Curriculum Vitae
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Publications
O’Brien, H.D., Lynch, L.M.*, Bruggen, J., Vliet, K., Erickson, G.M., and Gignac, P.M. 2019. Suchian head width allometry and a Bayesian framework for predicting body size in extinct suchians. Integrative Organismal Biology 1(1):obz006, https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obz006
Snively, E., O'Brien, H.D., Henderson, D.M., Mallison, H., Surring, L.A., Burns, M.E., Holtz, T.R., Russell, A.P., Witmer, L.M., Currie, P.J., Hartman, S.A., & Cotton, J.R. 2019. Tyrannosaurid agility 1: Rotational inertia and leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods. PeerJ 7:e6432 10.7717/peerj.6432.
O’Brien, H.D. 2018. From anomalous arteries to intracranial air conditioning: Parallel evolution of the artiodactyl carotid rete. Anatomical Record Invited Contribution to Special Issue: “Extreme Anatomy.” 10.1002/ar.23987
O'Brien, H.D. 2018. Augmenting Trait-Dependent Diversification Estimations with Fossil Evidence: A Case-Study Using Osmoregulatory Neurovasculature. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 91:148–157. Invited Contribution following the 29th Annual Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience. PDF.
Epa, Y.R.*, Stigall, A.L., Roberts, E.M., O’Brien, H.D., & Stevens, N.J. 2018. Morphological diversification of ampullarid gastropods (Nsungwe Formation, Late Oligocene, Rukwa Rift Basin) is coincident with onset of East African rifting. Papers in Palaeontology: 10.1002/spp2.1108
Bellmaker, M.B. & O'Brien, H.D. 2017. Mesowear study of ungulates from the early Pleistocene site of 'Ubeidiya (Israel) and the implications for early Homo dispersal from Africa. Quaternary International: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.052
O'Brien, H.D. 2017. Cranial arterial patterns of the alpaca (Camelidae: Vicugna pacos). Royal Society Open Science 4:160967. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/3/160967
Strauss, W.M., Hetem, R.S., Mitchell, D., Maloney, S.K., O'Brien, H.D., Meyer, L.C.R., & Fuller, A. 2017. Body water conservation through selective brain cooling by the carotid rete: A physiological feature for surviving climate change? Conservation Physiology 5(1):cow078 https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow078
Gignac, P.M. & O'Brien, H.D. 2016. Suchian feeding at the interface of ontogeny and macroevolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icw041 PDF.
O'Brien, H.D., Gignac, P.M., Hieronymus, T.L., & Witmer, L.M. 2016. A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of Giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis). PeerJ 4:e1696 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1696
O'Brien, H.D., Faith, J.T., Jenkins, K.E., Peppe, D.J., Plummer, T.W., Jacobs, Z.L., Li, B., Joannes-Boyau, R., Price, G., Feng, Y-X., & Tryon, C.A. 2016. Unexpected convergent evolution of nasal domes between Pleistocene bovids and Cretaceous hadrosaur dinosaurs. Current Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.050
O'Brien, H.D. 2015. Cranial arterial pattern of the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola memmina, and comparative basicranial osteology of the Tragulidae. PeerJ 3:e1451. PDF DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1451.
O'Brien, H.D. & Bourke, J. 2015. Physical and computational fluid dynamics models for the hemodynamics of the artiodactyl carotid rete. Journal of Theoretical Biology 386: 122-131. PDF.
O'Brien, H.D. & Williams, S.H. 2014. Using Biplanar Fluoroscopy to Guide Radiopaque Vascular Injections: A New Method for Vascular Imaging. PLoS ONE 9(5):e97940. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097940
*Denotes student author
Book Chapters
Gignac, P.M., O'Brien, H.D., Turner, A.H., & Erickson, G.M. 2019. Feeding in Crocodylians and their Relatives: Functional Insights from Ontogeny and Evolution. In: Feeding in Vertebrates: Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, and Biomechanics. Eds: Bels, V. & Whishaw, I.Q. Springer Nature, Switzerland. Chapter 15.
Funding
2019–2021 National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral Sciences Collaborative Research (1851613 and 1851620): Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Characterization of early Pleistocene and Eurasian Sites: Implications for Dispersals of Early Homo: $350,000
PI (University of Tulsa): Miriam Belmaker, Bethany Theiling
Co-PI's (OSU-CHS Sub-Award): Haley D. O’Brien, Holly Woodward Ballard
2019–2021 National Research Foundation of South Africa: Elucidating the capacity for, and role of, selective brain cooling in artiodactyls and felids: R2,242,752 ($158,376 USD)
PI: W. Maartin Strauss (UNISA)
Co-PI’s: Haley D. O’Brien, Duncan Mitchell, Shane Maloney, Leith CR Meyer, Robyn Hetem, Andrea Fuller, John Maina, Stephen Woodborne
2019 OSU Center for Health Sciences Office of the Vice President for Research Pilot/Seed Grant: Need-sodium appetite as a predictor of enhanced opioid response in adolescent rats: $9,850
PI: Dolores Vazquez Sanroman
Co-PI’s: Kathleen Curtis and Haley O’Brien
2017–2020 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation: Acquisition of a micro-computed tomography system for advanced imaging and inter-disciplinary multi-user access for the University of Arkansas and the US Interior Highlands: $687,161
PI: Claire Terhune, University of Arkansas
Co-PI’s: Paul M. Gignac, Haley D. O’Brien, George Sabo, Wenchao Zhou
2016 American Association of Anatomists Education Outreach Grant: $3,000
2016 Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant: $2,500
In The Media
T. rex turned like a ballerina from a slow-motion nightmare
See Dr. O'Brien's winning contribution to FASEB's 2017 BioArt Award: Antilocapra americana
Learn about the new MicroCT Imaging Center for Research and Outreach (MICRO) housed in the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas.
Hear Dr. O'Brien discuss the importance of curiosity and basic science research at Living Arts of Tulsa.
See Dr. O'Brien discuss the implications of her research with NewsOK.
Hear Dr. O'Brien discuss her research with Caitlin Colleary of Palaeocast.
"Vascular safety net" doesn't protect the brains of giraffes from dangerous pressure changes," an Anatomy To You blog post, co-authored with Jason Bourke.
Nature Research Highlights: "Mammal with a dinosaur nose"
Christian Science Monitor: "Weird convergence: Extinct wildebeest cousin and dinosaur shared noses"
National Geographic: "Ice Age beast honked like a dinosaur"
CBC Radio Program Quirks and Quarks: "Ancient wildebeest cousin with dinosaur horn"
Publications
O’Brien, H.D., Lynch, L.M.*, Bruggen, J., Vliet, K., Erickson, G.M., and Gignac, P.M. 2019. Suchian head width allometry and a Bayesian framework for predicting body size in extinct suchians. Integrative Organismal Biology 1(1):obz006, https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obz006
Snively, E., O'Brien, H.D., Henderson, D.M., Mallison, H., Surring, L.A., Burns, M.E., Holtz, T.R., Russell, A.P., Witmer, L.M., Currie, P.J., Hartman, S.A., & Cotton, J.R. 2019. Tyrannosaurid agility 1: Rotational inertia and leg muscles indicate more rapid turns in tyrannosaurids than in other large theropods. PeerJ 7:e6432 10.7717/peerj.6432.
O’Brien, H.D. 2018. From anomalous arteries to intracranial air conditioning: Parallel evolution of the artiodactyl carotid rete. Anatomical Record Invited Contribution to Special Issue: “Extreme Anatomy.” 10.1002/ar.23987
O'Brien, H.D. 2018. Augmenting Trait-Dependent Diversification Estimations with Fossil Evidence: A Case-Study Using Osmoregulatory Neurovasculature. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 91:148–157. Invited Contribution following the 29th Annual Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience. PDF.
Epa, Y.R.*, Stigall, A.L., Roberts, E.M., O’Brien, H.D., & Stevens, N.J. 2018. Morphological diversification of ampullarid gastropods (Nsungwe Formation, Late Oligocene, Rukwa Rift Basin) is coincident with onset of East African rifting. Papers in Palaeontology: 10.1002/spp2.1108
Bellmaker, M.B. & O'Brien, H.D. 2017. Mesowear study of ungulates from the early Pleistocene site of 'Ubeidiya (Israel) and the implications for early Homo dispersal from Africa. Quaternary International: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.052
O'Brien, H.D. 2017. Cranial arterial patterns of the alpaca (Camelidae: Vicugna pacos). Royal Society Open Science 4:160967. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/3/160967
Strauss, W.M., Hetem, R.S., Mitchell, D., Maloney, S.K., O'Brien, H.D., Meyer, L.C.R., & Fuller, A. 2017. Body water conservation through selective brain cooling by the carotid rete: A physiological feature for surviving climate change? Conservation Physiology 5(1):cow078 https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow078
Gignac, P.M. & O'Brien, H.D. 2016. Suchian feeding at the interface of ontogeny and macroevolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icw041 PDF.
O'Brien, H.D., Gignac, P.M., Hieronymus, T.L., & Witmer, L.M. 2016. A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of Giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis). PeerJ 4:e1696 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1696
O'Brien, H.D., Faith, J.T., Jenkins, K.E., Peppe, D.J., Plummer, T.W., Jacobs, Z.L., Li, B., Joannes-Boyau, R., Price, G., Feng, Y-X., & Tryon, C.A. 2016. Unexpected convergent evolution of nasal domes between Pleistocene bovids and Cretaceous hadrosaur dinosaurs. Current Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.050
O'Brien, H.D. 2015. Cranial arterial pattern of the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, Moschiola memmina, and comparative basicranial osteology of the Tragulidae. PeerJ 3:e1451. PDF DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1451.
O'Brien, H.D. & Bourke, J. 2015. Physical and computational fluid dynamics models for the hemodynamics of the artiodactyl carotid rete. Journal of Theoretical Biology 386: 122-131. PDF.
O'Brien, H.D. & Williams, S.H. 2014. Using Biplanar Fluoroscopy to Guide Radiopaque Vascular Injections: A New Method for Vascular Imaging. PLoS ONE 9(5):e97940. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097940
*Denotes student author
Book Chapters
Gignac, P.M., O'Brien, H.D., Turner, A.H., & Erickson, G.M. 2019. Feeding in Crocodylians and their Relatives: Functional Insights from Ontogeny and Evolution. In: Feeding in Vertebrates: Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, and Biomechanics. Eds: Bels, V. & Whishaw, I.Q. Springer Nature, Switzerland. Chapter 15.
Funding
2019–2021 National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral Sciences Collaborative Research (1851613 and 1851620): Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Characterization of early Pleistocene and Eurasian Sites: Implications for Dispersals of Early Homo: $350,000
PI (University of Tulsa): Miriam Belmaker, Bethany Theiling
Co-PI's (OSU-CHS Sub-Award): Haley D. O’Brien, Holly Woodward Ballard
2019–2021 National Research Foundation of South Africa: Elucidating the capacity for, and role of, selective brain cooling in artiodactyls and felids: R2,242,752 ($158,376 USD)
PI: W. Maartin Strauss (UNISA)
Co-PI’s: Haley D. O’Brien, Duncan Mitchell, Shane Maloney, Leith CR Meyer, Robyn Hetem, Andrea Fuller, John Maina, Stephen Woodborne
2019 OSU Center for Health Sciences Office of the Vice President for Research Pilot/Seed Grant: Need-sodium appetite as a predictor of enhanced opioid response in adolescent rats: $9,850
PI: Dolores Vazquez Sanroman
Co-PI’s: Kathleen Curtis and Haley O’Brien
2017–2020 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation: Acquisition of a micro-computed tomography system for advanced imaging and inter-disciplinary multi-user access for the University of Arkansas and the US Interior Highlands: $687,161
PI: Claire Terhune, University of Arkansas
Co-PI’s: Paul M. Gignac, Haley D. O’Brien, George Sabo, Wenchao Zhou
2016 American Association of Anatomists Education Outreach Grant: $3,000
2016 Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant: $2,500
In The Media
T. rex turned like a ballerina from a slow-motion nightmare
See Dr. O'Brien's winning contribution to FASEB's 2017 BioArt Award: Antilocapra americana
Learn about the new MicroCT Imaging Center for Research and Outreach (MICRO) housed in the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas.
Hear Dr. O'Brien discuss the importance of curiosity and basic science research at Living Arts of Tulsa.
See Dr. O'Brien discuss the implications of her research with NewsOK.
Hear Dr. O'Brien discuss her research with Caitlin Colleary of Palaeocast.
"Vascular safety net" doesn't protect the brains of giraffes from dangerous pressure changes," an Anatomy To You blog post, co-authored with Jason Bourke.
Nature Research Highlights: "Mammal with a dinosaur nose"
Christian Science Monitor: "Weird convergence: Extinct wildebeest cousin and dinosaur shared noses"
National Geographic: "Ice Age beast honked like a dinosaur"
CBC Radio Program Quirks and Quarks: "Ancient wildebeest cousin with dinosaur horn"