Siobhán Cooke is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her laboratory- and field-based research program focuses on primate, and more broadly, mammalian dental and dietary evolution. Since 2009, She has conducted paleontological research in the Dominican Republic and Colombia and has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and the Leakey Foundation. She resides in Baltimore with her wife, two-year old daughter, 16-year old cat, and large collection of carnivorous plants.