| Students & Staff |
Lawrence M. Witmer, PhD,
Associate
Professor of Anatomy |
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note: Research in the Witmer lab does not involve experimentation on live animals. Specimens of modern animals used in research are salvage specimens, obtained legally from commercial or governmental sources.
Jayc Sedlmayr, Andy Clifford, Pat O'Connor, Casey Holliday, Larry Witmer, Ryan Ridgely (Sept 2001) |
Mike Papp, Larry Witmer, and Jayc Sedlmayr with Edmontosaurus and Pinacosaurus (1998) |
Team Moose: Larry Witmer, Bethany Suchowiecki, Andy Clifford, and illustrator Danette Pratt |
Casey Holliday, Pat O'Connor, Nancy Stevens, and Andy Clifford inspecting a limestone slab reported to lodge a skeleton (not so...). (September 2001)
Andy Clifford, Pat O'Connor, Nancy Stevens, and
Casey Holliday (September 2001)
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
email: th108702@ohio.edu
phone: 740 597 1912
fax: 740 593 0300
• 2002–Present
• Doctoral student
• Doctoral research: the influence of dermal and epidermal structures on
skull bone in extant vertebrates and the reconstruction of skin
structures in dinosaurs
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
email: oconnorp@exchange.oucom.ohiou.edu
phone: 740 593 2110
fax: 740 593 2383
• 2000 – present
• Gross Anatomy Instructor / Postdoctoral Researcher
• Currently completing his PhD dissertation (SUNY Stony Brook) on pulmonary pneumaticity in extant birds and theropod dinosaurs.
• Has been pursuing patterns of axial blood flow as well as lung and air sac anatomy in extant sauropsids based on vascular injection, gross dissection, and pulmonary injection (via a hypobaric chamber we constructed).
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
email: js236391@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
phone: 740 593 2221
fax: 740 593 0300
• 1997–Present
• PhD Candidate 1999 (ABD)
• NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant 2000–2002
• Working dissertation title: "Anatomy, evolution, and functional
significance of cephalic vasculature in Archosauria, with special
emphasis on birds, crocodilians, and nonavian dinosaurs."
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Jayc injecting the respiratory tree of an alligator. |
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Jayc showing his 1999 SVP poster to an interested passerby (his dad, Fred Sedlmayr). |
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
email: ch338800@ohio.edu
phone: 740 593 9489
fax: 740 593 0300
• 2000 – present
• Doctoral student
• Doctoral research: Cervicocephalic musculature in Archosauria and its significance for functional interpretation
• Has spearheaded the project on limb articular cartilage in modern and extinct archosaurs
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Casey preparing freshly harvested alligator limb bones for molding and casting. |
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Casey measuring the mountain of ostrich limb bones after skeletonization. |
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
email: ac100596@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
phone: 740 593 2221
fax: 740 593 0300
• 1999–2000
• Honors Thesis May 2000
• Thesis title: "The Narial Anatomy of Hooded Seal ( Cystophora
cristata
) with Respect to other Carnivora"
• 2001–present
• Masters student
• Masters research: Comparative functional anatomy of mammalian
proboscis structure: anatomical constraints on adaptive diversity.
Illustrator/Technician
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Contact c/o L. M. Witmer
email: ridgely@ohio.edu
• 2000 – present
• Worked on archosaur appendicular articular cartilage study
• Photographed much of the skull collection in the lab
Honors Tutorial College
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Contact c/o L. M. Witmer
email: am100498@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
• 2000 – 2001
• Honors Tutorial College Research Apprentice
• Worked on analysis of CT data of Stegosaurus
, Pinacosaurus
,
and other thyreophorans
Department of Geological Sciences
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701
Contact c/o L. M. Witmer
email: ceratopsid@hotmail.com
• 1996–2000
• MS Geology June 2000
• Thesis title: "A Critical Appraisal of Buccal Soft-Tissue
Anatomy in Ornithischian Dinosaurs"
• Currently an Associate Geologist at Parsons Engineering Science in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Department of Palaeobiology
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6
email: tdcarr@excite.com
• 1996–1997
• Worked on analysis of CT data of sauropod dinosaurs
• Currently a doctoral student at the University of Toronto
