Gabe S. Bever
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
USA

I am a Ph.D. candidate studying vertebrate paleontology in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.  My research centers on the study of post-natal skeletal development and variation in extant and fossil reptiles and the implications of these data for both systematics and the interpretation of secondary biological properties (biogeography, diversity through time, etc.) in the fossil record.  My dissertation research integrates studies of skeletal development, intraspecific skeletal variation, and high-resolution computed tomography to address broad-based anatomical and systematic questions using kinosternoid and testudinoid turtles.