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Watch for an update on the latest endeavors of our successful graduate students!
Montana State Univ. – Museum of the Rockies – April 2013:
Holly in Australia at Museum Victoria
Holly Woodward, PhD, MOR Paleontology Collections Manager
Holly Woodward grew up near Greensboro, NC and attended North Carolina State University. After receiving a degree in Geology and a minor in Art and Design in 2003, she pursued a Master of Science degree at Texas Tech University. It was here that she became interested in dinosaur osteohistology. Since 2005 Holly has been working towards a PhD at Montana State University. Her research focus is on the bone histology of the hadrosaur Maiasaura, and how its bone microstructure changed through ontogeny.
Holly Woodward grew up near Greensboro, NC and attended North Carolina State University. After receiving a degree in Geology and a minor in Art and Design in 2003, she pursued a Master of Science degree at Texas Tech University. It was here that she became interested in dinosaur osteohistology. Since 2005 Holly has been working towards a PhD at Montana State University. Her research focus is on the bone histology of the hadrosaur Maiasaura, and how its bone microstructure changed through ontogeny.
Montana State Univ. – Museum of the Rockies – Jack Horner’s Graduate Students - April 2013:
Alida drawing a specimen in the HIstology Lab
Alida Bailleul, PhD. Candidate
Alida Bailleul grew up in Tahiti, French Polynesia. After receiving a degree in Biology in 2008 from Université Paris-Sud XI, and a Master of Science degree at Université Paris VI in 2010, she started a PhD at Montana State University. Her research focuses on the paleohistology of embryonic and juvenile dinosaurs.
Alida Bailleul grew up in Tahiti, French Polynesia. After receiving a degree in Biology in 2008 from Université Paris-Sud XI, and a Master of Science degree at Université Paris VI in 2010, she started a PhD at Montana State University. Her research focuses on the paleohistology of embryonic and juvenile dinosaurs.
Denver digging dinossaurs out in the field
Denver Fowler, PhD. Candidate
Denver Fowler is originally from Manchester, England, graduating in Geology from the University of Durham, with a MSc in Paleobiology from the University of Bristol. Denver is especially active in fieldwork, participating in scientific collecting expeditions in Europe, Asia and across North America. Since 2007 Denver has been working towards a PhD at Montana State University. His research focuses on various aspects of dinosaur paleobiology including functional morphology, ecology, and the effects of high resolution stratigraphic analysis on interpreting evolution.
Denver Fowler is originally from Manchester, England, graduating in Geology from the University of Durham, with a MSc in Paleobiology from the University of Bristol. Denver is especially active in fieldwork, participating in scientific collecting expeditions in Europe, Asia and across North America. Since 2007 Denver has been working towards a PhD at Montana State University. His research focuses on various aspects of dinosaur paleobiology including functional morphology, ecology, and the effects of high resolution stratigraphic analysis on interpreting evolution.
Liz examining specimens in MOR collections
Liz Freedman, PhD. Candidate
Liz Freedman grew up in Lakeland, FL, and received her undergraduate degree in geosciences from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Her PhD research at the Museum of the Rockies and Montana State University involves the evolution and paleoecology of Late Cretaceous vertebrates. Histology enables her to match the ages and growth rates of hadrosaurs with the ontogenetic changes in their skull crests.
Liz Freedman grew up in Lakeland, FL, and received her undergraduate degree in geosciences from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. Her PhD research at the Museum of the Rockies and Montana State University involves the evolution and paleoecology of Late Cretaceous vertebrates. Histology enables her to match the ages and growth rates of hadrosaurs with the ontogenetic changes in their skull crests.
John in the MOR Hall of Horns & Teeth
John Scannella, PhD. Candidate
Originally from New York, NY, John Scannella received his Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences from Rutgers University. As a PhD student at Montana State University his research focuses on the evolution and development of the famous horned dinosaur, Triceratops.
Originally from New York, NY, John Scannella received his Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences from Rutgers University. As a PhD student at Montana State University his research focuses on the evolution and development of the famous horned dinosaur, Triceratops.
Badmaa & Alida working in the Histology Lab
Badmaa Zorigt, PhD. Candidate
Badamkhatan (Badmaa) Zorigt is a paleontology graduate student at the Museum of the Rockies (Montana State University). Originally from western Mongolia, Badmaa earned both his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Mongolian University of Science and Technology. His research, under the direction of Jack Horner, involves investigating the population histology of the basal ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus (“parrot-beaked dinosaur”) from Mongolia.
Badamkhatan (Badmaa) Zorigt is a paleontology graduate student at the Museum of the Rockies (Montana State University). Originally from western Mongolia, Badmaa earned both his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Mongolian University of Science and Technology. His research, under the direction of Jack Horner, involves investigating the population histology of the basal ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus (“parrot-beaked dinosaur”) from Mongolia.
Cary at Dinosaur National Monument with Juvenile Camarasaurus
Cary Woodruff, M.S. Student in Earth Sciences
Originally from Bumpass, VA, Cary Woodruff received his Bachelor’s Degree in Earth Sciences from Montana State University. As a Masters student at MSU, his research focuses on the ontogenetic and histologic development of Diplodocidae (sauropods such as Diplodocus) vertebral features.
Originally from Bumpass, VA, Cary Woodruff received his Bachelor’s Degree in Earth Sciences from Montana State University. As a Masters student at MSU, his research focuses on the ontogenetic and histologic development of Diplodocidae (sauropods such as Diplodocus) vertebral features.
Katie Tremain
M.S. student in Earth Sciences