Lisa Whitenack, PhD

@whitenacklab.bsky.social

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Biology professor & Director of Faculty Development at Allegheny College. Biomechanics, evolution, and paleobiology of sharks, snails, crabs, and more. She/her

Art piece of a whale shark swimming, which looks like a mosaic made of fabric
Fish head with an open mouth and flared gills, mounted to a plaque that says “Creepy fish taxidermy”
Andean condor
Harpy eagle with wings partially open
Lisa wearing a Skeletor tshirt next to a painting of HeMan
Raised garden in front of a grassy hill. Behind the garden wall is a metal octopus statue.
Custom grey cat mask with two mushroom horns and pink ash purple wild flowers
Sketch of a pajama shy shark and a nurse shark
11 different zines about marine organisms on a table. Each zine is about a different animal.
Painting of a calico crab
Painting of a hooded warbler on a branch
Painting of a black capped chickadee on a branch with berries
Painting of a tufted titmouse on a branch
Watercolor painting of a blue and purple seahorse surrounded by sea grass
Pencil drawing of a snake with its mouth open, but the torso shows ribs and muscles.
This beautiful oil painting compares the feet of Deinonychus to a harpy eagle
Hand painted, pink monopoly board that is called “feminopoly”
Beautiful orange and white nudibranch on a rock
Short video of a longhorn cowfish swimming
Photo of Lisa with a crocheted brain slug from Futurama on her head
Landscape image of an old observatory with a green copper roof among trees rich in autumn colors
300 high school and college students from 5 marching bands standing at attention on a football field
Large 3D printed model of a dogfish skull with jaws and arches
Postcard depicting a woman standing next to a Dunkleosteus skull, with a banner that says “Dunkleosteous hinged jaws of death” at the top of the postcard and a circle that says “mysterious underwater creatures” in the lower right corner
The front half of a frozen boid snake
Electron micrograph of the head of the chaetognath Sagitta. Photo by wiki commons user Zatelmar
Many carp at the water surface with their mouths open.
Water packed with carp at the surface
A large peacock mantis shrimp against some rocks and algae
Two signs on a brick wall. One is the National Park Service logo, and the other reads “Mississippi River Visitor Center”
Orange cat snoring and wakes himself up with his snores
Ventral side of a cownose ray as it swims in an aquarium
4 sharks jaws and print outs of the shark species their from laying on a table
Orange cat staring at empty sushi container
Black and white sits in a chair at the dinner table across from sushi
A table with about 40 dried shark jaws on it
Snoozing orange cat on a lap
A small bunch of snowdrop flowers blooming
Embroidery pattern of a coral reef with many fish printed into fabric. One fish is embroidered.
Progress bar indicating how far into a song I am in Spotify, but the bar is a blue lightsaber
Sheet music for horn 2 for How to Train Your Dragon
A French horn in my lap
Bison wearing a birthday party hat and a scarf
Screenshot of Facebook post from the Environmental Protection Agency referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America
3 cats napping together on a bed - one black & white, one orange, one calico
Swordfish skull and vertebrae in a museum display case
An orange tabby cat and a black and white cat laying on a human bed
Tiny shark finger puppet
A manta ray and some other fishes in an aquarium
Two great hammerheads in an aquarium, but the light makes it look they’re edged in blue neon
Jeff and Lisa smiling and holding a Jamaican restaurant menu
Text: “Department chairs mentoring and support meet-up, Mon. Jan. 6, 4:30 pm, A602”
Clay ammonite sculpture
Emoji of shark with 3 pilot fish
Photo looking out a window with two kids sledding, while inside there’s a laptop and a cat looking outside on a table
Snowman with a black hat and red scarf, but it’s made out of 3 sea urchin tests
Orange tabby cat napping next to pile of graded papers