Lawrence Witmer,
PhD
Professor
1995 – present
email:
witmerL@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page |
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Ryan Ridgely, BS
Research Associate
2000 – present
Projects: NSF grant collaborator, µCT & 3D viz
guru
email:
ridgely@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page
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Wm. Ruger Porter,
PhD
Lecturer,
Postdoctoral researcher
Doctoral student: 2008 – 2015
Doctoral dissertation: Physiological
Implications of Dinosaur Cephalic Vascular
Systems.
email:
wp298308@ohio.edu
webpage:
University
page
Current status:
2014 – present: Assistant Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, OU Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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Don Cerio, PhD
Lecturer,
Postdoctoral researcher
Doctoral student: 2012 – 2019
Doctoral dissertation project: The visual
apparatus of avian dinosaurs and other diapsids:
anatomical correlates of behavior and
evolution..
email:
dc441511@ohio.edu
webpage:
https://donaldcerio.wordpress.com/
Current status: 2018 – present Visiting
Assistant Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, OU Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine |
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JP Nassif,
BS
Doctoral student:
2015 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: Comparative
morphology and biomechanics of the middle-ear
conduction system in sauropsid reptiles.
email:
jn471915@ohio.edu
webpage:
Personal
page |
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DJ Morgan, MS
Doctoral student:
2018 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: TBA
email:
dm279318@ohio.edu
webpage: |
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WitmerLab Alumni: |
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Emily Caggiano,
BS
WitmerLab research assistant:
2015 – 2019
email:
Emily.Caggiano@uth.tmc.edu
current status: PhD student at MD Anderson
UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,
Houston, Texas |
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Catherine Early,
PhD
Doctoral student:
2013 – 2019
Doctoral dissertation project: Quantitative
assessments of avian endocasts as tools for
inferring neuroanatomical traits and potential
functional capabilities.
email:
cearly@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
webpage:
Personal page
current status: NSF postdoctoral fellow at the
University of Florida
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Ashley Morhardt,
PhD
Doctoral student:
2010 – 2016
Doctoral dissertation project: Gross Anatomical
Brain Region Approximation (GABRA): assessing
brain size, structure, and evolution in extinct
archosaurs.
email:
amorhardt@wustl.edu
webpage:
Penchant4Paleo (blog),
Paleoneurology.com
current status: Assistant Professor of Anatomy,
Washington University School of Medicine at St.
Louis |
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Jason Bourke, PhD
PhD Recipient 2015
2008 – 2015
Doctoral dissertation project:
Implications of airflow dynamics and soft-tissue
reconstructions for the heat exchange potential
of dinosaur nasal passages.
email:
archosaur@gmail.com
webpage:
Personal page
current status; Assistant Professor of Anatomy,
New York Institute of Technology's College of
Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State
University |
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Shayna Knece, BS
Master's candidate in the OU Patton College of
Education
2013 – 2014
Masters thesis project: TBA.
email:
sk272009@ohio.edu |
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Elsa Kendrick
Honors Tutorial College Thesis Researcher
2013 – 2014
Honors thesis project: Anatomy and evolution of
the tongue and hyolingual apparatus in diapsids.
email:
eh044510@ohio.edu
Current status: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
2019 |
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Alexandra Spaw
Johns,
BS, MD
Honors Tutorial College Thesis Researcher
2012 – 2014
Honors thesis project: Fetal Developmental
Anatomy of the Human Cardiovascular and Central
Nervous Systems Using Lugol’s Iodine Staining
and Micro-Computed Tomography
email:
lexie.spaw1@gmail.com
current status: Surgical resident at UC Davis |
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Eric Snively, PhD
Researcher
2010 – 2013
Projects: Computational modeling of dinosaur
head and neck function; Rigid body mechanics of
prey capture in large carnivorous dinosaurs
email:
esnively@uwlax.edu
webpage:
UW-L page
current status: Assistant Professor, Biology
Department, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
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Cheyenne Romick,
BS
Honors undergraduate researcher
2011 – 2013
Honors thesis project: Ontogeny of the brain
endocasts of ostriches (Aves: Struthio
camelus), with implications for interpreting
extinct dinosaur endocasts.
email:
cheyenne.romick@gmail.com
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Joe Daniel, PhD
PhD Recipient 2012
2004 – 2012
Doctoral dissertation project: Heads and skulls
as sediment sorters: an actualistic, CT-based
study in taphonomy.
email:
paleoaerie@gmail.com
webpage:
Paleoaerie
current status: Gross Anatomy Instructor at the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
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Dave Dufeau, PhD
PhD Recipient 2011
2005 – 2011
Doctoral dissertation project: The evolution of
cranial pneumaticity in Archosauria: patterns of
paratympanic sinus development
email:
ddufeau@marian.edu
webpage:
University page
current status: Assistant Professor of
Anatomy at Marian University College of
Osteopathic Medicine, Indianapolis, IN |
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Amy Martiny, MA
MA recipient 2010
2008 – 2010
Project: sociology of science and medicine, photography and web delivery of
WitmerLab cast collection
email:
amy.r.martiny@gmail.com
current status:
Surgical Skills Lab Specialist at the Department
of Neurological Surgery at Northwestern's
Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago. |
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Tobin Hieronymus, PhD
PhD Recipient 2009
2002 – 2009
Doctoral dissertation project:
Osteological correlates of cephalic skin
structures in Amniota: documenting the evolution
of display and feeding structures with fossil
data.
email::
h.tobin@gmail.com
webpage:
University page
current status: Assistant Professor,
NEOMED |
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Kate Burns
High School Intern from Linworth Alternative
Program, Columbus, Ohio
2 Feb – 26 Mar 2009
Projects: 3D viz of crow brain & inner ear,
painting casts of T. rex, Gorgosaurus,
and Diplodocus, specimen curation
email:
burns.ktb@gmail.com
current status: Ohio University graduate |
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Takanobu Tsuihiji, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2006 – 2008
Projects: Cervicocephalic anatomy of archosaurs,
Mongolian dinosaurs
email:
ttsuihiji@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
current status:
Associate Professor at University of Tokyo,
Japan |
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Justin Tickhill, MS
Masters recipient 2007
2004 – 2008
Masters thesis project:
The Virtual Pig Head:
digital imaging of cephalic anatomy.
email:
jt188600@ohio.edu
current status: Gross Anatomy Instructor, Grand
Canyon University, Phoenix AZ, |
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Casey Holliday, PhD
PhD recipient 2006
2000 – 2006
Doctoral dissertation project:
Evolution and function of the jaw musculature
and adductor chamber of archosaurs
(crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds).
email:
hollidayca@health.missouri.edu
webpage:
Holliday Lab
current status: Associate Professor, Department
of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University
of Missouri |
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Brian Beatty, PhD
PhD student
2002
email:
bbeatty@nyit.edu
webpage:
The Aquatic Amniote Blog,
University page
current status: Assistant Professor, Department
of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic
Medicine |
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Andy Clifford, PhD
BS Honors 2000; MS recipient 2003
1999 – 2000, 2001 – 2003
Honors thesis project: The narial anatomy of
hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) with respect
to other Carnivora.
Masters thesis project: Narial novelty in
mammals: case studies and rules of construction.
email:
Andrew_Clifford@brown.edu
current status:
Formerly Brown University, PhD student; current
status: Hathaway Brown
School, Cleveland, OH. |
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Pat O'Connor, PhD
PhD recipient 2003 (State University of New York
at Stony Brook under C. A. Forster, Witmer
committee member)
2000 – 2002 (completed doctoral research in the
WitmerLab while serving as an anatomy
instructor)
Dissertation title: Pulmonary pneumaticity in
extant birds and extinct archosaurs.
email:
oconnorp@ohiou.edu
webpage:
University page
current status: Professor, Department
of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University Heritage College
of Osteopathic Medicine |
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Jayc Sedlmayr, PhD
PhD recipient 2002
1997 – 2002
Dissertation title:
Anatomy, evolution, and functional significance
of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria.
email:
jsedlm@lsuhsc.edu
webpage:
University page
current status: Assistant Professor, Department
of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health Sciences
Center |
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Mike Papp, MS
MS recipient 2000
1996 – 2000
Thesis title: A Critical Appraisal of Buccal
Soft-Tissue Anatomy in Ornithischian Dinosaurs
email:
ceratopsid@hotmail.com
current status: Project Geologist, AECOM,
Hebron, KY |
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Thomas Carr, PhD
PhD student
1996 – 1997
Projects: tyrannosaur skull structure, analysis
of CT data of sauropod dinosaurs
email: tyrannosauroidea@hotmail.com
webpage:University page
current status: Associate Professor of Biology,
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI |
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