Ryan Ridgely
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
email:
es180210@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page |
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Dave Dufeau, MS
Doctoral candidate
2005 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: Evolution of the
tympanic air sinus systems in archosaurs.
email:
dd299405@ohiou.edu
webpage:
University page |
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William Porter
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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Amy Martiny
Masters candidate
2008 – present
Project: sociology of science and medicine, photography and web delivery of
WitmerLab cast collection
email:
am654706@ohio.edu
webpages:
Bedside Manner (blog),
WitmerLab Collections page, University page |
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Jason Bourke
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:
Reptilian Rants (blog), University page |
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Joe Daniel, MS
Doctoral candidate
2004 – present
Doctoral dissertation project: Heads and skulls
as sediment sorters: an actualistic, CT-based
study in taphonomy.
email:
jd314704@ohio.edu
webpage:
University page
current status: Gross Anatomy Instructor at the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
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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,
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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 Honors Tutorial
College, 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: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo |
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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: community college 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: Instructor, Brown University |
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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 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: Assistant Professor of Biology,
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI |
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