Lawrence Witmer,
PhD
Professor
1995 – present
email:
witmerL@ohio.edu
webpage:
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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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Eric Snively, PhD
Researcher
2010 – present
Projects: Computational modeling of dinosaur
head and neck function; Rigid body mechanics of
prey capture in large carnivorous dinosaurs
email:
es180210@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page |
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William Porter,
BS
Doctoral candidate
2008 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: Physiological and
behavioral implications of archosaur vascular
systems.
email:
wp298308@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page |
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Jason Bourke, BS
Doctoral candidate
2008 – present
Doctoral dissertation project:
Nasal cavity shape in dinosaurs and their
relatives and its impact on inferences of
airflow and physiology based on a novel
computational technique.
email:
jb513009@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page |
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Ashley Morhardt,
MS
Doctoral candidate
2010 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: TBA
email:
am159410@ohio.edu
webpage:
Penchant4Paleo (blog),
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Don Cerio, BS
Doctoral candidate
2012 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: TBA
email:
dc441511@ohio.edu
webpage:
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Cheyenne Romick
Honors undergraduate researcher
2012 – present
Honors thesis project: Ontogeny of the brain
endocasts of ostriches (Aves: Struthio
camelus), with implications for interpreting
extinct dinosaur endocasts.
email:
cr364909@ohio.edu
webpage:
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Alexandra Spaw
Honors Tutorial College Research Apprentice
2012 – present
Project: The Visible Interactive Dinosaur
Project: 3D visualization of modern-day dinosaur
relatives.
email:
as360409@ohio.edu
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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:
jd314704@ohio.edu
webpage:
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:
dufeaud@missouri.edu
webpage:
http://web.missouri.edu/~dufeaud/
current status: Lecturer, Integrative
Anatomy Program,
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences,
University of Missouri, M172 Medical Sciences
Building, One Hospital Drive, Columbia MO 65212 |
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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
webpages:
Bedside Manner (blog),
WitmerLab Collections page
current status: Anatomical Research Technician,
Midwestern University, Chicago College of
Osteopathic Medicine |
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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:
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, as of Fall 2009 |
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Takanobu Tsuihiji, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
2006 – 2008
Projects: Cervicocephalic anatomy of archosaurs,
Mongolian dinosaurs
email:
taka@kahaku.go.jp
current status: Lecturer, 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
webpage:
Virtual Pig website
current status: Maricopa Community College, AZ, instructor |
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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:
University page
current status: Assistant 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: PhD Brown University, currently
biology teacher at Commonwealth School, Boston,
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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: Associate 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:
Dinosaur Discovery Museum,
University page
current status: Associate Professor of Biology,
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI |
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