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Summer Ostrowski, PhD

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
  • Anatomy Laboratory Director

Education

PhD, Michigan State University
MA, Stony Brook University
BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Speaker Topics

  • Human Anatomy

  • Vertebrate Paleontology

  • Anatomy Education

Interests and Expertise

Summer Ostrowski's expertise is in human anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. She has been teaching human anatomy for over 12 years and has a passion for helping students learn about the human body as they work towards their careers in physical therapy, athletic training, and occupational therapy.

Ostrowski's research involves excavating, examining, and describing fossil vertebrates to better understand their biogeography and evolution. To date, her research interests have mostly revolved around fossil fishes of Madagascar and small fossil vertebrates from the United States.

Selected Publications

Ostrowski SA. Late Cretaceous Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Mahajanga Basin of Madagascar and impacts on paleobiogeography. 2021. Palaeontologia Electronica 24.3.a31. 2021 https://doi.org/10.26879/1151

Gottfried MD, Samonds KE, Ostrowski SA, Andrianavalona T, and Ramihangihajason T. A New Evidence indicates the presence of barracuda (Sphyraenidae) and supports a tropical marine environment in the Miocene of Madagascar. PlosONE 12(5): e0176553.2017. 2017

Daley GM; Ostrowski SA; Geary DH. Paleoenvironmentally correlated differences in a classic predator-prey system: The bivalve Chione elevate and its gastropod predators. PALAIOS Vol: 22 (2) pp. 166-173. 2007

Selected Presentations

2023, Ostrowski SA & Noto CR. 2023. Have your Snake and Eat it Too: Snake material from the Arlington Archosaur Site (Lewisville Formation, Cenomanian) of North-Central Texas. 14th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota. The Anatomical Record. Volume 306, Issue S1.

2017, Ostrowski SA; Noto CR. 2018. Hold me closer tiny fossil: A rich Microvertebate Fauna from the Arlington Archosaur Site (Woodbine Formation, Cenomanian) of North-Central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts, vol. 38, Supplement to Number 3, 2017.

2014, Gottfried  MD; Samonds KE; and Ostrowski, SA. 2014. A Barracuda Dominated Tropical Marine Fauna from the Miocene of Madagascar.

Professional Memberships

  •  American Association for Anatomy (AAA)