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I. Postdoctoral Fellows:Dr. Krister Smith (PhD 2007, Yale University), VPL postdoc 2007-2008 Current position: Assistant Curator,
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Jessica Maisano (PhD 2000, Yale University), JSG postdoc 2007-2008 Current position: Facilities
Manager, University of Texas High Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility. Dr. Oscar Alcober (PhD 1996, Univ. San Juan, Argentina), VPL postdoc 1997-1998 Current position: Director,
Instituto Y Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina. II. Doctoral Students:Dr. Eric Ekdale (PhD 2009, UT Jackson School of Geosciences) Dissertation: Variability in the Bony Labyrinth in Living and Extinct Placental Mammals. Current position: Postdoctoral
Fellow, San Diego Natural History Museum. Dr. Nina Triche (PhD 2007, UT Jackson School of Geosciences) Dissertation: Phylogeny and Evolutionary Biogeography of Penguins. Current position: Petroleum Paleontologist, Hunt Oil, Houston
Dr. Thomas Edward Macrini (PhD 2006, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: The Evolution of Endocranial Space in Mammals and Non-Mammalian cynodonts. Current position:
Assistant Professor
of Biological Sciences, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Ronald S. Tykoski (PhD 2005, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Anatomy, Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Coelophysid Theropods. Current position: Chief
Technician, Museum of
Nature and Science, Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Jonathan Franzosa (PhD 2004, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Evolution of the Brain in Theropod Dinosaurs. Current position: Science teacher, Anderson Academy, Austin
Dr. John Chaille (PhD 2001, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: The Relationship of Mammalian Morphometric Diversity to Environmental Variations and Its Use in Paleoclimatic Reconstructions. Current position: Retired
Dr. Pamela Owen (PhD 2000, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Phylogenetic Relationships Among American Badgers (Taxidiinae) and the Evolution of the Badger Ecomorph. Current position: Senior Educator,
Texas Natural Sciences Center. Dr. Matthew W. Colbert (PhD 1999, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Patterns of Evolution and Variation in the Tapiroidea (Mammalia: Perissodactyla). Current position: Research
Engineer-Scientist, University of Texas High Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility.
Dr. John W. Merck, Jr. (PhD 1997, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Phylogenetic Analysis of Euryapsidan reptlies. Current position: Senior Lecturer and Assistant Director, Earth, Life and Time Program, University of Maryland.
Dr. Christopher A. Brochu (PhD 1997, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Phylogenetic systematics and taxonomy of Crocodylia. Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Iowa.
Dr. Jeffrey Gill Pittman (PhD 1992, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Depositional Environments of Dinosaur Track-bearing Beds of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Current position: Lecturer,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.
Dr. Gorden Lee Bell, Jr. (PhD 1992, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Dissertation: A Systematic Revision of the Mosasauridae (Reptilia, Squamata) Based on a Phylogenetic Model of Relationships. Current position: Geologist, Resource Management Division, National Park Service,
Guadelupe Mountains National Park, Texas.
III. Masters Students:Ms. Heather Ahrens (MS 2010, UT Jackson School of Geosciences) Thesis: Craniodental Morphology of the Raccoon, Procyon lotor, and the Relationships of Procyonidae. Current position: PhD student, Johns Hopkins University.
Ms. Amy Balanoff (MS 2003, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Osteological Description of an Embryonic skeleton of the Extinct Elephant Bierd, Aepyornis (Paleognathae: raritae) (with CD-ROM supplement). Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History.
Mr. David L. DuFeau (MS 2003, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: The Cranial Anatomy of the Theropod Dinosaur Shuvuuia deserti (Coelurosauria: Alvarezsauridae), and its bearing upojn coelurosaurian phylogeny (with CD-ROM supplement). Current position: PhD candidate, Ohio University.
Ms. Nina Triche (MS 2003, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Cranial Osteology of Caiman crocodiles and implications for its systematic placement (with CD-ROM supplement). Current position: Petroleum Paleontologist, Hunt Oil, Houston.
Mr. Gerald Grellet-Tinner (MS 2001, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: The Use of Eggs and Eggshells in Phylogenetic Analysis. Current position: Assistant Professor, South Dakota School of Mines.
Mr. Thomas Edward Macrini (MS 2000, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: High Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of the skull of an Extant Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and a comparison of its Ontogeny to Synapsid Phylogeny (with CD-ROM supplement). Current position:
Assistant Professor
of Biological Sciences, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Ronald S. Tykoski (MS 1998, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: The Osteology of Syntarsus kayentakatae. Current position: Chief Technician,
Museum of Nature and
Science, Dallas, Texas.
Ms. Mary Stewart Miller (MA 1997, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Late Campanian Squamate Reptiles of the Terlingua Local Fauna. Current position: Senior Educator,
Austin Science and Nature Center.
Ms. Kyoko Kishi (MA 1995, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Computer Multimedia Software for Education in Geology (with CD-ROM supplement). Current position: Senior
Systems Analyst, University of Texas Center for
Teaching and Learning.
Ms. Mary Amy Sheldon (MA 1995, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Ontogeny of Selected North American Mosasaurs. Current position: High School Teacher, Alabama.
Mr. Christopher A. Brochu (MA 1992, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Comparative Limb Ontogeny of Fossil and Recent Crocodylotarsan Archosaurs. Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Iowa.
Ms. Anne Inger Weil (MA 1992, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Stratigraphic and Faunal Analysis of Cretaceous Mammal Site, Big Bend. Current position: Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Science.
IV. Undergraduate Honors Theses:Ms. Sharon Bruyere (BS 1994, UT Department of Geological Sciences) Thesis: Software Applications in Authorware. Current position: Image analyst, US Navy.
Mr. Paul David Polly (BA 1987, UT Plan II) Thesis: Relationships of the Procyonidae, Canidae, and Felidae: A Cladistic Analysis. Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Indiana.
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