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Along with my coauthor and colleague Mike Taylor, I <a href=\"https:\/\/svpow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> about paleontology and anatomy at <a href=\"https:\/\/svpow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In my spare time I enjoy stargazing, and I write the monthly Binocular Highlights column and the occasional feature article for <em>Sky &amp; Telescope<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <app-accordion class=\"px-24 lg:w-4\/5 mx-auto\">\n              <app-accordion-item class=\"accordion-group block leading-1 opt-1\" content-class=\"accordion-group__panel wysiwyg-content\">\n          <template #accordion-trigger=\"{ href, visible, setRef, clickHandler }\">\n            <a :href=\"'#' + href\" \n              :ref=\"setRef\"\n              :class=\"['accordion-group__button scroll-mt-160', {'accordion__trigger_active': visible}]\"\n              @click.stop.prevent=\"clickHandler\"\n            >\n            <span class=\"block py-10\">\n              Research Areas\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"accordion-group-icon relative flex w-56 h-56 ml-20 justify-center items-center bg-black rounded-full flex-shrink-0\">\n                            <span class=\"w-16 icon-chevron-down\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M233.4 406.6c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l192-192c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0L256 338.7 86.6 169.4c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l192 192z\"\/><\/svg>\n              <\/span>\n              <span class=\"w-16 icon-chevron-up\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M233.4 105.4c12.5-12.5 32.8-12.5 45.3 0l192 192c12.5 12.5 12.5 32.8 0 45.3s-32.8 12.5-45.3 0L256 173.3 86.6 342.6c-12.5 12.5-32.8 12.5-45.3 0s-12.5-32.8 0-45.3l192-192z\"\/><\/svg>\n              <\/span>\n                          <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/template>\n          <template #accordion-content>\n            <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5086 alignleft\" src=\"\/media\/osteopathic\/barosaurus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy<\/h4>\n<p>As a paleontologist I have mostly worked on long-necked sauropod dinosaurs and the evolution of air-filled bones in dinosaurs and birds. I&#8217;m also interested in the evolution of heads and necks in vertebrates, and in the nervous systems of very large animals. I&#8217;ve been fortunate to coauthor three papers naming new dinosaurs: the sauropods <em>Sauroposeidon<\/em> (2000) and <em>Brontomerus<\/em> (2011), and the early horned dinosaur <em>Aquilops<\/em> (2014). In 2016 my book <em>The Sauropod Dinosaurs: Life in the Age of Giants<\/em>, with artist and lead author Mark Hallett, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press. I currently do fieldwork in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation in Utah and the Oklahoma Panhandle.<\/p>\n<h4>Human Anatomy<\/h4>\n<p>In the arena of human anatomy, I\u2019m particularly interested in variation in the nerves and muscles of the lower extremity, and in structures derived from the embryonic pharyngeal arches. I regularly mentor WesternU students in anatomy-based research projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5091\" src=\"\/media\/osteopathic\/variant-obturator-nerve.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diagram of a new variation of the obturator nerve, first discovered in the anatomy lab at WesternU<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5090\" title=\"My Document Name\" src=\"\/media\/osteopathic\/brachiosaurus-humerus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" \/> Dr. Wedel with a cast of a humerus of Brachiosaurus<\/p>\n\n          <\/template>\n        <\/app-accordion-item>\n              <app-accordion-item class=\"accordion-group block leading-1 opt-1\" content-class=\"accordion-group__panel wysiwyg-content\">\n          <template #accordion-trigger=\"{ href, visible, setRef, clickHandler }\">\n            <a :href=\"'#' + href\" \n              :ref=\"setRef\"\n              :class=\"['accordion-group__button scroll-mt-160', {'accordion__trigger_active': visible}]\"\n              @click.stop.prevent=\"clickHandler\"\n            >\n            <span class=\"block py-10\">\n              Publications\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"accordion-group-icon relative flex w-56 h-56 ml-20 justify-center items-center bg-black rounded-full flex-shrink-0\">\n                            <span class=\"w-16 icon-chevron-down\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M233.4 406.6c12.5 12.5 32.8 12.5 45.3 0l192-192c12.5-12.5 12.5-32.8 0-45.3s-32.8-12.5-45.3 0L256 338.7 86.6 169.4c-12.5-12.5-32.8-12.5-45.3 0s-12.5 32.8 0 45.3l192 192z\"\/><\/svg>\n              <\/span>\n              <span class=\"w-16 icon-chevron-up\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.6.0 by @fontawesome - https:\/\/fontawesome.com License - https:\/\/fontawesome.com\/license\/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d=\"M233.4 105.4c12.5-12.5 32.8-12.5 45.3 0l192 192c12.5 12.5 12.5 32.8 0 45.3s-32.8 12.5-45.3 0L256 173.3 86.6 342.6c-12.5 12.5-32.8 12.5-45.3 0s-12.5-32.8 0-45.3l192-192z\"\/><\/svg>\n              <\/span>\n                          <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/template>\n          <template #accordion-content>\n            <h4>Recent Publications<\/h4>\n<h3>Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Recent papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taylor, M.P., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2021. Why is vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs so variable? Qeios. doi:10.32388\/1G6J3Q.<\/p>\n<p>Hone, D.W.E., Farke, A.A., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2016. Ontogeny and the fossil record: what, if anything, is an adult dinosaur? Biology Letters 2016 12 20150947; DOI: 10.1098\/rsbl.2015.0947.<\/p>\n<p>Kraatz, B.P., Sherratt, E., Bumacod, N., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2015. Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha).PeerJ, 3:e844. https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7717\/peerj.844<\/p>\n<p>Foster, J.R., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2014. <em>Haplocanthosaurus<\/em> (Saurischia: Sauropoda) from the lower Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) near Snowmass, Colorado. Volumina Jurassica 12(2): 197\u2013210. DOI: 10.5604\/17313708 .1130144<\/p>\n<p>Farke, A.A., Maxwell, W.D., Cifelli, R.L., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2014. A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Western North America, and the biogeography of Neoceratopsia. PLoS ONE 9(12): e112055. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0112055<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent abstracts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Woodruff, C., Wolff, E., <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong>, Witmer, L. 2020. Sauro-throat: the first occurrence of a respiratory infection in a non-avian dinosaur. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80<sup>th <\/sup>Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. 298.<\/p>\n<p>Dooley, A.C., Radford, D., <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong>, Atterholt, J., Nalley, T. 2020. \u201cBroader Impacts\u201d, an exhibit program focusing on basic research. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. 70.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong>, Foster, J., Engh, B., and Hunt-Foster, R. 2020. In the footsteps of giants: finding and excavating new fossils of <em>Brachiosaurus<\/em> from the Lower Morrison Formation of Utah. Burpee Museum of Natural History PaleoFest 2020 Event Program, p. 35.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor, M., and <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong> 2019. The past, present, and future of Jensen\u2019s Big Three sauropods. 67<sup>th<\/sup> Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Abstracts, p. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Atterholt, J., and <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong> 2019. Neural canal ridges: a novel osteological correlate of post-cranial neurology in dinosaurs. 67<sup>th<\/sup> Symposium on Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Abstracts, p. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Weil, A., <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong>, and O\u2019Brien, H.D. 2019. First occurrence of distal caudal pneumaticity in an apatosaurine sauropod suggests homoplasy of distal pneumatic diverticula throughout Neosauropoda. Journal of Morphology 280, Issue S1: International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology abstracts, S236-S237.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Human Anatomy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Recent papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staples, B., Ennedy, E., Kim, T., Nguyen, S., Shore, A., Vu, T., Labovitz, J., and <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong> 2019. Cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve extending to the medial ankle and foot: a report of two cadaveric cases. Journal of Foot &amp; Ankle Surgery 58(6): 1267-1272.<\/p>\n<p>Penera, K., Manji, K., <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong>, Shofler, D., and\u00a0 Labovitz, J. 2014. Ankle syndesmotic fixation using two screws: Risk of injury to the Perforating Branch of the Peroneal Artery. The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery 53(5):534-8. DOI: 10.1053\/j.jfas.2014.04.006<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent abstracts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kramer, A.M., Schneider, A.A., Bustos, L.N., Chin, D., Shapiro, J., and <strong>Wedel, M.J.<\/strong> 2020. Peroneocalcaneus muscle and other anomalous variants in the lateral compartment of the lower extremity: a cadaveric case report. American Podiatric Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong> 2019. How to make new discoveries in (human) anatomy. 67<sup>th<\/sup> Symposium on<\/p>\n<p>Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Abstracts, p. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Wireman, G., Glass, E., <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong>, Cornelison, M., Chin, D., and Kramer, A. 2019. The incidence and classification of the peroneus tertius, peroneus quartus &amp; peroneus digiti quinti: a cadaveric study. American Podiatric Medical Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Program.<\/p>\n<p>Snyder, S.G., <strong>Wedel, M.<\/strong>, and Truong, J.B. 2019. Description and comparison of bilateral variations of the soleus accessorius muscle in a cadaver. American Association of Clinical Anatomists, 36th Annual Meeting Proceedings, p. 57.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sauroposeidon.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CV with links to publications<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=AElExF8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n          <\/template>\n        <\/app-accordion-item>\n          <\/app-accordion>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"faculty-card my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between md:items-end mb-20\">\n      <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans  text-red md:mr-40\">MATHEW WEDEL, PhD<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"md:flex md:flex-wrap px-12\">\n                                                      \n                                                        \n      <div class=\"px-12 mt-24 w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n        <div class=\"sm:flex w-full py-32 border-b-1 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