Douglas M. Boyer, Associate Professor

Office Location:	Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	(919) 668-3348
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.dougmboyer.com/

Teaching (Spring 2024):  (typical courses)

• EVANTH 333L.001, THE HUMAN BODY Synopsis

  FFSC 4233, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• EVANTH 333L.01L, THE HUMAN BODY Synopsis

  Duke Clini 0042, M 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• EVANTH 333L.02L, THE HUMAN BODY Synopsis

  Duke Clini 0042, Tu 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

• EVANTH 333L.03L, THE HUMAN BODY Synopsis

  Duke Clini 0042, W 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• EVANTH 585.01, STATS IN EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH Synopsis

  Bio Sci 041, Th 11:45 AM-02:15 PM

• EVANTH 701S.01, CONCEPTS IN EVANTH - A Synopsis

  Bio Sci 041, F 10:05 AM-11:20 AM; Bio Sci 041, W 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

Education:

Ph.D.

State University of New York, Stony Brook

2009

Specialties:

Functional Anatomy

Keywords:

Adaptation, Biological • Africa • Algorithms • Allometry • Analysis of Variance • Animals • Anthropology, Physical • Bayes Theorem • Biological Evolution • Body Weight • Calcaneus • Carbon Isotopes • Chemostratigraphy • Diet • Fibula • Fossils • France • Hallux • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted • Imaging, Three-Dimensional • Mammals • Models, Anatomic • Molar • Paleodontology • Paleontology • Pedigree • Phylogeny • Pithecia • Primates • Reproducibility of Results • Strepsirhini • Surface Properties • Talus • Teeth • Tooth • Tooth Crown • Tooth Wear • Tupaia • Weights and Measures • X-Ray Microtomography

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Gabriel Yapuncich  

Postdocs Mentored

• Elizabeth St. Clair (2013)  
• Judit Marigo (2013)  

Recent Publications   (search)

1. Maiolino, SA; Chester, SGB; Boyer, DM; Bloch, JI, Functional morphology of plesiadapiform distal phalanges and implications for the evolution of arboreality in Paleogene euarchontans, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, vol. 30 no. 4 (December, 2023), pp. 1107-1153 [doi]  [abs]
2. Boulinguez-Ambroise, G; Dunham, N; Phelps, T; Mazonas, T; Nguyen, P; Bradley-Cronkwright, M; Boyer, DM; Yapuncich, GS; Zeininger, A; Schmitt, D; Young, JW, Jumping performance in tree squirrels: Insights into primate evolution., J Hum Evol, vol. 180 (July, 2023), pp. 103386 [doi]  [abs]
3. Mulligan, CJ; Boyer, DM; Turner, TR; Delson, E; Leonard, WR, Data sharing in biological anthropology, American Journal of Biological Anthropology, vol. 178 no. S74 (August, 2022), pp. 26-53 [doi]  [abs]
4. Fulwood, EL; Shan, S; Winchester, JM; Gao, T; Kirveslahti, H; Daubechies, I; Boyer, DM, Reconstructing dietary ecology of extinct strepsirrhines (Primates, Mammalia) with new approaches for characterizing and analyzing tooth shape, Paleobiology, vol. 47 no. 4 (November, 2021), pp. 612-631 [doi]  [abs]
5. Rolfe, S; Pieper, S; Porto, A; Diamond, K; Winchester, J; Shan, S; Kirveslahti, H; Boyer, D; Summers, A; Maga, AM, SlicerMorph: An open and extensible platform to retrieve, visualize and analyse 3D morphology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 12 no. 10 (October, 2021), pp. 1816-1825 [doi]  [abs]