Natasha Stepanova

New paper out at BMC Eco and Evol, with my MS advisor Aaron Bauer! We used morphometrics and anatomical description to test the influence of phylogenetic history, size, and substrate on skull morphology in African burrowing skinks. #Abs1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New paper on the function of bone fusion in the frog forelimb (authored by myself and @davidcblackburn) is now open access in the Journal of Anatomy! Frog arms still have a lot to teach us about frog evolution, come check it out! doi.org/10.1111/joa.13…

Had a great time at #JMIH2022 in Spokane! So many great talks, time spent with old friends and new, and, of course, the iconic garbage goat.

Visitors pushed 3D printed models of lizard skulls through sand to figure out which skull belonged to the sand swimmer and which shape was most efficient.

I talked about lizard skulls and ecomorphology at today's Scientist Spotlight event at @UMMNH. Lots of fun to chat with visitors! @UMichEEB #scicomm

Sun 3/13 @UMMNH's Scientist Spotlight: EEB presenters @OliviaVought What plants can tell us about a changing world, Lacey Knowles Sky island hopping? @natstepherps How skull shape relates to lizard lifestyles, @HylaCrowe Why don't all snakes look the same? myumi.ch/M9zE3e

@aimeeclassen @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thank you!

@HylaCrowe @UMichEEB @natstepherps Congrats :)

My epic #HERper lab mate @natstepherps is too humble to brag about the fact that she is now @UMichEEB’s newest PhD candidate - so I’ll do it for her!! Congrats on passing your prelims Natasha!!!!

@MollyCWomack @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thanks Molly!!

@atrox10 @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB @MVZUCB Thanks Carol! I miss everyone at MVZ too, hopefully I'll be able to visit sometime this year

@jcroweriddell @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thanks Jenna!

@HylaCrowe @natstepherps @UMichEEB yay congrats!!!

@dianamedellinz @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thanks Diana!!

@HylaCrowe @natstepherps @UMichEEB (Loving this tweet!) Congrats @natstepherps !!!

@RamonSN @HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thanks Ramon!!

@HylaCrowe @natstepherps @UMichEEB Congratulations @natstepherps !!!

@HylaCrowe @UMichEEB Thanks Hayley!!!

Watch your mailbox for our fall '21 Natural Selections! Here’s a PDF preview featuring how we’ve adapted to #COVID19, EEB #Museums specimen digitization & features on new(ish) faculty @Nate_J_Sanders & @aimeeclassen! @UMBS #UM_ESGR #UMMZ #UM_Herb myumi.ch/295RJ

PLEASE RT. 🚨New paper🚨 "Evolutionary allometry of sexual dimorphism of jumping performance in anurans" Highlights: 1. New proxies for jumping 2. Test new hypos. for size and jumping dimorphism 3. Discuss 'many-to-one' mapping of selection to fitness!!! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Are you interested in high-throughput #diceCT scanning. If so, check out our paper! @scaleyhan @jcroweriddell @jaimiAgray and Alison Davis Rabosky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

So excited to see the first chapter of my masters thesis published in Wetlands!!!

@TessAdgie Congrats Tess!!!

🧵1/5 The Global Women in #herpetology Project has a new YouTube channel! and our directory reached 230 entries from 43 countries!!🥳 Meet the #HERper community from around the world in our first video, a spotlight on the diversity of women in our field! youtube.com/watch?v=I8RIc5…

The ASIH congratulates Dr. Alison Davis Rabosky for being awarded the 2021 Meritorious Teaching Award in Herpetology. #JMIH2021 @UMich @UMichEEB