Recent Student Awards - Evolutionary

We commend these Evolutionary Wing graduate students for their recent academic achievements.

 

Degree Accomplishments

  • Ph.D. Completion
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s) Dissertation Title
    2019 Nicole Naar Human Behavioral Ecology Borgerhoff Mulder, M. "Pescando la Pinata": Testing Cooperation Theory and Method in a Fishing Commons
    2018 Peter Stamos Paleoanthropology Weaver, T.D. On the Ontogeny of the Hominoid Distal Femoral Metaphysical Surface: Towards Reconstructing the Locomotor Behavior of the Dikika Child
    2018 Gregory Burns Archaeology Eerkens, J. W. Evolution of Shell Bead Money in Central California: An Isotopic Approach
  • Advancement to Doctoral Candidacy
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Erika Ebel Archaeology Darwent, C. M.
    2019 Giulia Gallo Paleoanthropology Steele , T. E. & Zwyns, N.
    2019 Bryna Hull Archaeology Eerkens, J.W.
    2019 Corey Johnson Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.
    2019 Carter Loftus Primatology Crofoot, M. C.
    2019 Meredith Lutz Primatology Caillaud, D.
    2019 Sara Watson Paleoanthropology Steele , T. E. & Zwyns, N.
    2019 Alexander Vining Primatology Crofoot, M. C.
    2018 Neetha Iyer Primatology Caillaud, D.

  • Capstone Completion

  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Chelsea Cataldo-Ramirez Paleoanthropology Weaver, T.D.
    2019 Jill Eubanks Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Patricia McNeill Paleoanthropology Steele, T.E.

 

External Fellowship, Grants, and Awards

  • 2019
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s) Fellowship/Grant/Award
    2019 Candice Ralston Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.

    NSF-DDIRG: "Investigating Postmarital Residence Practices in Central California using Isotopic Chemistry in Human Skeletal Tissues."

    AND

    Sacramento Archeological Society Scholarship
    2019 Curtis Atkisson Human Behavioral Ecology Borgerhoff Mulder, M. Complex Systems Society Young Researchers Bridge Grant
    2019 Giulia Gallo Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E. & Zwyns, N. Belgian American Educational Foundation grant
    2019 Jill Eubanks Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.  Sacramento Archeological Society Scholarship
    2019 Naomi Martisius Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E. Fulbright
    2019 Peiqi Zhang Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.

    Leakey Foundation Baldwin Fellowship

    Sacramento Archeological Society Scholarship
    2019 Susan Lagle Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E.

    Leakey Foundation Research Grant

    AND

    Sacramento Archeological Society Scholarship
  • 2018
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s) Fellowship/Grant/Award
    2018 Patricia McNeill Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E. NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship (2018-21)
    2018 Erika Ebel Archaeology Darwent, C. M. Alaska Anthropological Association Student Travel Award
    2018 Jason Miszaniec Archaeology Darwent, C. M. North Pacific Research Board Graduate Student Research Award (2018-19)
    2018 Neetha Iyer Primatology Caillaud, D. Morris Animal Foundation Grant
    2018 Nicole Naar Human Behavioral Ecology Borgerhoff Mulder, M. EAS Student Award
    2018 Sara Watson Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E. NSF-Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) – Australia (2018-19)

 

Department and Campus Award

  • Crook Research Awards
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Nicole Naar Human Behavioral Ecology Borgerhoff Mulder, M.
    2018 Curtis Atkisson Human Behavioral Ecology Borgerhoff Mulder, M.
  • Kautz Family Award
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Kirk Schmitz Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Peiqi Zhang Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.
  • Rodman-Mitani Award
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Grace Davis Primatology Crofoot, M. C.
    2019 Neetha Iyer Primatology Caillaud, D.
  • Evolutionary Wing Summer Fellowship
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Dana Al-Hindi Population Genetics Henn, B. M.
    2019 Meredith Carlson Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.
    2019 Sonya Crocker Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.
    2019 Erika Ebel Archaeology Darwent, C. M.
    2019 Jill Eubanks Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Luis Flores Blanco Archaeology Haas, W. R.
    2019 Edgar Huerta Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Patricia McNeill Paleoanthropology Steele, T. E.
    2019 Jessica Morales Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Kirk Schmitz Archaeology Eerkens, J. W.
    2019 Peiqi Zhang Paleoanthropology Zwyns, N.
  • UC Davis Provost's Dissertation Year Fellowship
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Mayowa Adegboyega Paleoanthropology Weaver, T. D.
    2019 Grace Davis Primatology Crofoot, M. C.
  • UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Award
  • Year Student Name Area of Specialization Advisor(s)
    2019 Jason Miszaniec Archaeology Darwent, C. M.

 

Publications

  • Davis, G. H., Crofoot, M. C., & Farine, D. R. (2018). Estimating the robustness and uncertainty of animal social networks using different observational methods. Animal Behaviour, 141, 29-44. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.012
  • Blanco, L. F. (2018). Lugares, monumentos, ancestros: Arqueologías de paisajes andinos y lejanos (Places, monuments, and ancestors: archaeologies of Andean landscapes of the distant past). Lima, Perú: Avqi Ediciones. 
  • Smith, K. N., Vellanoweth, R. L., Sholts, S. B., & Wärmländer, S. K. (2018). Residue analysis, use-wear patterns, and replicative studies indicate that sandstone tools were used as reamers when producing shell fishhooks on San Nicolas Island, California. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 20, 502-505. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.05.011
  • Zhang, X. L., B. B. Ha, S. J. Wang, Z. J. Chen, J. Y. Ge, H. Long, W. He, W. Da, X. M. Nian, M. J. Yi, X. Y. Zhou, P. Q. Zhang, Y. S. Jin, O. Bar-Yosef, J. W. Olsen, and X. Gao. (2018). The earliest human occupation of the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau 40 thousand to 30 thousand years ago. Science, 362(6418), 1049-1051. doi:10.1126/science.aat8824
  • Zwyns, N., Paine, C. H., Tsedendorj, B., Talamo, S., Fitzsimmons, K. E., Gantumur, A., Guunii, L., Davakhuu, O. Flas, D., Dogandžić, T., Doerschner, N., Welker, F., Gilliam, J. C., Bakhtiary, R. S., Allshouse, A. F., Smith, K. N., Khatsenovich, A. M., Rybin, E. P., Byambaa, G., Hublin, J.-J. (2019). The Northern Route for Human dispersal in Central and Northeast Asia: New evidence from the site of Tolbor-16, Mongolia. Scientific Reports, 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47972-1

 

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