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
  • Professor Emerita, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Chicago, IL 60611
  • E-mail: m-dagosto(at)nwu.edu

Dr. Daniel L. Gebo

  • 1986-1987
  • Presidential Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
    Northern Illinois University
    DeKalb, IL 60115
  • E-mail: dgebo(at)niu.edu

Dr. David R. Begun

Dr. M. Elizabeth Strasser

  • 1989-1990
  • Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology
    California State University
    6000 J Street
    Sacramento, CA 95819
  • E-mail: strasser(at)saclink.csus.edu

Dr. Brian D. Corner

Dr. Barbara Brown

  • 1990-1992
  • Professor Emerita of Anatomy
    Northeast Ohio Medical University
    Rootstown, OH 44272
  • E-mail: bxb(at)neoucom.edu

Dr. Hannah M. Grausz

  • 1991-1992
  • Emergency Medicine Specialist
    Inova Health System
    Alexandria, VA
  • E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org

Dr. Peter S. Ungar

  • 1992-1993
  • Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of Environmental Dynamics Program
    University of Arkansas
    Fayetteville, AR 72701
  • E-mail: pungar(at)uark.edu

Dr. Theodore M. Cole, III

  • 1994-1998
  • Associate Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
    University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine
    Kansas City, MO 64108
  • E-mail: tcole(at)cctr.umkc.edu

Dr. Nayuta Yamashita

Dr. Michael Zumpano

  • 1997-1999
  • Professor, Department of Anatomy
    Northeast College of Health Sciences
    Seneca Falls, NY 13148
  • E-mail: mzumpano(at)nycc.edu

Dr. Samantha M. Hens

  • 1998-2000
  • Professor, Department of Anthropology
    California State University
    Sacramento, CA 95819
  • E-mail: shens(at)csus.edu

Dr. Donald M. Henderson

  • 1999-2001
  • Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Calgary
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
  • E-mail: donhender(at)ucalgary.ca

Dr. Myriam Zylstra

  • 2000-2002
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy
    Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Midwestern University
    Glendale, AZ 85308
  • E-mail: mzylst(at)arizona.midwestern.edu

Dr. Rebecca Fisher

  • 2002-2004
  • Professor of Anatomy, Department of Basic Medical Sciences
    University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix
    Phoenix, AZ 85012
  • E-mail: lisadunk(at)email.arizona.edu

Dr. Kristin A. Wright

  • 2004-2006
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
    Kansas City, MO 64108
  • E-mail: kwright(at)kcumb.edu

Dr. Adam D. Sylvester

  • 2007-2009
  • Associate Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Baltimore, MD 21202
  • E-mail: asylves4(at)jhmi.edu

Dr. Rachel H. Dunn

  • 2009-2011
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy
    Des Moines University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Des Moines, IA 50312
  • E-mail: rachel.dunn(at)dmu.edu

Dr. Terence R. Mitchell

  • 2011-2013
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy
    Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Buies Creek, NC 27506
  • E-mail: tmitchell(at)campbell.edu

Dr. Janine Chalk

  • 2013-2015
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
    Mercer University School of Medicine

    Savannah, GA 31404

  • E-mail: chalk_jm(at)mercer.edu

Dr. Elizabeth M. St. Clair

  • 2015-2016
  • Lecturer in Anatomy
    University of Central Lancashire
    Preston, Lancashire, England PR1 2HE
  • E-mail: estclai(at)jhmi.edu

    Dr. Max C. Toler

  • 2015-2016

  •  Assistant Professor of Anatomy

  • Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Medicine

  • Buies Creek, NC 27506

Dr. Zachary S. Klukkert

  • 2019-2020 
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy 
    Central Michigan University College of Medicine
  • Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 
  • z.klukkert(at)gmail.com 

Dr. Christine M. Harper

  • 2020-2021
  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences 
  • Rowan University Cooper Medical School 
    Camden, NJ 08103 
  • harperc(at)rowan.edu 

Dr. Lauren A. Meckel

  • 2021-2022
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
  • Louisiana State University Health Science Center

  • New Orleans, LA 70112 

  • lauren.meckel(at)gmail.com 

 

Sorted Alphabetically

Dr. David R. Begun

  • 1988-1989
  • Professor, Department of Anthropology
    University of Toronto
    Ontario, Canada ON M5S 3G3
  • E-mail: begun(at)chass.utoronto.ca

Dr. Barbara Brown

  • 1990-1992
  • Professor Emerita of Anatomy 
    Northeast Ohio Medical University 
    Rootstown, OH 44272 
  • E-mail: bxb(at)neoucom.edu

Dr. Janine Chalk

  • 2013-2015
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Science
    Mercer University School of Medicine
    Savannah, GA 31404
  • chalk_jm(at)mercer.edu 

Dr. Theodore M. Cole, III

  • 1994-1998
  • Associate 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 D. Corner

Dr. Marian Dagosto

  • 1986-1987
  • Professor Emerita, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology 
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 
    Chicago, IL 60611
  • E-mail:m-dagosto(at)northwestern.edu

Dr. Rachel H. Dunn

  • 2009-2011
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy 
    Des Moines University School of Medicine and Health Sciences 
    Des Moines, IA 50312 
  • E-mail:rachel.dunn(at)dmu.edu

Dr. Rebecca Fisher

  • 2002-2004 
  • Professor of Anatomy, Department of Basic Medical Sciences 
    University of Arizona, College of Medicine Phoenix 
    Phoenix, AZ 85012 
  • E-mail: lisadunk(at)email.arizona.edu 

Dr. Daniel L. Gebo

  • 1986-1987
  • Presidential Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
    Northern Illinois University
    DeKalb, IL 60115
  • E-mail: dgebo(at)niu.edu

Dr. Hannah M. Grausz

  • 1991-1992
  • Emergency Medicine Specialist 
    Inova Health System 
    Alexandria, VA 
  • E-mail: grauszh(at)ccf.org

Dr. Christine M. Harper

  • 2020-2021
  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences 
  • Rowan University Cooper Medical School 
    Camden, NJ 08103 
  • harperc(at)rowan.edu 

Dr. Donald M. Henderson

  • 1999-2001
  • Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Calgary
    Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
  • E-mail: donhender(at)ucalgary.ca

Dr. Samantha M. 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 of Anatomy 
    Central Michigan University College of Medicine
  • Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 
  • z.klukkert(at)gmail.com  

Dr. Lauren A. Meckel

  • 2021-2022
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy 
  • Louisiana State University Health Science Center

  • New Orleans, LA 70112 

  • lauren.meckel(at)gmail.com 

Dr. Terrence Mitchell

  • 2011-2013
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy
    Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Buies Creek, NC 27506
  • E-mail: tmitchell(at)campbell.edu

Dr. Elizabeth M. St. Clair

  • 2015-2016
  • Lecturer in Anatomy 
    University of Central Lancashire 
    Preston, Lancashire, England PR1 2HE 
  • E-mail: estclai(at)jhmi.edu

Dr. M. Elizabeth Strasser

  • 1989-1990
  • Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology
    California State University
    Sacramento, CA 95819
  • E-mail: strasser(at)saclink.csus.edu

Dr. Adam D. Sylvester

  • 2007-2009
  • Associate Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    1830 E. Monument Street, Room 307A
    Baltimore, MD 21202
  • E-mail: asylves4(at)jhmi.edu

Dr. Maxx C. Toler

  • 2015-2016
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy
    Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Medicine
  • Buies Creek, NC 27506
  • mctoler0818(at)campbell.edu

Dr. Peter S. Ungar

  • 1992-1993
  • Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of Environmental Dynamics Program 
    University of Arkansas 
    Fayetteville, AR 72701 
  • E-mail: pungar(at)uark.edu

Dr. Kristin A. Wright

  • 2004-2006
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    Department of Anatomy, College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
    Kansas City, MO 64108
  • E-mail: kwright(at)kcumb.edu

Dr. Nayuta Yamashita

Dr. Michael Zumpano

  • 1997-1999
  • Professor, Department of Anatomy 
    Northeast College of Health Sciences 
    Seneca Falls, NY 13148 
  • E-mail: mzumpano(at)nycc.edu

Dr. Myriam Zylstra

  • 2000-2002
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy
    Assistant Professor of Anatomy 
    Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine 
    Midwestern University 
    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

 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

 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

 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

 Dr. Katrina Jones

 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

 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

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
  • Ph.D., 2020 - "External Morphological Variation of Extant and Fossil Hominid Calcanei"
  • E-mail: harperc(at)rowan.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

Dr. Stephanie Canington

  • Postdoc in the Laird Lab, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
  • Ph.D., 2023 - The natural history and feeding ecologies of lemurs (lnfraorder Lemuriformes) in wild and human-maintained habitats
  • E-mail: steph.canington@gmail.com
Sorted Alphabetically

The natural history and feeding ecologies of lemurs (lnfraorder Lemuriformes) in wild and human-maintained habitats

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. Stephanie Canington

  • Postdoc in the Laird Lab, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences, Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
  • Ph.D., 2023 - The natural history and feeding ecologies of lemurs (lnfraorder Lemuriformes) in wild and human-maintained habitats
  • E-mail: steph.canington@gmail.com

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

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

Dr. Anthony Harper

  • Ph.D., 2019 - Craniodental adaptation and homoplasy in early mammals

Dr. Christine M. Harper

  • Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences
  • Ph.D., 2020 - "External Morphological Variation of Extant and Fossil Hominid Calcanei"
  • E-mail: harperc(at)rowan.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

    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

    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

    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

    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