ResearchMy research interests revolve around the evolutionary and ontogenetic mechanisms underlying the creation of functional skeletons in humans, hominins, primates, and rodents. You can learn more from my CV and publications.
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Cranial Vault Thickness• My dissertation research focused on elucidating the mechanism underlying increased cranial vault thickness in Homo erectus
• Research supported by the National Science Foundation and the Wenner-Gren Foundation • Publication in Journal of Human Evolution • Poster from AAPAs 2014 |
Systemic Skeletal Robusticity• Karen Baab and I collaborated on a project examining systemic skeletal robusticity in modern humans
• I have also worked on multiple projects examining systemic robusticity in non-human primates (with Robin Bernstein and Andrea Taylor) and rodent models (with Ted Garland) |
Modern Human Bone Mineral Density• I mentored a student who studied the effects of pregnancy on bone mineral density, collaborating with the Seton Women's Center in Bridgeport, CT
• My colleague, Maureen Devlin, and I are designing a large multi-site study examining the ontogeny of BMD in non-industrialized populations. |
Other projects• I'm working with a student to study pregnancy energetics in marmoset monkeys (with Holly Dunsworth and Herman Pontzer)
• As part of my dissertation, I collected over 700 CT scans of human skulls and 400 microCT scans of non-human primate skulls, which are freely available to download. The non-human primate collection has been described in Nature Scientific Data. |