2020 Recipient of:

Heather Jamniczky, PhD

Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
​Associate Dean, Graduate Science Education
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Cumming School of Medicine

 A zoologist by training, my research takes two directions. I am interested in the evolution and development of complex phenotypes, with a particular focus on the skeleton. I work with a variety of vertebrates, from turtles to mice to fish, and my lab is situated in the Cumming School of Medicine.

​My teaching responsibilities include human anatomical sciences in the Bachelor of Health Sciences and specialized graduate courses, and I focus my educational research on teaching and learning around visual representation of three-dimensional structures, spatial learning, and equity, diversity and inclusion in health professions education.

I am on Google Scholar here.

Meet our group...

Austin Ashbaugh

PhD Student (co-supervised)
Austin is interested in mammalian tooth evolution. His current work focus on artiodactyls, perissodactyls and carnivorans, and geometric morphometrics approaches to the evolutionary developmental biology of teeth. Austin's primary supervisor is Jessica Theodor.

Ramon Nagesan

microCT Technician
Ramon has extensive experience with microCT data acquisition and management. He is leading the creation of our Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) micro-CT scan collection in the Federated Research Data Respository.

Jonah Santos

MSc Student (co-supervised)
Jonah is interested in developmental biology, evolution and genetics. His current work focuses on tooh patterning in pigs. Jonah's primary supervisor is Jessica Theodor.

You!

Undergraduate or Graduate Student
The Jamniczky Lab is looking for new members. Contact Dr. Jamniczky for more information!

Alumni

Nabil Royez, PhD (2026)
Michael Chung, MSc (2025)
​Bergen Galts, MSc (2024)
Sara Perry, BSc Hons (2023)
Jonah Santos, BSc Hons (2023)
Kevin Duclos, PhD (2023)
Jolene McLeod, PhD student (2016-2023)
Aspen Kozak, MSc (2021)
Sara Hall, BSc Hons (2021)
Julian Neves, Research Assistant (2020-2021)
Tegan Barry, PhD (2019)
Hanna Thai, BSc Hons (2019)
Alex Pistore, MD/MSc (2019)
Sarah Anderson, PhD (2018)
Chelsey Zurowski, MSc (2016)
Amie Le, BSc (2016)
Ekaterina Petrovich, BSc (2014)
Stephen Campeau, BHSc (2013)
Ruchika Sharma, BSc (2013)