2010 - Ph.D. Dept. of Earth & Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania. Thesis: Anatomical reconstructions of respiratory morphology and hindlimb musculature in Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Poposauroidea) and related dinosauriformes (Supervisor: Prof. Peter Dodson; External supervisor: Dr. Phil Manning)

2006 - M.Sc. in Paleobiology (First Class Honors), Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K. Thesis: The osteology and myology of the pectoral girdle of Tenontosaurus tilletti (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) (Supervisors: Prof. Mike Benton and Dr. Phil Manning)

2004 - B.A. in Political Science, Dept. of Political Science, Bucknell University; Semester abroad with the School for Field Studies (SFS) in Kenya (Wildlife ecology and management)

Bio

01/2016-Present - Assistant Professor at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

05/2014-12/2015 - Postdoctoral researcher in the Laboratory for Equine and Comparative Orthopedic Research (LECOR) at the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine

2012-2013 - American Association of Anatomists Postdoctoral Fellow

08/2011-Present - Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester Palaeontology Research Group

07/2010-2014 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Utah (PI: Dr. CG Farmer), Sauropsid respiratory physiology and functional morphology

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Emma R. Schachner, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Assistant Professor of
Cell Biology and Anatomy