People

Holliday Lab photo Fall 2014. Roxanne (Freshman), Kaleb (MS student), Brianne (Soph), Anthony (Junior), Ian (PhD student), Kenzie (Senior), Henry (PhD student), Amanda (step-PhD student), Casey (tired). with Alligator and Postosuchus.

Holliday lab photo Spring 2016. Brendan (Freshman), Brianne (Junior), Kevin, Anthony (Senior), Kaleb, (PhD Student), Ian (PhD Student), Rachel Rozin (Sophomore), Alec Wilken (Freshman), Caitlyn Smith (Sophomore).

Holliday Lab photo Spring 2018: Kevin, Alec (Junior), Emily (PhD student), Kaleb (PhD student), Faye (step-PhD student), Caitlyn (Senior), Anmol (Junior), Rachel (Senior), Spiro (PhD Student), Casey. Missing Kala and Conner.

Samuel (Spiro) Sullivan, Willow Springs, IL. B.S. University of Chicago 2016. He’s interested in the functional morphology and evolution of birds. I’m currently studying bird locomotion and the musculoskeletal anatomy behind it, focusing on their unique pectoral girdles.

Emily Lessner, Kennett Square, PA. B.S. Virginia Tech 2017. A number of extant animals (e.g., birds, crocodylians) utilize trigeminal-innervated sensory systems to interact with their environments. I am interested in understanding the innervation, anatomy, and evolution of these systems (especially in pseudosuchian archosaurs) in order to apply them to extinct animals.

Brianne Schmiegelow, a Biology major from Joplin, MO at Life Sciences Week 2017. Her project explored the ontogeny of enamel thickness in Alligator. She’s off to UMKC Dental School.

Alec Wilken, a biology major and aspiring functional morphologist from Sedalia, MO at AAA 2017. His project has explored the biomechanics of lizard skulls.

Rachel Rozin, a Wildlife and Conservation Bio major and aspiring marine biologist from Atlanta, GA at SICB 2018. Rachel’s project has discovered biomechanical patterns in the skulls of galliform birds (chickens and kin). She’s off to an internship at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Caitlyn Smith, a Biology Major  and pre-Med student from St. Louis, MO at AAA 2017. Her project explored the biomechanics of flexible bones in duck skulls. She is working at Mercy Health Orthopedics.

Anmol Sethi, a biology major and pre-Dent student from Columbia, MO at SICB 2018. Anmol has been investigating the 3D architecture of jaw muscles in geckos. She’s preaccepted to UMKC Dental School.

Kala Frazier, a biology major and pre-Dent student from Chicago, IL is studying enigmatic ligaments that connect our jaw muscles to our ears.

Conner Verhulst, a Biology major and Pre-Med student from Kansas City, MO is using 3D modeling to explore the jaw muscle function of parrots and tongue muscles of pangolins.

Corrine Cranor spent her senior year of high school (Rock Bridge HS) learning 3D modeling and developed many of our 3D Alligator models for Sketchfab. She’s off to undergrad at South Dakota School of Mines & Tech to major in Paleontology. Keep an eye out for her!