Integrative Anatomy and Biomechanics
Meet our Faculty
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| Pat O'Connor, Ph.D., professor, neuroscience & anatomyExpertise at a GlanceO’Connor’s research combines comparative and developmental anatomy with field paleontology to address a range of topics in vertebrate evolutionary biology. Current projects include (1) skeletal development in avian and mammalian model systems, (2) descriptive/comparative morphology of Late Cretaceous archosaurs (e.g., nonavialan and avialan dinosaurs, crocodyliforms) from Madagascar, Antarctica, and continental Africa, and (3) extinction and recovery dynamics of continental biotas through the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. |
| Nancy Stevens, Ph.D., professor, functional morphology & vertebrate paleontologyExpertise at a GlanceStevens is an expert in paleontology, endangered primates and biodiversity conservation. She explores interactions between organisms and their environments through time, including relationships between form and function in primates and other animals. |
| Susan Williams, Ph.D., professor, anatomyExpertise at a GlanceWilliams is an expert on the functional morphology, biomechanics and physiology of mammalian feeding. Her research examines patterns and principles of motor control and sensorimotor integration of the feeding process, including chewing and swallowing, and how feeding is coordinated with other behaviors such as respiration. She also conducts clinically-oriented research on how oral sensory perturbations due to injury or managed therapies impact chewing and swallowing coordination. |
| Lawrence Witmer, Ph.D., professor, anatomy and Chang Ying-Chien Professor of PaleontologyExpertise at a GlanceWitmerLab explores the functional anatomy of vertebrates extending back into deep time, combining CT scanning and 3D visualization with more traditional anatomical methods. A major focus has been the soft tissues of the heads of dinosaurs and also the study of the anatomy and physiology of modern-day animals. |