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Brian Kraatz
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,310 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Preprint Author 140
Editor 900

Contributions by subject area

Evolutionary Studies
Paleontology
Zoology
Ecology
Anatomy and Physiology
Developmental Biology
Marine Biology
Anthropology
Science and Medical Education
Taxonomy
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Ecosystem Science
Cardiology

Brian Kraatz

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Brian received a B.A. in Geology from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1996. He completed an M.S. in Geology & Geophysics from the University of Wyoming in 2001, and a Ph.D in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2007. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, where he remains affiliated as a Research Associate. Since 2009 he has been an Assistant then Associate Professor of Anatomy at Western University of Health Sciences.

American Museum of Natural History Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007
George D. Louderback Award in Paleontology, University of California Museum of Paleontology, 2006
Annie Alexander Fellowship, University of California Museum of Paleontology, 2006
NSF Graduate GK-12 Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley Natural History Museums, 2004 – 2006
Outstanding Master’s Thesis, The University of Wyoming, 2001
Outstanding Masters Student, The University of Wyoming, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 2001

Anatomy & Physiology Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Zoology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Associate Professor of Anatomy

Western University of Health Sciences
Anatomy

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 3
  • Edited 9
  • Reviewed 1
September 22, 2016
Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull
Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2453 PubMed 27688967
March 17, 2015
Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)
Brian P. Kraatz, Emma Sherratt, Nicholas Bumacod, Mathew J. Wedel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.844 PubMed 25802812
September 21, 2017 - Version: 2
Growth series of one: case studies in time-transgressive morphology
Mathew J Wedel, Brian P Kraatz, Michael P Taylor, Jann Vendetti
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3162v2
January 8, 2015 - Version: 1
A variant nerve that mimics the left recurrent laryngeal nerve: a case study in human anatomy
Dickran Altounian, Cathy M Tran, Christina Tran, Allison Spencer, Alexandra Shendrik, Brian P Kraatz, Mathew J Wedel
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.781v1
December 3, 2014 - Version: 1
Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha)
Brian P Kraatz, Nicholas Bumacod, Emma Sherratt, Mathew J Wedel
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.657v1

Academic Editor on

June 6, 2017
New data towards the development of a comprehensive taphonomic framework for the Late Jurassic Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Central Utah
Joseph E. Peterson, Jonathan P. Warnock, Shawn L. Eberhart, Steven R. Clawson, Christopher R. Noto
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3368 PubMed 28603668
April 27, 2017
Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov.
Chris G. Faulkes, Georgies F. Mgode, Elizabeth K. Archer, Nigel C. Bennett
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3214 PubMed 28462027
January 17, 2017
A systematic review of animal predation creating pierced shells: implications for the archaeological record of the Old World
Anna Maria Kubicka, Zuzanna M. Rosin, Piotr Tryjanowski, Emma Nelson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2903 PubMed 28123913
January 7, 2016
Anatomical barriers in the right atrium to the coronary sinus cannulation
Wiesława Klimek-Piotrowska, Mateusz K. Hołda, Mateusz Koziej, Marcin Strona
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1548 PubMed 26823994
December 7, 2015
Palaeogeographic implications of a new iocrinid crinoid (Disparida) from the Ordovician (Darriwillian) of Morocco
Samuel Zamora, Imran A. Rahman, William I. Ausich
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1450 PubMed 26664800
December 1, 2015
Cranial arterial pattern of the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola memmina, and comparative basicranial osteology of the Tragulidae
Haley D. O’Brien
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1451 PubMed 26644983
June 23, 2015
Primate tarsal bones from Egerkingen, Switzerland, attributable to the middle Eocene adapiform Caenopithecus lemuroides
Erik R. Seiffert, Loïc Costeur, Doug M. Boyer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1036 PubMed 26131376
April 14, 2015
A new Cretaceous Metatherian mammal from Henan, China
Shundong Bi, Xingsheng Jin, Shuo Li, Tianming Du
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.896 PubMed 25893149
June 17, 2014
Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Mammalia, Rodentia)
Philip G. Cox, Chris G. Faulkes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.448 PubMed 25024917

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November 29, 2022
The evolution of unique cranial traits in leporid lagomorphs
Amber P. Wood-Bailey, Philip G. Cox, Alana C. Sharp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14414 PubMed 36518283