Research

My research focuses on evolution by doing research on both living and extinct organisms. The research i conduct has a huge emphasis on amphibians. The overall goal of my research is to understand the emergence of new traits within modern amphibians and how it helped them occupy new environments. I also study the origin of the body plan of frogs and how they have maintained their body plan for more than 200 million years! I also focus on microanatomy, the internal structures of bones to better understand the effects the ecology and locomotion have on organisms bone structures.

Research Interest

Caecillian microanatomy

We are investigating to see if caecillian ecology has an effect on skull roof microanatomy.

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The origins of the unique anuran body plan and jumping adaptations using new specimens from the Late Triassic, Talk. Geoscience Student Research Symposium, March 2024, Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia. Nohomovich.GSRS.2024.pptx

Are all caudates boneheads? Exploring lifestyle signals in the microanatomy of amphibian skull roofs, Poster. The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Meeting, January 2023 Austin, Texas. Nohomovich.SICB.2023.pptx

Are all caudates this dense? Measuring skull roof microanatomy to assess lifestyle in salamanders, Talk. Rochester Academy of Science, 48th Annual Fall Scientific Paper Session, October 2022. Rochester Museum & Science Center. Rochester, New York

Measuring Salamander Skull Roof Compactness and Thickness to Investigate Relationships with Ecology, Poster, Quest, Annual Student Research Symposium, April 2022. SUNY Oswego. Oswego, New York

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