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This study is among the first to apply quantitative ultrasound to postmortem skeletal elements for age-at-death estimation. It also shows how forensic methodological rigor can help better serve underserved aging populations in a forensic context.

What is an interesting fact about yourself?
• I lived in Kenya for two years

What's your go-to comfort food?
• Beef stew

What is one thing you hope students take away from your classes?
• Learn embryology! It explains a lot about anatomical structures that seem odd.
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What is your main research topic?
• Paleobiology

What is one of your favorite hobbies when you're not working?
• Cycling

What is your favorite anatomical structure and why?
• Chorda tympani, it takes is course through the tympanic cavity, which is super cool.
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Dr. Yang also enjoys culinary practices and spicy food, as indicated in the attached picture where he is making his own chili oil with a key ingredient (Sichuan peppercorn). To get to know Dr. Yang further, we briefly interviewed him!
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Co-authors on the talk are the co-PIs on a project investigating human variation using cadaveric donors from Anatomy courses at MWU: Drs Tim Campbell and Terry Ritzman (MWU Dept of Anatomy, IL) and Drs Leigha Lynch and Heather Smith (MWU Dept of Anatomy, Glendale, AZ).