Alumni
| Name | Years | Where are they now? | Research |
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| Robert Asher, PhD | Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge |
PhD, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis Title: Phylogenetic relationships among tenrecoid insectivores. Graduated, Fall, 2000 |
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| Carrie Balcer | 2014 - 2018 | ||
| Kevin Brown | Founder/CEO at Standard Model Biomedicine | ||
| Mark Coleman, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Western Atlantic University School of Medicine |
PhD, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis Title: Middle and inner ear morphology and ecology. Graduated, 2007 |
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| Josh Coles | 2009 - 2014 | ||
| Ruchi Dharia, MD | Emergency Medicine Physician, Plainview, NY | ||
| McKenna C. Eastment, MD | University of Washington Department of Medicine | ||
| Alison Eckhardt | |||
| Caylen Erger | Veterinary Internal Medicine Resident at Michigan State University |
Characterization of the laryngeal adductor reflex in rhesus macaques. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, The College, University of Chicago, 2017 |
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| Kara Feilich, PhD | Federal Government Consulting | ||
| Alexandre Freire, PhD | Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas – UNICAMP |
CNPq and Capes Fellow |
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| Nicholas Gidmark, PhD | Assistant Professor, Knox College | ||
| Michael C. Granatosky, PhD | Assistant Professor of Anatomy, New York Institute of Technology | ||
| Janaya Gripper | |||
| Margaret Hall, PhD | Professor, Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona |
PhD, Graduate Program in Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis title: Eye and orbit size and shape in vertebrates. Graduated, 2005 |
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| Christopher P. Heesy, PhD | Professor, Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona |
PhD, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis title: The functions of the mammalian postorbital bar. (Co-advised with Dr. Brigitte Demes). Graduated, Fall, 2003 |
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| Liam Heins | Senior Software Developer at Ariadne Software | ||
| Jose Iriarte-Diaz, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of the South, Sewannee | ||
| Rebecca Junod | 2018 - 2019 | ||
| Rebecca Kaiser, MD | Dermatology Associates of Virginia | ||
| Nikki Kijak, MD | Orthopaedic Surgery Resident at Uchicago Medicine | ||
| Myra F. Laird, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Basic and Translational Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine | ||
| J.D. Laurence-Chasen, PhD | Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
PhD, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: Neuromechanics of the Primate Tongue During Feeding |
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| Peishu Li, PhD | 2019-2024 | Visiting Professor in Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University |
PhD, Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis title: Evolutionary Morphology of the Mammalian Hyoid Apparatus: Form, Function and Diversity |
| Richard H. Madden, PhD | Retired, Los Angeles California | ||
| Hyab Mehari-Abraha, PhD | Postdoctoral Researcher at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
Fulbright Futures Fellow |
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| Keith Metzger, PhD | Assistant Dean of Medical Education, Professor of Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Sciences, Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine |
PhD, Graduate Program in Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University. Thesis Title: The kinematics of intra-oral prey transport in lizards. Graduated, 2005 (Co-advised with Dr. Brigitte Demes) |
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| Ali Nabavizadeh, PhD | Assistant Professor of Veterinary Gross Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine | ||
| Yuki Nakamura, PhD | Niigata University | ||
| Selby Olson | Graduate Student at University of Florida, Department of Natural History | ||
| Courtney Orsbon, MD, PhD | Residency at University of Vermont, Department of Radiology |
M.D., PhD, Pritzker School of Medicine and Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: Swallowing Biomechanics of the Macaca mulatta hyolingual apparatus. Graduated 2018 |
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| Dawn Paulsen | 2002 - 2009 | ||
| Ellen Platts | Impact Assessment and Evaluation Specialist, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University | ||
| Laura B. Porro, PhD | Lecturer in Anatomy in the Centre for Integrative Anatomy in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London | ||
| Felippe B. Prado, DDS, PhD | 2022-2024 |
Staff scientist, University of Chicago |
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| Yashesvini Ram, PhD | Senior Clinical Research Manager at Abbott Laboratories |
PhD, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: Coordination Between Muscles and the Sensorimotor Cortex During Orofacial Behaviors in Non-Human Primates. Graduated 2017 |
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| David A. Reed, PhD | 2001 - 2004 | Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago |
PhD, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: The Biomechanical Determinants of Phenotypic Variance in the Mandible of Alligator mississippiensis. Graduated 2011 |
| Annie Rivera | |||
| Ana Cláudia Rossi, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Campinas |
CNPq and Capes Fellow |
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| Mateo Rull Garza | Research and Outreach Scientist and Co-Coordinator of Research Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Leadership-Alliance Fellow |
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| Julia Schultz, Dr. rer. Nat. | Research Assistant, Institut für Geowissenschaften, University of Bonn | ||
| Ellen Schulz-Kornas, PhD | Head of the Research Laboratory, Department of Cariology, Endodontology and Periodontology, University of Leipzig | ||
| Kaleb Sellers, PhD | 2022-2025 | Clinical Assistant Professor, Oral Biology at University of Illinois: Chicago |
Postdoctoral Scholar |
| Kelsey Stilson, PhD | Postdoc at Brown University |
PhD, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: The Kinematics and Neurofeedback of Mastication in Didelphis virginiana |
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| Kazutaka Takahashi, PhD | Senior Neurophysiologist and Data Scientist Precision Neuroscience | ||
| Treva Walsh | |||
| Ryan L. Washington | |||
| Katrina (Katie) Whitlow, PhD | Assistant Professor in Biology, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame |
PhD, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago. Thesis Title: Biomechanics, evolution and modulation of suction feeding mechanisms in fishes |
