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An Afternoon with Joy Reidenberg
Sunday June 29th
3pm
In the Barn @ Folly Tree Arboretum
Please RSVP to info@follytreearborteum.com
Come be inspired by the wonder of whales—from the inside out—by the most badass whale anatomist on Earth! Discover how their deer-like ancestors evolved back into the water, how the mechanics of their voice box shape their language, and how the mysterious substances in their heads allow them to dive miles beneath the ocean’s surface.
Joy S. Reidenberg, Ph.D. is a comparative anatomist, specializing in cetacean anatomy, and is also a visual artist specializing in anatomical drawing. She is a Professor in the Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. She attended Cornell University (B.A. 1983) where she majored in animal anatomy and minored in art history. She debated a career in scientific illustration, but ultimately chose a career that combined both her art talents and her science interests. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Mount Sinai’s Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (M.Phil. 1986, Ph.D. 1988). Joy is also a Guest Investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and held an appointment as Associate Scientist at National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution).
Joy teaches Human Gross Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Imaging to medical and graduate students, and participates in several anatomy courses for surgeons. Her reputation as a teacher extends beyond Mount Sinai: she was awarded the Basmajian Award of the American Association for Anatomy for excellence in teaching and research. She regularly engages with the public through outreach teaching (e.g., two TED talks, numerous television documentaries). Joy is best known on television as the comparative anatomist for the BAFTA award winning series Inside Nature’s Giants.
Her research focuses on comparative anatomy of animals adapted to environmental extremes. Studying such "natural experiments" helps uncover basic biomechanical relationships that affect all animals, including humans. Joy hopes to mimic these adaptations to develop protective/preventive technologies or new medical treatments for injuries and diseases. Her work has been funded by: ONR, DOD, NOPP, NOAA. She has been featured as the lead scientist (comparative anatomist) in many national and international science television documentaries (e.g., BBC, SBS, Discovery Channel, NatGeoWild, PBS, Science Channel), and interviewed for scientific and popular press (e.g., Nature, New York Times-Science Times, O the Oprah Magazine). She is an active member of U.S. national whale stranding necropsy teams. Joy is a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomists, and a Fellow of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Joy has written over 100 peer-reviewed publications, guest-edited four special issues of The Anatomical Record, created digital and video media projects, and continues to present at multiple scientific and educational conferences annually.
Video credit: Inside Natures Giants
