Rachel A. Menegaz

Rachel A. Menegaz, B.A.

  • Position:
    Graduate Student - Ph.D.

    Pathology & Anatomical Sciences

    Pathobiology Area Program

    University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

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  • Advisor:

    Matthew J. Ravosa

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  • Degrees:
     
    B.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    E. Christopher Kirk (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    Phenotypic plasticity and growth of the mammalian craniofacial complex with regard to masticatory function.
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  • Other Experience:

    2005-2007 The eSkeleton Project

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  • 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

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Rachel Menegaz's Publications (6)



Rachel Menegaz's Posters and Presentations (7)

  • Craniofacial developmental instability and masticatory behavior (poster)

    Menegaz RA, Sublett SV, Figueroa SD, Hoffman TJ, Ravosa MJ

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists; 04/2010
  • 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
  • Masticatory loading, function, and plasticity of the mammalian circumorbital region (presentation)

    Jašarević E, Ning J, Menegaz RA, Johnson JJ, Stack MS, Ravosa MJ

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists; 03/2009
  • Masticatory stress and the functional genomics of the TMJ articular disc in mammals. (presentation)

    Ravosa MJ, Ning J, Menegaz RA, Stack MS, Shultz G

    American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Symposium - Standing at the Crossroads: The Genetics of Morphology; 03/2009
  • 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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