. Kirsten Brown
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
- Ph.D., 2011 - Obstetrical Adaptation in the Human Bony Pelvis: A Three-Dimensional Morphometric Approach
- E-mail: brown.kirsten(at)gmail.com
Dr. Madeleine Chollet
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Stanford Medicine
- Ph.D., 2011 - The Brain Morphology of Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate
- E-mail: cholletm(at)wusm.wustl.edu
Dr. Michael Habib
- Assistant Professor of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Ph.D., 2011 - Structural Analysis of Locomotor Loads and Launch Mechanics in Pterosaurs and Birds
- E-mail: mhabib(at)chatham.edu
- Homepage: www.chatham.edu/academics/programs/undergraduate/biology/faculty_get.cfm?FacultyID=196
Dr. Frank Varriale
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
- Ph.D., 2011 - Dental Microwear and the Evolution of Mastication in Ceratopsian Dinosaurs
- Email: frankvarriale(at)kings.edu
Dr. Heather Garvin
- Associate Professor of Anatomy, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA
- Ph.D., 2012 - The Effects of Living Conditions on Human Cranial and Postcranial Sexual Dimorphism
- E-mail: Heather.Garvin-Elling(at)dmu.edu
Dr. François D. H. Gould
- Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
- Ph.D., 2012 - The Morphology of the Distal Femoral Articular Surface and the Evolution of Cursoriality in Ungulates
- E-mail: fgould(at)neomed.edu
Dr. Evan Garofalo
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
- Ph.D., 2012 - Environmental and Genetic Effects on Growth of the Human Skeleton - A Bioarchaeological Investigation
- E-mail: emgarofalo(at)email.arizona.edu
Dr. Ali Nabavizadeh
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
- Ph.D., 2014 - Diversity, functional morphology, and evolution of jaw mechanisms in ornithischian dinosaurs
- E-mail: alinabav(at)uchicago.edu
Dr. Georgina M Voegele
- Instructor in Anatomy in the Department of Anatomy, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University,
- Ph.D., 2014 - Forelimb myology and the evolutionary relationships of the aardvark, Orycteropus afer, and other small afrotheres.
- E-mail: Georgina.M.Voegele(at)Dartmouth.edu
- Homepage: http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php?uid=4669
Dr. Katrina Jones
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
- Ph.D., 2014 - Allometry of the thoracolumbar region in running mammals
- E-mail: katrina.jones30(at)gmail.com
- Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/katrinajonesevolution/
Dr. Megan A. Holmes
- Instructor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University
- Ph.D., 2015 - "Developmental and functional influences on covariance in the mandible"
- E-mail: megan.holmes(at)duke.edu
Dr. Nicole S. Squyres
- Lecturer, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology
- Ph.D., 2016 - Shape variation in the distal femur of modern humans and fossil hominins
- E-mail: nss28(at)psu.edu
Dr. Heather Ahrens
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, High Point University, High Point, NC
- Ph.D., 2017 - Phylogeny and Locomotor Ecomorphology of Oxyaenidae and Macroevolutionary Patterns in North American “Creodonta” (Mammalia, Placentalia)
- E-mail: hahrens(at)highpoint.edu
Dr. M. Loring Burgess
- Associate Osteologist, Peabody Museum, Harvard Univeristy
- Ph.D., 2018 - Ontogenetic Changes in Limb Bone Structural Properties and Locomotor Behavior in Pan
Dr. Ellen Fricano
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Medical Anatomical Sciences, Western University Collge of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
- Ph.D., 2018 - The primate ectotympanic tube: correlates of structure, function and development
- E-mail: efricano@westernu.edu
Dr. Kaya Zelazny
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
- Ph.D., 2018 - Morphological variation in the distal humerus of extant hominids and fossil hominins
- E-mail: kzelazny(at)css.edu
- Homepage: http://sites.google.com/css.edu/zelazny/home
Dr. Heather Kristjanson
- Ph.D., 2019 - Tupaiid masticatory anatomy and the application of extant analogs to reconstructing Plesiadapiform jaw adductors
Ms. Rachel Frigot
- Associate Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, Department of Medicine, Keele University
- M.S., 2019 - Morphological variation in the avian pelvis
Dr. Anthony Harper
- Ph.D., 2019 - Craniodental adaptation and homoplasy in early mammals
Dr. Kristen A. Prufrock
- Lecturer, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Integrative Anatomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 2020 - Ontogeny of the masticatory system in Strepsirrhines
- E-mail: kristen.prufrock@health.missouri.edu
Dr. Christine M. Harper
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Ph.D., 2020 - "External Morphological Variation of Extant and Fossil Hominid Calcanei"
- E-mail: charpe18@jhmi.edu
Dr. Deanna M. Goldstein
- Research Instructor, Department of Anatomical Sciences at the Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NYNY
- Ph.D., 2022 - "External & Internal Carpal Morphology of Knuckle-Walking Apes Among Mammals"
- E-mail: deanna.goldstein@stonybrook.edu
Dr. Catherine J. Llera
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Anatomical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
- Ph.D., 2023 - Age and Additive Genetic Effects on Cross-Sectional Morphology in Primates
- E-mail: cllera1@jhmi.edu
Sorted Alphabetically
Dr. Heather Ahrens
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, High Point University, High Point, NC
- Ph.D., 2017 - Phylogeny and Locomotor Ecomorphology of Oxyaenidae and Macroevolutionary Patterns in North American “Creodonta” (Mammalia, Placentalia)
- E-mail: hahrens(at)highpoint.edu
Dr. Kristina Aldridge
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 2003 - Organization of the human brain: development, variability, and evolution
- E-mail: aldridgek(at)health.missouri.edu
Dr. Benjamin M. Auerbach
- Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
- Ph.D., 2007 - Skeletal variation in the New World during the Holocene: effects of climate and subsistence across geography and time
- E-mail: auerbach(at)utk.edu
Dr. Christopher Beard
- Foundation Distinguished Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Senior Curator in the Biodiversity Institute, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Ph.D., 1989 - Postcranial anatomy, locomotor adaptations, and paleoecology of early Cenozoic Plesiadapidae, Paromomyidae, and Micromomyidae (Eutheria, Dermoptera)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Human Evolution (Academic Press)
- MacArthur Fellow, 2000
- E-mail: chris.beard(at)ku.edu
- Homepage: http://eeb.ku.edu/k-christopher-beard-named
Dr. Audrone Biknevicius
- Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences,College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Ph.D., 1990 - Biomechanical scaling of the mandibular corpus in carnivores
- E-mail: biknevic(at)ohiou.edu
Dr. Kirsten Brown
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC
- Ph.D., 2011 - Obstetrical Adaptation in the Human Bony Pelvis: A Three-Dimensional Morphometric Approach
- E-mail: brown.kirsten(at)gmail.com
Dr. M. Loring Burgess
- Associate Osteologist, Peabody Museum, Harvard Univeristy
- Ph.D., 2018 - Ontogenetic Changes in Limb Bone Structural Properties and Locomotor Behavior in Pan
Dr. Amy E. Chew
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
- Ph.D., 2005 - Biostratigraphy, Paleoecology and synchronized evolution in the Early Eocene mammalian fauna of the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
- E-mail: achew(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. Brenda Chinnery
- Most recent academic address: Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Ph.D., 2002 - Morphometric analysis of evolution and growth in the Ceratopsian postcranial skeleton
- E-mail: brendachinnery(at)hotmail.com
Dr. Madeleine Chollet
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Stanford Medicine
- Ph.D., 2011 - The Brain Morphology of Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate
- E-mail: cholletm(at)wusm.wustl.edu
Dr. Katherine Coffing
- Most recent academic address: Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- Ph.D., 1998 - The metacarpals of Australopithecus afarensis: locomotor and behavioral implications of cross-sectional geometry
- E-mail: kcoffing(at)anthro.ucla.edu
Dr. Valerie Burke DeLeon
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Adjunct Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Ph.D., 2004 - Fluctuating asymmetry in the human craniofacial skeleton: effects of sexual dimorphism, stress, and developmental anomalies
- E-mail: vdeleon(at)jhmi.edu
Dr. Naoko Egi
- Assistant Professor of Phylogeny and Systematics Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Ph.D., 1999 - Functional morphology of the limb bones in recent carnivores and its application to North American Hyaenodontid Creodonta
- E-mail: egi(at)pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- Homepage: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shinka/keitou/egi-HP/Egi-top.html [English]
Dr. Ellen Fricano
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Medical Anatomical Sciences, Western University Collge of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
- Ph.D., 2018 - The primate ectotympanic tube: correlates of structure, function and development
- E-mail: efricano@westernu.edu
Ms. Rachel Frigot
- Associate Teaching Fellow in Anatomy, Department of Medicine, Keele University
- M.S., 2019 - Morphological variation in the avian pelvis
Dr. Evan Garofalo
- Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
- Ph.D., 2012 - Environmental and Genetic Effects on Growth of the Human Skeleton - A Bioarchaeological Investigation
- E-mail: emgarofalo(at)email.arizona.edu
Dr. Heather Garvin
- Associate Professor of Anatomy, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA
- Ph.D., 2012 - The Effects of Living Conditions on Human Cranial and Postcranial Sexual Dimorphism
- E-mail: Heather.Garvin-Elling(at)dmu.edu
Dr. Deanna M. Goldstein
- Research Instructor, Department of Anatomical Sciences at the Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, NYNY
- Ph.D., 2022 - "External & Internal Carpal Morphology of Knuckle-Walking Apes Among Mammals"
- E-mail: deanna.goldstein@stonybrook.edu
Dr. François D. H. Gould
- Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
- Ph.D., 2012 - The Morphology of the Distal Femoral Articular Surface and the Evolution of Cursoriality in Ungulates
- E-mail: fgould(at)neomed.edu
Dr. Hannah Grausz
- Associate Director, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emergency Medicine Residency and Associate Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
- Ph.D., 1992 - Growth of the human perinatal craniofacial skeleton characterized in three dimensions
- M.D., 1996
- E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org
Dr. Michael Habib
- Assistant Professor of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Ph.D., 2011 - Structural Analysis of Locomotor Loads and Launch Mechanics in Pterosaurs and Birds
- E-mail: mhabib(at)chatham.edu
- Homepage: www.chatham.edu/academics/programs/undergraduate/biology/faculty_get.cfm?FacultyID=196
Dr. Anthony Harper
- Ph.D., 2019 - Craniodental adaptation and homoplasy in early mammals
Dr. Christine M. Harper
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Ph.D., 2020 - "External Morphological Variation of Extant and Fossil Hominid Calcanei"
- E-mail: charpe18@jhmi.edu
Dr. Anita Hettena
- Biology Co-Chair and Assistant Professor of Biology, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
- Ph.D., 2003 - A three-dimensional analysis of age-related change in the adult craniofacial skeleton
- E-mail: anitahettena(at)yahoo.com
Dr. Ronald E. Heinrich
- Most recent academic address: Instructor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
- Ph.D., 1996 - Functional morphology and body size of Early Tertiary Miacoidea (Mammalia, Carnivora)
- E-mail: reheinrich(at)gmail.com
Mr. Ryan W. Higgins
Dr. Megan A. Holmes
- Instructor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University
- Ph.D., 2015 - "Developmental and functional influences on covariance in the mandible"
- E-mail: megan.holmes(at)duke.edu
Dr. Katrina Jones
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
- Ph.D., 2014 - Allometry of the thoracolumbar region in running mammals
- E-mail: katrina.jones30(at)gmail.com
- Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/katrinajonesevolution/
Dr. Heather Kristjanson
- Ph.D., 2019 - Tupaiid masticatory anatomy and the application of extant analogs to reconstructing Plesiadapiform jaw adductors
Dr. Gail Krovitz
- Adjunct Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
- Ph.D., 2001 - Three-dimensional comparisons of craniofacial morphologyand growth patterns in Neandertals and modern humans
- E-mail: gail.krovitz(at)ucdenver.edu
Dr. Yizheng Li
- Staff Scientist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA
- Ph.D., 2002 - Postnatal development of pelvic sexual dimorphism in four anthropoid primates
- E-mail: yli(at)wyeth.com
Dr. Catherine J. Llera
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Anatomical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
- Ph.D., 2023 - Age and Additive Genetic Effects on Cross-Sectional Morphology in Primates
- E-mail: cllera1@jhmi.edu
Dr. Mason Meers
- Professor and Chair of Biology, Department of Biology, The University of Tampa, FL
- Ph.D., 2000 - Evolution of the crocodylian forelimb: anatomy, biomechanics and functional morphology
- E-mail: mmeers(at)ut.edu
Dr. Jay Mussell
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA.
- Ph.D., 2004 - A reexamination of Lipotyphla and Afrotheria using both molecular and morphological analyses
- E-mail: jmusse(at)lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Ali Nabavizadeh
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
- Ph.D., 2014 - Diversity, functional morphology, and evolution of jaw mechanisms in ornithischian dinosaurs
- E-mail: alinabav(at)uchicago.edu
Dr. Maureen O'Leary
- Professor, Department of Anatomical Sciences, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, NY
- Ph.D., 1996 - Dental evolution in the Early Eocene Notharctinae (Primates, Adapiformes) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: documentation of gradual evolution in the oldest true primates
- E-mail: moleary(at)mail.som.sunysb.edu
- Homepage: http://www.anat.stonybrook.edu/people/facultypage/oleary
Dr. Matthew O'Neill
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University
- Ph.D., 2008 - The Structural Basis of Locomotor Cost: Gait, Mechanics and Limb Design in Ringtailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)
- E-mail: mneill(at)midwestern.edu
Dr. Jason M. Organ
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Ph.D., 2007 - The functional anatomy of prehensile and nonprehensile tails of the Platyrrhini (Primates) and Procyonidae (Carnivora)
- E-mail: jorgan(at)iupui.edu
Dr. Tonya A. Penkrot
- Instructor in Anatomy & Physiology, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
- Ph.D., 2010 - Molar morphometrics and diet in North American condylarths
- E-mail: tapenkrot(at)gmail.com
Dr. Kristen A. Prufrock
- Lecturer, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Integrative Anatomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 2020 - Ontogeny of the masticatory system in Strepsirrhines
- E-mail: kristen.prufrock@health.missouri.edu
Dr. Katherine Rafferty
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics, University of Washington School of Dentistry
- Ph.D., 1996 - Joint design in primates: external and subarticular properties in relation to body size and locomotor behavior
- E-mail: kraff(at)u.washington.edu
Dr. Jacqueline Runestad-Connour
- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Findlay, Findlay, OH
- Ph.D., 1994 - Humeral and femoral diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry and articular dimensions in Prosimii and Platyrrhini (Primates) with application for reconstruction of body mass and locomotor behavior in Adapidae (Primates: Eocene)
- E-mail: jackie_runestad(at)ccmail.wiu.edu
Dr. Mary Silcox
- Professor, Department of Anthropology, Vice Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto Scarbrough, Canada
- Ph.D., 2001 - A phylogenetic analysis of the Plesiadapiformes and their relationship to Euprimates and other Archontans
- E-mail: msilcox(at)utsc.utoronto.ca
Dr. Nicole S. Squyres
- Associate Teaching Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology
- Ph.D., 2016 - Shape variation in the distal femur of modern humans and fossil hominins
- E-mail: nss28(at)psu.edu
Dr. François Therrien
- Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology, Royal Tyrrell Museum and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Canada
- Ph.D., 2004 - Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) dinosaur-bearing formations of Romania
- E-mail: Francois.Therrien(at)gov.ab.ca
Dr. Frank Varriale
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
- Ph.D., 2011 - Dental Microwear and the Evolution of Mastication in Ceratopsian Dinosaurs
- Email: frankvarriale(at)kings.edu
Dr. Georgina M Voegele
- Instructor in Anatomy in the Department of Anatomy, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University,
- Ph.D., 2014 - Forelimb myology and the evolutionary relationships of the aardvark, Orycteropus afer, and other small afrotheres.
- E-mail: Georgina.M.Voegele(at)Dartmouth.edu
- Homepage: http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php?uid=4669
Dr. Carol Ward
- Curator's Distinguished Professor and Director of Anatomical Sciences, Department of Anthropology and Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- Ph.D., 1991 - Functional anatomy of the lower back and pelvis of the Miocene hominoid Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya
- E-mail: WardCV(at)missouri.edu
- Homepage: https://www.wardlab.net/
Dr. Lawrence M. Witmer
- Professor of Anatomy, Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Ph.D., 1992 - Ontogeny, phylogeny, and air sacs: The importance of soft-tissue inferences in the interpretation of facial evolution in Archosauria
- E-mail: witmer1(at)ohiou.edu
- Homepage: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/
Dr. Shawn P. Zack
- Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
- Ph.D., 2009 - The phylogeny ofeutherian mammals: a new analysis emphasizing dental and postcranial morphology of Paleogene taxa
- E-mail: spzack(at)gmail.com
Dr. Kaya Zelazny
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN
- Ph.D., 2018 - Morphological variation in the distal humerus of extant hominids and fossil hominins
- E-mail: kzelazny(at)css.edu
- Homepage: http://sites.google.com/css.edu/zelazny/home
Dr. Ann C. Zumwalt
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- Ph.D., 2004 - The effect of endurance exercise on the morphology of muscle attachment sites: An experimental study in sheep (Ovis aries)
- E-mail: azumwalt(at)bu.edu
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Alumni of the MSAE Program:
Sorted Chronologically
2022:
Nina Baltimore
Quinesha Burden
Sri Kondabattula
Song Park, Cleveland University Kansas City
2021:
Marli Crabtree, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Kelley Cooper, Angelina College teaching anatomy and physiology.
Isaiah Dorendorf, Briya Public Charter School
Brian Martin, Lancaster Bible College and Thomas Jefferson University.
Hannah Mohr, Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland
Eric Roman, Keck School of Medicine of USC
2020:
Aracely Martinez, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Grace Jull, Pranaji, L3C Educational Consulting
Dallas Kokoska, United States Navy, Officer Candidacy School
Sorted Alphabetically
Nina Baltimore, 2022
Quinesha Burden, 2022
Marli Crabtree, 2021, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Kelley Cooper, 2021, Angelina College teaching anatomy and physiology.
Isaiah Dorendorf, 2021, Briya Public Charter School
Grace Jull, 2020, Pranaji, L3C Educational Consulting
Dallas Kokoska, 2020, United States Navy, Officer Candidacy School
Sri Kondabattula, 2022
Brian Martin, 2021, Lancaster Bible College and Thomas Jefferson University.
Aracely Martinez, 2020, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Hannah Mohr, 2021, Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland
Song Park, 2022, Cleveland University Kansas City
Eric Roman, 2021, Keck School of Medicine of USC