| Lawrence M. Witmer,
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WitmerLab People |
WitmerLab Group Shots |
| 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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| 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 e mail: 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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