Cranial Osteology of Bonefishes
William and Kate Bemis , Principal InvestigatorSabrina came to Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as a sophomore transfer student broadly interested in art and biology. Wanting to combine the two fields, she was drawn towards the field of bioarcheology due to its interdisciplinary nature in art, culture, and biology. Studying beyond the boundaries of campus, Sabrina conducted research on juvenile skeletal assemblages from the 15th century through an osteology workshop in Romania during summer 2019. Coming back to Cornell in the fall, she knew she wanted to continue studying osteology and expanded her interest from studying the osteology of humans to studying the diverse osteology of fishes. Since then, Sabrina has co-organized and presented at the 2020 Undergraduate Virtual Fishes Conference and has been pursuing her honors thesis research on the cranial osteology of Bonefishes under the advisement of Professor William Bemis and Dr. Kate Bemis.