Ali Nabavizadeh

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E-Mail: ANABAVI1(at)jhmi.edu
Phone: 443-287-3904

1830 E. Monument St., Room 306
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA








  • Education:


  • PhD Advisor: David B. Weishampel
    Dissertation Title: Diversity, Functional Morphology, and Evolution of Jaw Mechanisms in Ornithischian Dinosaurs

    B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2009

  • Research Focuses:
  • Dinosaur Functional Anatomy and Evolution
    Jaw Mechanics in Ornithischian Dinosaurs
    Musculoskeletal Evolution in Vertebrates
    Scientific Illustration

  • Special Links:
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2009

  • Curriculum Vitae:
  • Available upon REQUEST

  • Publications and Abstracts:
  • PUBLICATIONS:

    Nabavizadeh, A. In press. Hadrosauroid jaw mechanics and the functional significance of the predentary bone. In The Hadrosaurs: Proceedings of the International Hadrosaur Symposium (D. Evans and D. Eberth, eds.), Indiana University Press, Bloomington.


    ABSTRACTS:

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2012. Jaw mechanics over proboscidean evolution. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts Book: 148A. (Poster)

    Weishampel, D.B., C.E. Sartin, and A. Nabavizadeh. 2012. Hadrosaurids from the 'lost continent' of Appalachia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts Book: 192A. (Platform Talk)

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2011. Thyreophoran Jaw Mechanics and the Functional Significance of the Predentary Bone. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts Book: 164A. (Platform Talk)

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2011. The Functional Significance of the Predentary Bone in Ornithopod Jaw Mechanisms. Hadrosaur Symposium Abstract Volume: 108-112. (Platform Talk)

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2010. New Functional Significance of the Predentary Bone in Hadrosauroid Mastication. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts book:138A. (Poster)

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2009. A Possible Key to the Success of Ornithischian Dinosaurs. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112(1/2). (Platform Talk)

    Nabavizadeh, A. , L.D. Martin, and D.A. Burnham. 2008. Do defensive structures in Triceratops prove predatory behavior in Tyrannosaurus? Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 111(1/2). (Platform Talk)

    Nabavizadeh, A. 2007. Preliminary observations of a Pentaceratops specimen. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110(3/4). (Platform Talk)


  • Faculty Advisor:
  • David Weishampel

               
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