Research

Nov 22, 2016

Got grant! $20,000 to study Hyoid Evolution in Hawaiian Honeycreepers

I will owe much of my dissertation to the humbling generosity of the John S. Hilson Family Fund. Below. is the foundation's president,...

Mar 19, 2016

Texas Natural History Collection (Quest)

"Dear TMNH# 64380, It's an honor and a privilege to be dissecting you in the lab this week. I visit your webpage all the time. I'm one...

Jul 28, 2014

Got Grant! -> California Academy of Sci.

Hello San Fransisco! Collecting more monitor lizard hyoid thesis data via a Charles Stearns Grant in Aid for Herpetology. What a...

Jul 25, 2014

Enter, the Dragon (Field Museum)

Examining as many monitor lizard species and individuals as I can for my thesis. Anatomical target-> The hyoid apparatus. This, in case...

Jul 3, 2014

University of the West Indies Zoology Museum (Quest)

I was lucky enough to add an outgroup to my monitor-lizard-hyoid-project sample while on a snake hunting trip in Trinidad. Why was I in...

Jun 29, 2014

Travels in Guyana

Just for fun, no business here.... Three pals decided to disappear into one of the massive tracts of pristine rainforest systems that...

Mar 1, 2014

DIY Digital Anatomy Quiz

Gearing up for an exam? One way to prepare for someone else's gauntlet is to first design your own. Creating your own anatomy quiz is...

Oct 20, 2013

Museum Outreach: SE Louisiana Univ.

Homecoming, 2013 Hey! Hey you! Want to hold a whale vertebra? Touch an otter? Compare a cobra to a rattlesnake? Ask us how we got here?...

Sep 1, 2013

From Intern to Collection Manager

Begin Chapter : Southeastern Louisiana University / Curatorial Assistantship / Master's Degree Goodbye Windy City! Helloooo Deep South...

Aug 15, 2013

Final Days at the Field Museum

The time for me to leave Chicago is approaching. Chicago... a city that used to irritate me but that I've come to love. I moved here...

Jul 17, 2013

Doing Science in a Place That Inspired Mee to Love Science

Some of my earliest memories are set in the exhibit halls of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY. Looking up at the...

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