Students
Resources for current students available on the NYCEP Student Wiki
Emily Ali
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Reproductive health, particularly gynecologic cancers, host-microbe interactions, microbiome
Claudia Astorino
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Craniodental morphology; dental evolutionary development; sexual dimorphism; mammalian evolution; vertebrate paleontology
Monica Avilez
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Functional morphology and locomotion, geometric morphometrics, primate and hominin evolution
Ariel N Barrera
Department of Anthropology
CUNY Graduate Center & AMNH Richard Gilder Graduate School
Research interests: Phylogenetics, hominin morphology, scientific illustration
Adela Cebeiro
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: anatomical and cognitive diversity of early hominins, analysis of lithic technology, primate behavioural ecology, evolutionary theory, experimental archaeology, field archaeology
Aparna Chandrashekar
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: conservation, population genetics, demography
Audrey Mi-Young Choi
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Postcranial functional morphology, Morphology and behavior of primate locomotor ontogeny, Primate evolution
Bailey Colohan
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: skeletal biology, biomechanics, locomotion, life history, and primate and human evolution
Kandra Cruz
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: primate reproductive ecology, reproductive energetics, seasonality, life history evolution, endocrinology
Ailis Daly
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, hominin evolution, osteology, functional morphology, bipedalism, biomechanics
Ruby Diaz
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Teeth of Plio-Pleistocene hominins (Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and early Homo), focusing on environmental variability and species diversity
Madelynne Dudas
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Functional Morphology, Hominoid Evolution
Gabriela Galindo
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Links between sociality, health, and fitness in nonhuman primates
Julia Galway-Witham
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Hominin palaeobiology; virtual anthropology; phylogenetics; hybridisation; philosophy of palaeoanthropology
Tessa Garces
Department of Anthropology
CUNY Graduate Center
Research interests: paleoanthropology
Dagmawit Abebe Getahun
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, geometric morphometrics, primate paleontology
Louis Gorgone
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: primate behavioral ecology, spatial ecology, microbiome, signals
Madison Grant
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: hominin evolution, skeletal biology, primate socioecology
Jordan Guerra
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Evolutionary morphology, Axial skeleton, Bipedalism
Jessica Gunson
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: sexual selection, reproductive strategies, sexual signaling, behavioral ecology
Alex Idso
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, functional morphology, hominin postcranial morphology, primate locomotion, bipedalism, endurance running
Raquel Lamela Lopez
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: ecomorphology, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, Pliocene and Pleistocene paleoecology, hominin evolution, geometric morphometrics
Maleha Mahmud
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Primate conservation, physiology, and behavior
Rasagnya Mallimadugula
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Cranial morphology, evolutionary adaptation, plasticity, Geometric morphometrics
Monica Msechu
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Comparative anatomy, Primate osteology, Paleoanthropology, Miocene primates, Functional morphology, East Africa, Paleoecology, Primate evolution, Postcranial locomotion, Biomechanics
Asi Ntsondwa
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Fire histories, southern Africa, human evolution, palaeoecology, anthracology
Stacy-Anne Parke
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Functional Morphology, Molecular genetics, primate reproductive ecology, life history patterns, primate and hominin evolution
Ana Penunuri Gomez
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Primate behavior, genetics, and modeling for conservation strategies
Shelby Pirtle
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: human biology, climate adaptations, skeletal biology, brown adipose tissue, effects of climate on health
Nicholas Post
Richard Gilder Graduate School
American Museum of Natural History
Research interests: Phylogenetics, hominin morphology
Kristen Ramirez
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: functional morphology, biomechanics, hominin evolution, suspension, hominoid locomotion
Julie A. Strain
Department of Anthropology
CUNY Graduate Center
Research interests: human skeletal biology and evolution
Alessandra Vecino Gazabón
Richard Gilder Graduate School
American Museum of Natural History
Research interests: Ape and human evolution, functional morphology, biomechanics, early hominin locomotion
Xue Wang
Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Human evolution, vertebrate comparative anatomy, functional morphology, and geometric morphometrics
Evan Wilson
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Early Stone Age technology, hominin cognition and behavior
Joseph Won
Department of Anthropology
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Research interests: Ape Evolution, Paleoanthropology, Primate Morphology