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Donald G Cerio
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I am in the the final year of my candidacy for a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in the department of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. I am a member of the WitmerLab, and I study the anatomy, function, and evolution of neurosensory systems—in particular, the visual and vestibular systems of sauropsids. I am especially interested in how animal behavior and ecology impact and are impacted by the evolution of the visual apparatus and the semicircular canals. To get at that question, I use traditional and CT-based comparative techniques, geometric morphometrics, phylogenetic comparative statistics, and a novel method of measuring the function of the visual system that uses the principles of geometrical optics.
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Graduate Student
Ohio University
Biological Sciences
I have defended my dissertation and am currently preparing it for submission to my university. Following that, I will graduate in August of 2019.
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July 23, 2019
Donald G. Cerio, Lawrence M. Witmer