WitmerLab People

Lawrence M. Witmer, PhD
Professor of Anatomy
Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology
OU Presidential Research Scholar 2004-2009

Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Life Science Building, Rm 123
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701 USA

Phone: 740 593 9489
Fax: 740 593 2400
Email: witmerL@ohio.edu

WitmerLab
People

Ryan Ridgely Research Associate 2000 – present Projects: NSF grant collaborator, µCT & 3D viz guru email: ridgely@ohio.edu webpage: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ridgely/
Tobin Hieronymus Doctoral candidate, OUCOM Anatomy Instructor 2002 – present Doctoral dissertation project: Comparative anatomy of the facial integument of extant and extinct amniotes. email: th108702@ohiou.edu webpage: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-hieronymus/index.htm
Joe Daniel 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: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~jd314704/
Dave Dufeau Doctoral candidate 2005 – present Doctoral dissertation project: Evolution of the tympanic air sinus systems in archosaurs. email: dd299405@ohiou.edu webpage: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~dd299405/
William Porter Doctoral candidate 2008 – present Doctoral dissertation project: TBA email: webpage:
Recent WitmerLab Alumni:
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
Justin Tickhill Masters recipient August 2007 2004 – 2008 Masters thesis project: The Virtual Pig Head: digital imaging of cephalic anatomy. email: jt188600@ohio.edu webpage: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/virtualpig/pig_head.htm

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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.