Research Interests 

• Evolution and development of sexual dimorphism in African antelope
  
  
• Co-evolution of morphology, ecology and behavior in bovids
  
  
• Development of horns in bovids
  
  
• Evolution of cranial appendages in ruminants
  
  
• Epistemology, philosophy of biology and the comparative method
  
  

  Recent Academic News 

   07, 09/'09: Field work on morphological variation in dwarf antelopes of Kenya

   08/'09: Poster at 17th Congress of the International Federation of Associations
   of Anatomists, Cape Town, South Africa
      Comparative development of skull anatomy and morphometry
           between the sexes in the springbok antelope

   05/'09: Summer research grant, Dept. Integrative Biology ($1530)

   04/'09: Julius Thomas Hansen travel fellowship ($200)

   04/'09: Research collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service, veterinary staff at
       the Nairobi Animal Orphanage
       Tracking growth in African antelope

   02/'09: Darwin Day talk, National Museums of Kenya
       "Evolution and development of African antelope"
       "A brief history of Darwin's ideas and the state of US science
          education"

   01/'09: IB Dept. In Candidacy Fee Offset Grant

   01/'09: SICB oral presentation (Kim Khuc, co-author) :
       "Ontogenetic convergence in ventral skull shape between males
          and females of a sexually dimorphic antelope" [Link]

   10/'08: SVP poster, (Edward Davis and Drew Lee, co-authors):
      "Evolution of development in ruminant headgear: potential for
          phylogenetic resolution" [Link]

   Courses Taught/GSIed

• Human Functional Anatomy Lab
  Fall 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008; 2010, Summer 2007, 2010
  
• Mammalian Physiology Lab
  Spring 2005, 2010
  
  

   Vertebrate Dissection Experience 
     Fish, etc.: hagfish, lamprey, rainbow trout
     Herps: bullfrog, red-legged frog, California toad, gila monster
     Birds: house finch, greater rhea, barn owl
     Mammals: rat, ground squirrel, domestic cat, eland (partial), human (partial)