Current Members
Lauren Sallan, PhD Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania Graduate Students Erynn Johnson PhD Student, Earth and Environmental Science; NSF Graduate Research Fellow Project: The Role of Crushing Predation in the Mesozoic Marine Revolution Aja Carter PhD Student, Earth and Environmental Science Project: Obstacle-crossing Capabilities in Temnospondyls (Amphibia) and the Functional Demands of Life on Land John Sime PhD Student, Earth and Environmental Science Project: A Multifaceted Exploration of Evolutionary Stasis in Fishes Undergraduate Students Jack Stack (Senior Thesis) Ben Franklin Scholar, Penn Class of 2019 Project: The Diversity and Ecology of Permo-Carboniferous Fishes. Jisoo Kim (Senior Thesis) Earth Science Major, Penn Class of 2018 Project: Testing Habitat-Body Form Relationships in Fishes Across Time. Victoria Zhang Penn Class of 2020 Project: Size Trends, Suturing, and Crushing Resistance in Ammonoids Briana DiMarco Drexel University Project: Tracking Trends in Shape and Crushing Resistance in Snails Regina Fairbanks Penn Class of 2021 Project: Body Size in Late Mesozoic Marine Vertebrates Jeremy Wyman Penn Class of 2021 Project: Fish Faunal Change in the Late Mesozoic Jeffrey Manner Penn Class of 2020 Project: Body Size Selectivity in Early Vertebrates Alex Pearlstein Penn Class of 2021 Project: Fish Responses to the Late Cenozoic Ice Age Nyazia Sajdah-Bey Penn Class of 2020 Project: Testing the Functional Implications of Fish Form Through 3D Printing Francesca Marini Penn Class of 2021 Project: Tracking the Survival of Fishes Over the End-Cretaceous Extinction Past Members Student Advisees: Bryan Juarez, MS (2013-2015) Frontiers MS student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan (Now: PhD Student, Iowa State University) Andrew Galimberti (2013-2015) Senior Thesis Student, Biology, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI (Now: Entomologist, Cornell Extension) Travis Lumpkin, MSAG (2016-2017) MS in Applied Geology student, EES, Penn (Now: High School Teacher, Mannasas School District) Research Assistants: Elizabeth Coulter (2017) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Alana Rosen (2017) Undergraduate, University of Delaware Abigail Waugh (2017) PURM Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Charles Sansone (2017) PURM Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Saloni Wadhwa (2017) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Sabine Nix (2017) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Karl Ekert (2017) Haverford High School Zara Turner (2015) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Catherine Breiner (2015) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Nina Vithayathil (2015) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Britney Vazquez (2015) MSAG Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania Althea Escorce (2015) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Matthew Scott (2015) Undergraduate, University of Pennsylvania Wei Tang (2015) MS Student, Architecture, University of Pennsylvania Julia Slater (2015) Undergraduate, English, University of Pennsylvania Tyler Carlton (2013-2014) Undergraduate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology, University of Michigan Gregory Hanafin (2013) Undergraduate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology, University of Michigan Michelle Park (2013) Undergraduate, Program in the Environment, University of Michigan Scott Johnston (2012-2013) Undergraduate, University of Michigan |