PhD Graduate Students
PhD Graduate Student
Kailie Batsche
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
PhD Graduate Student
About Stephanie
Stephanie studies the the mechanical properties of foods and the evolutionary history of primates using comparative morphology, observable behaviors, and the fossil record. She is also interested in comparative studies that employ data from other mammalian orders.
Grants and Awards
- 2019 – Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- 2017 William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- 2014 Peer Recognition Award, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- 2014 Featured on Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution – “The Last American Dinosaurs”
Publications
Gutierrez, S., Canington, SL., Eller, AR., Herrelko, ES., & Sholts, SB. (with editor). The intertwined history of primate and human health at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Submitted to The Royal Society, Notes and Records.
Canington, SL. (2021). Plant species fed on by wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at nine sites. International Journal of Primatology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10764-020-00184-1.
Sims, Z. & Canington, SL. (2020). Lab Activity: Extant and Fossil Catarrhine Morphology. For: Lab Manual to Explorations: an Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology (Shook, B., Nelson, K., Aguilera, K., & Braff, L., eds.).
Perry, JMG., & Canington, SL. (2019). Chapter 8: Primate Evolution. In: Explorations: Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology (Shook, B., Nelson, K., Aguilera, K., & Braff, L., eds.).
Canington, S.L. (2018). Gorilla beringei (Primates: Hominidae). Mammalian Species, DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sey014.
Canington, S.L., Sylvester, A.D., Burgess, M.L., Junno, J.-A., and Ruff, C.B. (2018). Long bone diaphyseal shape follows different ontogenetic trajectories in captive and wild gorillas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23636.
Canington, S.L. and Hunt, D.R. (2016) Rapid development of secondary hyperparathyroidism and fibrous osteodystrophy in a juvenile orangutan. International Journal of Paleopathology 13:96-99. (DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2016.03.002)
Canington, S. (2012) Mapping Hydropower projects across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau: A geographic, political, and socioeconomic initiative. Pp. 242-243 in Auburn Speaks on Water. Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Issue link
Abstracts
Canington, S.L., Sylvester, A.D., Burgess, M.L., Junno, J-A., and Ruff, C.B. (2017) Long bone cross-sectional diaphyseal shape follows different ontogenetic trajectories in captive and wild gorillas. American Association of Physical Anthropologists (Podium Talk).
Canington, S.L. (2016) An ape like us: a case study of disease in captivity. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (Podium Talk).
Canington, S.L., and Hunt, D.P. (2015) Probable nutritional hyperparathyroidism and severe fibrous osteodystrophy in two juvenile orangutans, Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus. Paleopathology Association (Poster).
McGrath, K., Slater, G., and Canington, S. (2014) Disney Nature: “Mammalian Collections at the National Museum of Natural History.” 3rd Annual USA Science and Engineering Festival (Podium Talk).
Canington, S. (2013) Variations in mandibular molar morphology within and between Gorilla gorilla and Gorilla beringei: an emphasis on geographic distribution and normative food resources. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Undergraduate Symposium (Poster).
Research Focuses
- Mammalian Evolution
- Food material properties
- Jaw biomechanics
Advisor: Dr. Siobhán Cooke
PhD Graduate Student
Savannah 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
- BSc Geology, University of Hull, UK
- MRes Palaeontology with Geobiology, University of Edinburgh, UK
About William
Publications
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
PhD Graduate Student
Research Focuses
- Carnivoran and aquatic tetrapod paleoecology and paleobiology
- Mammalian evolution
- Feeding ecology
Advisor: Dr. Siobhán Cooke
PhD Graduate Student
- 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
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
- 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
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
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
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
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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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