Allison Bronson Ph.D.

Lecturer - Zoology

Allison Bronson photo
awb18@humboldt.edu
(707) 826-3249
SciA 355B

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I grew up in California and received a Bachelor's of Science from Humboldt State University (now CalPoly Humboldt) in Zoology and Marine Biology in 2014 before earning my PhD from the American Museum of Natural History in Comparative Biology in 2018.

Specialty Area

Anatomy, Morphology, and Systematics of Living and Fossil Fishes

Education

BS (Zoology & Marine Biology) 2014, Humboldt State University/Cal Poly Humboldt
PhD (Comparative Biology), 2018, Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History

Courses Taught

Evolution
Introductory Zoology
Methods of Laboratory Instruction
Ichthyology
Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates

Research

I study the cranial anatomy and systematics of fossil and living chondrichthyans, sensory and endocranial anatomy of living fishes, and methods in CT scanning and scientific imaging.

Link to Allison's research page

Publications

  • Frable, B., C. Seid, A.W. BRONSON, and P.R. Møller. 2023. A new deep-sea eelpout of the genus Pyrolycus (Zoarcidae: Lycodinae) associated with a hydrothermal seep on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. Zootaxa. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5230.1.5; http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F90B9EF-58FA-4E54-B9E4-D697...
  • John E.A. Marshall, Peter F. Holterhoff, Samar R. El-Abdallah, Kelly K.S. Matsunaga, A.W. BRONSON, and Alexandru M.F. Tomescu. 2022. The Archaeopterid Forests of Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Westernmost Laurentia: Biota and depositional environment of the Maywood Formation in northern Wyoming as reflected by palynoflora, macroflora, fauna, and sedimentology. International Journal of Plant Sciences.
  • BRONSON, A.W. 2021. A three-dimensionally preserved stethacanthid cranium from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, USA). In: A. Pradel, John S.S. Denton, and P. Janvier (Editors.) Ancient Fishes and their living relatives: a tribute to John G. Maisey.
  • T. Durieux; M.A. Lopez; A.W. BRONSON; A.M.F. Tomescu. 2021. A new phylogeny of the cladoxylopsid plexus – contribution of an early cladoxylopsid from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Quebec. American Journal of Botany.
  • Peecook, B., A.W. BRONSON, B. Otoo, and C. Sidor. 2021. Freshwater fish faunas from two Permian rift valleys of Zambia, novel additions to the ichthyofauna of southern Pangea. Journal of African Earth Sciences 183 (2021): 104325 doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104325
  • Toledo, S., A. Bippus, B. Atkinson, A.W. BRONSON, and A. Tomescu. 2021. Taxon sampling and alternative hypotheses of relationships in the euphyllophyte plexus that gave rise to seed plants: insights from an Early Devonian radiatopsid. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/NPH.17511.
  • Maisey, J. G., P. Janvier, A. Pradel, J.S.S. Denton, A.W. BRONSON, R. Miller, and C. Burrow. 2019. Doliodus and pucapampellids: contrasting perspectives on stem chondrichthyan morphology. In: Z. Johanson, C. Underwood, and M. Richter (Editors.) Evolution and Development of Fishes.

 

Graduate Students

Current:

Nicole Rahman-Garnier

Former:

Melody Tew, '23: NEURAL CREST CELL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGIN OF BONY SCUTES IN WHITE STURGEON (ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS)