Yara Haridy

Haridy was born in Morocco and lived in Egypt until her family moved to Canada when she was 12 years old.{{Cite web|title=Yara Haridy: The time traveler|url=https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/yara-haridy-time-traveler|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Museum für Naturkunde|language=en}} She obtained her B.Sc. in biology from the University of Toronto in 2016, where she originally intended to pursue the pre-medicine track en route to a medical career, followed by her M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology obtained from the University of Toronto in 2018, where she studied the evolution of acrodonty in reptiles.{{Cite book|last=Haridy|first=Yara|url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/bcb7104d035a210acbe087b906ea3f11/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750|title=Assessing Acrodont Dentition in Reptilia, with Special Attention to Replacement and Wear Adaptations|publisher=University of Toronto|year=2018}} She obtained her Ph.D. from Humboldt University of Berlin and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin under the supervision of Florian Witzmann and Nadia Fröbisch in 2021.

Haridy's research primarily focuses on the evolution of bone and other skeletal tissues.{{Cite web|title=YARA HARIDY|url=http://www.thebarebones.org/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=YARA HARIDY|language=en}} She has extensive experience studying the evolution of different forms of dentition and tooth replacement, primarily in extinct and extant reptiles, as well as paleopathologies. Her research methods include bone histology, computed tomography (CT), and focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). Some of her most notable work includes the identification of the earliest occurrence of a viral-induced metabolic disease (Paget's disease),{{Cite journal|last1=Haridy|first1=Yara|last2=Witzmann|first2=Florian|last3=Asbach|first3=Patrick|last4=Reisz|first4=Robert R.|date=2019-08-07|title=Permian metabolic bone disease revealed by micro CT: Paget's disease-like pathology in vertebrae of an early amniote|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=14|issue=8|pages=e0219662|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0219662|pmid=31390345 |pmc=6685605 |issn=1932-6203|doi-access=free }} the earliest occurrence of bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in an amniote (in the stem turtle Pappochelys),{{Cite journal|last1=Haridy|first1=Yara|last2=Witzmann|first2=Florian|last3=Asbach|first3=Patrick|last4=Schoch|first4=Rainer R.|last5=Fröbisch|first5=Nadia|last6=Rothschild|first6=Bruce M.|date=2019-03-01|title=Triassic Cancer—Osteosarcoma in a 240-Million-Year-Old Stem-Turtle|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6766|journal=JAMA Oncology|volume=5|issue=3|pages=425–426|doi=10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.6766|pmid=30730547 |pmc=6439844 |issn=2374-2437}} and the morphological characterization of osteocytes in early fish that could be linked to physiological advantages of osteocytes that led to the modern-day prevalence of osteocytic bone among vertebrates.{{Cite journal|last1=Haridy|first1=Yara|last2=Osenberg|first2=Markus|last3=Hilger|first3=André|last4=Manke|first4=Ingo|last5=Davesne|first5=Donald|last6=Witzmann|first6=Florian|date=2021-04-02|title=Bone metabolism and evolutionary origin of osteocytes: Novel application of FIB-SEM tomography|journal=Science Advances|language=en|volume=7|issue=14|pages=eabb9113|doi=10.1126/sciadv.abb9113|issn=2375-2548|pmc=8011976|pmid=33789889}} Her work has been published in several leading international scientific journals, including Biology Letters,{{Cite journal|last1=Haridy|first1=Yara|last2=Gee|first2=Bryan M.|last3=Witzmann|first3=Florian|last4=Bevitt|first4=Joseph J.|last5=Reisz|first5=Robert R.|date=2019-09-27|title=Retention of fish-like odontode overgrowth in Permian tetrapod dentition supports outside-in theory of tooth origins|journal=Biology Letters|volume=15|issue=9|pages=20190514|doi=10.1098/rsbl.2019.0514|pmc=6769137|pmid=31506034}} Scientific Reports,{{Cite journal|last1=LeBlanc|first1=A. R. H.|last2=MacDougall|first2=M. J.|last3=Haridy|first3=Y.|last4=Scott|first4=D.|last5=Reisz|first5=R. R.|date=2018-03-05|title=Caudal autotomy as anti-predatory behavior in Palaeozoic reptiles|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21526-3|journal=Scientific Reports|volume=8|issue=1|page=3328 |doi=10.1038/s41598-018-21526-3|pmid=29507301 |pmc=5838224 |issn=2045-2322}} Systematic Biology,{{Cite journal|last1=Brocklehurst|first1=Neil|last2=Haridy|first2=Yara|date=2021-06-16|title=Do Meristic Characters Used in Phylogenetic Analysis Evolve in an Ordered Manner?|url=https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/70/4/707/5940060|journal=Systematic Biology|language=en|volume=70|issue=4|pages=707–718|doi=10.1093/sysbio/syaa078|pmid=33104202 |issn=1063-5157}} Science Advances, and JAMA Oncology, with over 140 citations to date,{{Cite web|title=Yara Haridy|url=https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=xwtksjYAAAAJ&hl=en|access-date=2022-02-09|website=scholar.google.de}} and has received extensive media coverage, including from international outlets such as National Geographic,{{Cite web|last=Black|first=Riley|date=2021-03-31|title=Bones evolved to act like batteries, 400-million-year-old fish suggest|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/bones-evolved-to-act-like-batteries-400-million-year-old-fish-suggest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331181548/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/bones-evolved-to-act-like-batteries-400-million-year-old-fish-suggest|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2021|access-date=2022-02-09|website=National Geographic|language=en}} the New York Times,{{Cite news|last=Elbein|first=Asher|date=2019-02-07|title=The Patient Had Bone Cancer. The Diagnosis Arrived 240 Million Years Too Late.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/science/cancer-ancient-animals.html|access-date=2022-02-09|issn=0362-4331}} the Smithsonian Magazine,{{Cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Brigit|title=What This Prehistoric Turtle's Tumor Tells Scientists About Modern Cancer|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-cancerous-tumor-found-ancient-reptiles-femur-180971460/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}} Science Magazine,{{Cite web|title=Deadly human bone cancer found in 240-million-year-old turtle|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/deadly-human-bone-cancer-found-240-million-year-old-turtle|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.science.org|language=en}} the Toronto Star,{{Cite news|last=McQuigge|first=Michelle|date=2017-09-15|title=Prehistoric frogs were predators with fangs, U of T researchers find|language=en-CA|work=The Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/15/u-of-t-researchers-say-ancestors-of-modern-frogs-had-a-lot-of-teeth-including-fangs.html|access-date=2022-02-09|issn=0319-0781}} and Newsweek.{{Cite web|last=Pereira|first=Sydney|date=2018-03-07|title=This tiny ancient reptile from 289 million years ago had a special trait that helped it escape meat-eating predators|url=https://www.newsweek.com/tiny-ancient-reptile-detach-tail-escape-meat-eating-predators-833432|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Newsweek|language=en}}

Haridy is an active scientific communicator who engages primarily through Twitter, where she has more than 21,000 followers and has created several viral hashtags related to her research, including #GuessTheSkull and #SerialKillerOrScientist, which have drawn media coverage.{{Cite web|title=Scientist or serial killer? Our favorite tweets exploring the strange overlap.|url=https://www.advisory.com/Daily-Briefing/2018/07/05/serial-killer-or-scientist|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.advisory.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Heyman|first=Taylor|date=2018-06-18|title=Serial killer or scientist? These tweets will leave you guessing|url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/and-finally/serial-killer-or-scientist-these-tweets-will-leave-you-guessing-37022099.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=independent|language=en}} Among her ongoing projects is the development of a Velociraptor puppet through a Palaeontological Association Engagement Grant.{{Cite web|title=Sci.Comm|url=http://www.thebarebones.org/scicomm.html|access-date=2022-02-09|website=YARA HARIDY|language=en}}{{Cite journal|title=The Palaeontology Newsletter, Issue 104|url=https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/newsletters/number_104/number_104.pdf|journal=The Palaeontology Newsletter|publisher=Palaeontological Association|volume=104|pages=1–128}} She has been featured on a number of popular podcasts, including See Jurassic Right,{{Cite web|title=See Jurassic Right: Back to School with: Vertebrate Paleontologist Yara Haridy (#GuessTheSkull) on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-to-school-with-vertebrate-paleontologist-yara/id1239538917?i=1000490347596|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-US}} The Purrrcast,{{Cite web|title=The Purrrcast: 275 - Yara Haridy - Kitty Passport on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/275-yara-haridy-kitty-passport/id1041016803?i=1000499154929|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-US}} and NPR's Short Wave{{Cite web|title=Taking A New Look At Some Old Bones|url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/1003266832/taking-a-new-look-at-some-old-bones|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.wbur.org|language=en}} and is active in public outreach events, including Soapbox Science{{Cite web|date=2019-04-18|title=Soapbox Science 2019 Berlin|url=http://soapboxscience.org/soapbox-science-2019-berlin/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=SoapboxScience|language=en-US}} and Skype a Scientist.{{Cite web|title=Skype a Scientist Live: Dinosaur Diseases with Yara Haridy|url=https://www.nyspacegrant.org/calendar/skype-a-scientist-live-dinosaur-diseases-with-yara-haridy|access-date=2022-02-09|website=New York Space Grant Consortium|language=en-US}}{{Citation|title=Dinosaur Diseases with Yara Haridy|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdFJSxzDvPE|language=en|access-date=2022-02-09}} She is also a vocal advocate for improving equity in international scientific research through increased local collaboration and support of development of natural history infrastructure in non-western countries.{{Cite news|last=Elbein|first=Asher|date=2021-03-22|title=Decolonizing the Hunt for Dinosaurs and Other Fossils|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/science/dinosaurs-fossils-colonialism.html|access-date=2022-02-09|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite book|last1=Keim|first1=Curtis|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003172024|title=Mistaking Africa|last2=Somerville|first2=Carolyn|date=2021-11-11|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-003-17202-4|location=New York|doi=10.4324/9781003172024 |s2cid=244065772 }}

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