Position Title
Graduate Student
Education
- Ongoing - Ph.D. Anthropology (University of California, Davis)
- 2026 - M.A. Anthropology (University of California, Davis)
- 2023 - B.A. Anthropology (New York University)
About
My research centers on evolutionary and functional human anatomy, with a focus on why the modern human skeleton looks and moves the way that it does. While I am curious about the entire skeleton, my area of expertise is the pelvis and lumbar spine, where I investigate patterns of integration and covariation. I also extend this work to the fossil record, examining skeletal morphology in ancient hominins, particularly Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals).
Research Focus
Paleoanthropology, Functional morphology, evolutionary morphology, osteometrics, biomechanics, evolutionary obstetrics, 3D geometric morphometrics
Awards
2023 Provost's Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UC Davis
Membership and Service
Co-Director — Department of Anthropology Museum Education Outreach Program