People Lab group spring 2008 (from left to right): Satama Sirivunnabood, Christopher Percival, Cheryl Hill, Joan Richtsmeier, John Starbuck, Brenda Frazier, Katherine Willmore Photo Album Lab Members Dr. Joan Richtsmeier Dr. Richtsmeier is Professor of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University and a member of the faculty of the Graduate Program in Genetics. Dr. Richtsmeier is visiting professor in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD and a member of the faculty of the Center for Craniofacial Development and Disorders at Hopkins. Dr. Richtsmeier received her Bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College in 1977, her Master's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1979 and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Northwestern University in 1986. She conducted post-doctoral research at Northwestern University Medical School before joining the faculty of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as Assistant Professor in 1987. She became Full Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy in 1999. Dr. Richtsmeier moved her laboratory to the Department of Anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University in 2000. Dr. Richtsmeier's interests include craniofacial growth and evolution, quantitative morphology, the relationship between ontogenetic mechanisms and phylogenetic change, and the molecular basis of craniofacial development. Her current research focuses on phenotype-genotype correlations in craniosynostosis and craniofacial dysmorphology in Down syndrome. The lab uses image data from patients and data from animal models created to mimic human disease. CV      Cheryl Hill Cheryl is an advanced graduate student in the Richtsmeier Lab at Penn State. Cheryl's interests include the development and evolution of the skull, phenotype-genotype correlations, and craniofacial dysmorphology in Down syndrome. Her current projects include a three-dimensional analysis of temporal bone pneumatization across Homininae evolutionary history and over the course of human development, as well as morphological analyses of mouse models for Down syndrome. CV      Brenda Frazier I am a fifth year Anthropology graduate student in Dr. Richtsmeier's Lab at Penn State. My primary research interests involve the evolution and development of the skull in living and fossil primates. My dissertation research focuses on the changes in craniofacial morphology associated with cases of island dwarfing in mammals. CV      Katherine E Willmore I am a post-doctoral fellow in Richtsmeier's lab. My research interests focus on questions related to the evolution and development of the mammalian skull.  I approach these questions using morphometric techniques to measure craniofacial phenotypic variation in mouse and primate models. Recent projects have coupled measures of craniofacial phenotypic variation with specific developmental-genetic disruptions to gain a better understanding of how the genotype is translated into the phenotype.  My research in the Richtsmeier lab is an extension of this previous work, focusing on the genetic basis of cranial variation and its role in anthropoid cranial evolution. CV      John Starbuck I am a first year Biological Anthropology graduate student in Dr. Richtsmeier’s Lab at Penn State. My interests include variability in craniofacial morphology among extant and extinct primates, evolution of facial morphology, 3D facial reconstruction, and sexual dimorphism.                                                            CV      Chris Percival Chris Percival is a first year graduate student in biological anthropology. He has not yet been inspired by a specific research question, but his general areas of academic interest include; human variation, skeletal morphology, genotype-phenotype correspondence of complex traits, human evolution, geographic information systems, and remote sensing.                                                            CV      Satama Sirivunnabood I have been working in the Richtsmeier Lab as a programmer and database analyst since January 2007. My responsibilities in the lab involve database administration and sometimes developing specific purpose programs in response to special requirements from the other researchers. Currently, I am a Ph.D. student at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. My research interests are applications of IT and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) in supply chain networks, manufacturing, and service industries.                                 CV      Collaborators Roger Reeves, PhD Subhash Lele, PhD Theodore Cole, III, PhD Simeon Boyadjiev Boyd, PhD Kenneth M. Weiss, PhD Alan Walker, PhD James M. Cheverud, PhD Jeff Rogers, PhD Kristina Aldridge, PhD Valerie DeLeon, PhD Lab Alumni Kristina Aldridge Kristina received her Ph.D degree from the Functional Anatomy and Evolution program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2004. She is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri. Kristina's interests include development and evolution of the brain, genetic and epigenetic influences on brain morphology, and genotype-phenotype correlations in the craniofacial complex. Her current research focuses on patterns of organizational change in the brain across human evolutionary history and the interaction of skeletal and neural tissues over the course of human development. Valerie DeLeon I am a faculty member at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where I completed my doctorate in 2004. My work in Dr. Richtsmeier’s lab as a student sparked my interest in growth and development of the juvenile skull at both morphological and cellular levels. My current research interests include morphological integration, fluctuating asymmetry as an indication of developmental stability, brain dysmorphology in autism and related disorders, and morphometric methods and software.                                Anita Lubensky Anita finished her dissertation "Three-Dimensional Analysis of Age-Related Change in the Adult Craniofacial Skeleton" in 2004, earning her doctorate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Since leaving Baltimore she has taught biology at San Diego City College. Anita received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Kansas in 1995. Her interests include age-related change in adult craniofacial morphology, atlanto-axial instability (AAI) associated with Down Syndrome, and osteopathology. Anita also loves teaching, traveling, reading, writing, gardening, and boogie-boarding. Peng Yan I got master degree from the Computer Science and Engineering department at Penn State University in spring, 2005. I am from China.I am working with Dr.Joan to help her with programming and database management. I enjoy cooking when I have free time.My reasearch topic involves mobile database system and database management. CV