Postdoctoral Fellows

PostDoctoral Fellow
Donald Cerio, PhD
- BA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- PhD, Ohio University, Athens, OH
- Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH

PostDoctoral Fellow
Alyssa G. Oberman, PhD
- BSE Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- MS Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- PhD The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame – Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Oberman studies bone mechanobiology and how mechanical input corresponds to morphological changes in the tissue. Her previous work focused on developing in situ models of orthopedic implants to evaluate limitations to osseointegrated knee implants. Her most recent research focus has been exploring the local mechanical and biological cues that differ between skull and long bones to understand how the skull can retain mechanical and material integrity without distinct external loading.
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
- 1988-1989
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3 - E-mail: begun(at)chass.utoronto.ca
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
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist
Corner3d
Bedford, VA 24523 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
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
- 1997-1998
- Group Leader, evolVienna
Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni
Vienna, Austria - E-mail: Nayuta.Yamashita(at)vetmeduni.ac.at
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 MedicineSavannah, 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
Dr. Elaine Chu
- 2023
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
-
Texas State University
-
San Macos, TX 78666
- elainechu(at)txstate.edu
Dr. Allison Machnicki
- 2021-2023
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
-
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
-
Philadelphi, PA 19131
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
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist
Corner3d
Bedford, VA 24523 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
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
- 1997-1998
- Group Leader, evolVienna
Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni
Vienna, Austria - E-mail: Nayuta.Yamashita(at)vetmeduni.ac.at
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
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
- 1988-1989
- Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada M5S 3G3 - E-mail: begun(at)chass.utoronto.ca
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
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist
Corner3d
Bedford, VA 24523 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
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
- 1997-1998
- Group Leader, evolVienna
Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni
Vienna, Austria - E-mail: Nayuta.Yamashita(at)vetmeduni.ac.at
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 MedicineSavannah, 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
Dr. Elaine Chu
- 2023
- Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
-
Texas State University
-
San Macos, TX 78666
- elainechu(at)txstate.edu
Dr. Allison Machnicki
- 2021-2023
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
-
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
-
Philadelphi, PA 19131
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
- 1989-1991
- Research Anthropologist
Corner3d
Bedford, VA 24523 - E-mail: brian.crner(at)natick.army.mil
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
- 1997-1998
- Group Leader, evolVienna
Institute of Population Genetics, Vetmeduni
Vienna, Austria - E-mail: Nayuta.Yamashita(at)vetmeduni.ac.at
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