PhD Graduate Students

PhD Graduate Student

Kailie Batsche

kbatsch1@jhmi.edu

Education
  • MS in Human Paleobiology, Center for the Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP), The George Washington University, 2021
  • BA in Anthropology, Peace College, 2014

Research Focuses

  • Bone microstructure
  • Collagen fiber orientation (CFO)
  • Locomotor behavior in human and non-human primates
  • Primate life history and bone microscopy
  • Fossil hominins

Advisor: Dr. Adam Sylvester

Grants

  • Grant In-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, 2020

PhD Graduate Student

Savanah Cobb

Education

  • B.S. Geology, College of Charleston, 2016
  • MRes Palaeontology, University of Manchester, 2019
About Savannah

Publications

Cobb, S.E. and Sellers, W.I., 2020. Inferring lifestyle for Aves and Theropoda: A model based on curvatures of extant avian ungual bones. Plos one, 15(2), e0211173.

Research Focuses

  • Ecological and functional morphology
  • Paleogene tetrapods
  • Analyzing incomplete fossil remains

Advisor: Dr. Siobhán Cooke

PhD Graduate Student

William Foster

wfoster7@jhu.edu

Education

  • BSc Geology, University of Hull, UK
  • MRes Palaeontology with Geobiology, University of Edinburgh, UK
About William

Publications

Foster W., Brusatte S. L., Carr T. D., Williamson T.E., Yi L. & Lü J. 2022. The cranial anatomy of the long-snouted tyrannosaurid dinosaur Qianzhousaurus sinensis from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1999251

 

Research Focuses

  • Theropod dinosaur anatomy and ontogeny
  • Archosaur evolution

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel S. Bever

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PhD Graduate Student

Stephanie Palmer

spalme47@jhmi.edu

Education

  • B.A. Anthropology, University of Central Florida, 2020

Research Focuses

  • Carnivoran and aquatic tetrapod paleoecology and paleobiology
  • Mammalian evolution
  • Feeding ecology

Advisor: Dr. Siobhán Cooke

PhD Graduate Student

Yi-Chieh “EJ” Huang

yhuan155@jhmi.edu

Education

  • B.S. Ecology, Evolution & Biodiversity, University of Michigan, 2018
About EJ

Grants and Awards

  • 2018 James B. Angell Scholar
  • 2017 Sophomore Honors Award
  • 2016 William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize
  • 2015-2018 University Honors Program
  • 2015 M.S. Keeler Department of Mathematics Merit Scholarships
Research Focuses

  • Phylogenetic Theory and Methods
  • Evolution models
  • Integration of Molecular & Morphological data
  • Mammal Evolution

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel S. Bever

PhD Graduate Student

Aneila V.C. Hogan

ahogan7@jhmi.edu

Education

  • B.A. Biological Anthropology, University of Washington, 2007
Research Focuses

  • Evolution and comparative anatomy of sensory mechanics
  • Large scale radiation events of tetrapods
  • Paleontological approaches to evolutionary development
  • Craniomandibular morphology

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel Bever

PhD Graduate Student

Fernando Torres

ftorres8@jhmi.edu

Education

  • MSClEn, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, UK
Research Focuses

  • Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics
  • Evolutionary process and trends
  • Testudines evolution and diversification
  • Avian evolution
  • Biomechanics and Morphometrics

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel S. Bever

PhD Graduate Student

C. Kinley Russell

kinley.russell@jhmi.edu

Education

  • M.A. Anthropology (Human Skeletal Biology), New York University, 2015
  • Advanced Certificate, Museum Studies, New York University, 2015
  • A.B. Anthropology (Biological Anthropology), Harvard University, 2008
About Kinley

Grants and Awards

2008 New York University Tuition Scholarship, Department of Anthropology

Publications

C.K. Russell. Size-Related and Demographic Effects on the Morphology of the Lateral Meniscal Notch of the Proximal Tibia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology [Manuscript in Preparation]

Abstracts

C.K. Russell. 2016. Size-related and Demographic Effects on the Morphology of the Lateral Meniscal Notch of the Proximal Tibia. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 159(S62):276 (poster presentation).

Research Focuses

  • Postcranial Functional Anatomy
  • Hominin Evolution
  • Bipedalism and Locomotor Kinematics
  • Intraspecific Variation
  • Knee Morphology
  • Science Education

Advisor: Dr. Adam Sylvester

PhD Graduate Student

Zana Sims

zsims3@jhmi.edu

Education

  • B.A. Anthropology, The University of Minnesota, 2017
About Zana

Grants and Awards

2018 William and Mary Drescher Endowment Fund for Graduate Medical Research Award

Research Focuses

  • Influence of diet on the formation and remodeling of bone
  • Primate evolution during the Miocene
  • Paleoecological reconstruction and climate change

Advisor: Dr. Siobhán Cooke

PhD Graduate Student

Jacob Wilson

Education

  • B.S. Biochemistry, Colorado School of Mines
  • M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Denver

Research Focuses

  • Variation and macroevolutionary patterns

Advisor: Dr. Gabriel S. Bever

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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