Yara Haridy is an Egyptian-Canadian paleontologist and scientific communicator who specializes in the use of advanced analytical methods to study the evolution of bone and related skeletal tissues.

Haridy was born in Morocco and lived in Egypt until her family moved to Canada when she was 12 years old.^[1] She obtained her B.Sc. in biology from theUniversity 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 ofacrodonty in reptiles.^[2] She obtained her Ph.D. fromHumboldt University of Berlin and theMuseum für Naturkunde Berlin under the supervision of Florian Witzmann andNadia Fröbisch in 2021.

Haridy's research primarily focuses on the evolution of bone and other skeletal tissues.^[3] 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 bonehistology,computed tomography (CT), andfocused ion beamscanning 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),^[4] the earliest occurrence of bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in anamniote (in the stem turtlePappochelys),^[5] and the morphological characterization ofosteocytes in early fish that could be linked to physiological advantages of osteocytes that led to the modern-day prevalence of osteocytic bone among vertebrates.^[6] Her work has been published in several leading international scientific journals, includingBiology Letters,^[7]Scientific Reports,^[8]Systematic Biology,^[9]Science Advances,^[6] andJAMA Oncology,^[5] with over 140 citations to date,^[10] and has received extensive media coverage, including from international outlets such asNational Geographic,^[11] theNew York Times,^[12] theSmithsonian Magazine,^[13]Science Magazine,^[14] theToronto Star,^[15] andNewsweek.^[16]

Haridy is an active scientific communicator who engages primarily throughTwitter, 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.^[17][18] Among her ongoing projects is the development of aVelociraptor puppet through aPalaeontological Association Engagement Grant.^[19][20] She has been featured on a number of popular podcasts, including See Jurassic Right,^[21] The Purrrcast,^[22] andNPR's Short Wave^[23] and is active in public outreach events, includingSoapbox Science^[24] andSkype a Scientist.^[25][26] 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.^[27][28]

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• Canadian science communicators
• University of Toronto alumni
• Canadian paleontologists
• Humboldt University of Berlin alumni

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