Epernicus: Rachel A. Menegaz, B.A.

Rachel A. Menegaz, B.A.

Position:
Graduate Student - Ph.D.

Pathology & Anatomical Sciences

Pathobiology Area Program

University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
Advisor:
Matthew J. Ravosa
Degrees:

B.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Past Advisors:

E. Christopher Kirk (as Undergraduate Student)
Research:
Phenotypic plasticity and growth of the mammalian craniofacial complex with regard to masticatory function.
Other Experience:
2005-2007 The eSkeleton Project
Honors:
2008-present NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

2007-present MU Life Sciences Graduate Fellowship

2009 American Association of Physical Anthropologists - William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award

2008 American Association of Physical Anthropologists - Mildred Trotter Award

Communities:

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Septa and processes: convergent evolution of the orbit in haplorhine primates and strigiform birds.
Menegaz RA, Christopher Kirk E

Journal of human evolution. 2009 Sep 4
Phenotypic plasticity and function of the hard palate in growing rabbits.
Menegaz RA, Sublett SV, Figueroa SD, Hoffman TJ, Ravosa MJ

Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007). 2009 Feb;292(2):277-84
Adaptive plasticity in the mammalian masticatory complex: you are what, and how, you eat.
Matthew J. Ravosa, Elizabeth K. Lopez, Rachel A. Menegaz, Stuart R. Stock, M. Sharon Stack, Mark W. Hamrick

In: C.J. Vinyard, M.J. Ravosa, and C.E. Wall, eds. Mammalian Craniofacial Biology and Function. Papers in Honor of William L. Hylander. 2008:293-238
Using “Mighty Mouse” to understand masticatory plasticity: myostatin-deficient mice and musculoskeletal function
Matthew J. Ravosa, Elizabeth K. Lopez, Rachel A. Menegaz, Stuart R. Stock, M. Sharon Stack, Mark W. Hamrick

Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2008;48(3):345-359

Evidence for the influence of diet on cranial form and robusticity (presentation)
Menegaz, R.A., S.V. Sublett, S.D. Figueroa, T.J. Hoffman, M.J. Ravosa, and K. Aldridge

American Association of Physical Anthropologists; 04/2009
Loaded and spaced out: plasticity and function of the palate in rabbits, with implications for australopith facial form. (poster)
Menegaz, R.A., S.V. Sublett, S.D. Figueroa, T.J. Hoffman, and M.J. Ravosa

American Association of Physical Anthropologists; 03/2008
Functional convergence of the haplorhine postorbital septum and strigiform postorbital process. (poster)
Menegaz, R.A., and E.C. Kirk.

American Association of Physical Anthropologists; 03/2007
High-resolution CT assessment of an Austin Phase burial. (poster)
Menegaz R.A., L. McInnis Thompson, and J. Kappelman

Texas Archeological Society; 10/2006

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