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We are proud of our alumni! Here is an chronological roster of our graduates and current professional details.
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  Dr. Christopher Beard
  • Curator, Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Associate Dean of Science, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Ph.D., 1989 - Postcranial anatomy, locomotor adaptations, and paleoecology of early Cenozoic Plesiadapidae, Paromomyidae, and Micromomyidae (Eutheria, Dermoptera)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Human Evolution (Academic Press)
  • MacArthur Fellow, 2000
  • E-mail: beardc@clpgh.org
  • Homepage: http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/vp/beard.html

Dr. Audrone Biknevicius
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences,College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Ph.D., 1990 - Biomechanical scaling of the mandibular corpus in carnivores
  • E-mail: biknevic@ohiou.edu

Dr. Carol Ward
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  • Ph.D., 1991 - Functional anatomy of the lower back and pelvis of the Miocene hominoid Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya
  • E-mail: WardCV@missouri.edu
  • Homepage: http://rcp.missouri.edu/carolward/index.html

Dr. Hannah Grausz
  • Associate Director, MetroHealth/Cleveland Clinic Foundation Emergency Medicine Residency and Associate Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
  • Ph.D., 1992 - Growth of the human perinatal craniofacial skeleton characterized in three dimensions
  • M.D., 1996
  • E-mail: grauszh@ccf.org

Dr. Lawrence M. Witmer
  • Professor of Anatomy, Chang Ying-Chien Professor of Paleontology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  • Ph.D., 1992 - Ontogeny, phylogeny, and air sacs: The importance of soft-tissue inferences in the interpretation of facial evolution in Archosauria
  • E-mail: witmer1@ohiou.edu
  • Homepage: http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/dbms-witmer/

Dr. Jacqueline Runestad Connour
  • Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
  • Ph.D., 1994 - Humeral and femoral diaphyseal cross-sectional geometry and articular dimensions in Prosimii and Platyrrhini (Primates) with application for reconstruction of body mass and locomotor behavior in Adapidae (Primates: Eocene)
  • E-mail: jackie_runestad@ccmail.wiu.edu

Dr. Ronald E. Heinrich
  • Instructor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  • Ph.D., 1996 - Functional morphology and body size of Early Tertiary Miacoidea (Mammalia, Carnivora)
  • E-mail: heinrich@ohiou.edu

Dr. Maureen O'Leary

Dr. Katherine Rafferty
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, University of Washington
  • Ph.D., 1996 - Joint design in primates: external and subarticular properties in relation to body size and locomotor behavior
  • E-mail: kraff@u.washington.edu

Dr. Katherine Coffing
  • Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Ph.D., 1998 - The metacarpals of Australopithecus afarensis: locomotor and behavioral implications of cross-sectional geometry
  • E-mail: kcoffing@anthro.ucla.edu

Dr. Naoko Egi

Dr. Mason Meers
  • Associate Professor and Chair of Biology, Department of Biology, The University of Tampa, FL
  • Ph.D., 2000 - Evolution of the crocodylian forelimb: anatomy, biomechanics and functional morphology
  • E-mail: mmeers@ut.edu

Dr. Gail Krovitz
  • Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
  • Ph.D., 2001 - Three-dimensional comparisons of craniofacial morphologyand growth patterns in Neandertals and modern humans
  • E-mail: gkrovitz@dmns.org

Dr. Mary Silcox
  • Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Winnipeg, Canada
  • Ph.D., 2001 - A phylogenetic analysis of the Plesiadapiformes and their relationship to Euprimates and other Archontans
  • E-mail: m.silcox@uwinnipeg.ca

Dr. Brenda Chinnery
  • Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  • Ph.D., 2002 - Morphometric analysis of evolution and growth in the Ceratopsian postcranial skeleton
  • E-mail: brendachinnery@hotmail.com

Dr. Yizheng Li
  • Staff Scientist, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA
  • Ph.D., 2002 - Postnatal development of pelvic sexual dimorphism in four anthropoid primates
  • E-mail: yli@wyeth.com

Dr. Kristina Aldridge
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
  • Ph.D., 2003 - Organization of the human brain: development, variability, and evolution
  • E-mail: aldridgek@health.missouri.edu

Dr. Anita Hettena
  • Adjunct Biology/Anatomy Instructor, San Diego City College, CA
  • Ph.D., 2003 - A three-dimensional analysis of age-related change in the adult craniofacial skeleton
  • E-mail: anitahettena@yahoo.com

Dr. Valerie Burke DeLeon
  • Assistant Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  • Ph.D., 2004 - Fluctuating asymmetry in the human craniofacial skeleton: effects of sexual dimorphism, stress, and developmental anomalies
  • E-mail: vdeleon@jhmi.edu

Dr. François Therrien

Dr. Jay Mussell
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Ph.D., 2004 - A reexamination of Lipotyphla and Afrotheria using both molecular and morphological analyses
  • E-mail: mussell@musc.edu

Dr. Ann C. Zumwalt
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Ph.D., 2004 - The effect of endurance exercise on the morphology of muscle attachment sites: An experimental study in sheep (Ovis aries)
  • E-mail: azumwalt@duke.edu

Dr. Amy E. Chew
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
  • Ph.D., 2005 - Biostratigraphy, Paleoecology and synchronized evolution in the Early Eocene mammalian fauna of the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
  • E-mail: achew@jhmi.edu

Dr. Benjamin M. Auerbach
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  • Ph.D., 2007 - Skeletal variation in the New World during the Holocene: effects of climate and subsistence across geography and time
  • E-mail: auerbach@utk.edu

Dr. Jason M. Organ
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Center for Anatomical Science and Education, Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, MO
  • Ph.D., 2007 - The functional anatomy of prehensile and nonprehensile tails of the Platyrrhini (Primates) and Procyonidae (Carnivora)
  • E-mail: jorgan@jhmi.edu


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