Ian N. Cost

PhD Candidate

research interests

Ian's research includes elements of functional cranial morphology, ornithology, and paleontology. He includes hands-on dissection, medical imaging, behavioral observation, and 3D biomechanical modeling techniques in his work.

recent presentations

Cost, I. N., Echols M. S., Middleton, K. M., Holliday, C. M. 2019. Assessing the Biomechanical Environment of an Extinct Parrot (Psittaciformes) Using Extant Parrot Models. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Tampa.

Cost, I. N., Sellers, K. C., Middleton, K. M., Davis, J. L., Witmer, L. M., Holliday, C. M. 2018. Cranial Kinesis in Tyrannosaurus rex: Interpreting the Biomechanical Environment of Skulls. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Supplement – Meeting Program and Abstracts: 110.

Cost, I. N., Middleton, K. M., Holliday, C. M. 2018. Mechanical Performance in the Skulls of Parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA.

recent Publications

Gignac, P.M., Kley, N.J., Clarke, J.A., Colbert, M.W., Morhardt, A.C., Cerio, D., Cost, I.N., Cox, P.G., Daza, J.D., Early, C.M. and Echols, M.S., 2016. Diffusible iodine‐based contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high‐resolution, 3‐D imaging of metazoan soft tissues. Journal of anatomy, 228(6), pp.889-909. doi/10.1111/joa.12449