Resource Faculty
CASHP also includes the participation of resource faculty members based at the George Washington University, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, National Institutes of Science and Technology, Carnegie Institute, and the National Institutes of Health. These faculty participate in CASHP in a variety of ways, including research collaborations with core CASHP faculty, providing laboratory rotations and other training opportunities for students, and serving on Ph.D. dissertation committees.
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Comparative neuroscience; social cognition.
Kirsten M. Brown, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department: Anatomy and Regenerative Biology (GWUMC)
Research Interests: Obstetrical adaptation, human morphological variation, pelvic shape as a risk factor for pelvic floor disorders, evolution of the pelvic floor, morphometric methods and software, imaging of bone and soft tissue.
James M. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Paleontology and systematics of tetrapods; field collection of dinosaur-age fossils.
Stephen C. Dopkins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Spatial memory, dimensional analysis and representation, recognition memory.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Evolutionary neurosciene with a special interest in nervous system functioning at the molecular level.
Research Professor
Department: Anthropology
Research Interests: Primatology, management and care of captive primates, neurobiology of aging.
Catherine A. Forester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Paleontology and systematics of dinosaurs; field collection of Mesozoic vertebrates.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Brain evolution, primate comparative neuroanatomy, geometric morphometrics, dental anthropology, European Pleistocene hominins.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Evolutionary quantitative genetics, evolutionary theory, evolutionary morphology, integration, evolvability, statistical methods, evolution of hominin postcrania.
James K. Hahn, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research Interests: Medical simulation, image-guided surgery, medical informatics, visualization, and motion control.
L. Patricia Hernandez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Evolution of developmental mechanisms; vertebrate embryology/pattern formation; functional morphology and anatomy of vertebrates; Ichthyology.
John T. Lill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Plant-insect interactions, insect ecology and evolution.
A. Catherine Markham, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, maternal care, spatial ecology, wild primates.
Sally A. Moody, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: GW Medical Center, Anatomy and Regenerative Biology
Research Interests: Neurobiology; developmental genetics; gene regulatory networks; stem cell biology.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Molecular evolution, evolutionary neuroscience, neurobiology of brain disease, brain evolution.
John W. Philbeck, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Human visual space perception, perception and action, spatial cognition, navigation.
Daniele Podini, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Forensic Sciences
Research Interests: Forensic science; human genetics; applied molecular biology.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: The evolution of throwing behavior; functional anatomy of the forelimb and torso; experimental biomechanics; hominin behavior; the evolution of hunting.
Moses S. Schanfield, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Forensic Sciences
Research Interests: Forensic science; population genetics; genetics of the immune system.
Myeong-Ho Sohn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms of executive control, memory retrieval, conflict monitoring.
Margaret A. Stanton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, social behavior, maternal behavior, infant development, social network analysis.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: the role of morphological integration in evolution; the evolution and extinction of Paranthropus; geometric morphometrics; hominin systematics; homology and homoplasy; macroevolutionary patterns.
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Research Interests: upper limb biomechanics and stone tool production.
Jason M. Zara, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Engineering & Applied Science
Research Interests: Applications of Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) actuators in medicine and high-resolution medical imaging.
Tadeusz W. Zawidzki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Philosophy
Research Interests: Philosophy of mind, cognitive science, philosophy of science.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor
Department: Anatomy
Research Interests: Primate comparative anatomy, evolution and phylogeny; comparative developmental biology of chordates; muscle anomalies and variations.
Daryl P. Domning, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Anatomy
Research Interests: The biology and paleobiology of fossil and living marine mammals; myology and functional anatomy of dugongs and manatees; interspecific; morphology; conservation.
Edwin H. Gilland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Anatomy
Research Interests: Evolutionary origins for social vocalizations; functional anatomy.
Werner M. Graf, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Physiology & Biophysics
Research Interests: Neurobiology; eye and head movement systems of vertebrates; vestibular system;neuronal correlates of space perception in the neocortex.
S. Taseer Hussain, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Anatomy
Research Interests: Evolutionary biology; environment; biodiversity; climate change; human health. He has worked with the taxonomy, evolutionary and functional anatomy of fossil equids, rodents, primates and cetaceans.
Kebreten F. Manaye, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department: Physiology & Biophysics
Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for aging and age related neurodegenerative disorders.
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Valerie B. DeLeon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Research Interests: Craniofacial development; morphological integration; fluctuating asymmetry as indication of developmental stability; morphometric methods and software; brain dysmorphology in autism and related disorders.
Naomi E. Levin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests: Sedimentary geology; stable isotope ecology.
Benjamin H. Passey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research Interests: Geochemistry; paleoecology; paleoclimate.
Jonathan M.G. Perry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Research Interests: Anatomy and biomechanics of the masticatory system; evolution of feeding adaptations in primates; material and structural properties of primate foods; craniomandibular morphology of Eocene primates; Miocene platyrrhine dietary adaptatons.
Christopher B. Ruff, Ph.D.
Professor
Department: Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution
Research Interests: Biomechanics and primate locomotion, evolution of the hominoid postcranium, skeletal growth and development, osteoporosis, skeletal remodeling & behavioral reconstruction in human populations.
OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Marilyn L. Fogel, Ph.D
Senior Staff Scientist
Institution: Carnegie Institute Geophysical Laboratory
Research Interests: Stable isotope biogeochemistry of modern and fossil organisms and ecosystems, recognition of biological signatures in the geologic record, paleodietary analysis of humans.
Amanda G. Henry, Ph.D.
Independent Junior Research Group Leader
Institution: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Research Interests: Diets of Neanderthals and modern humans, examining phytoliths and starch grains recovered from stone tools, dental calculus and soils.
Brian R. Lawn, Ph.D.
Fellow
Institution: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Research Interests: Fracture of brittle materials, indentation fracture, contact fatigue, layer structures, nanomechanics, biomechanical ceramics (dental materials).
Peter W. Lucas, Ph.D.
Professor
Institution: Kuwait University
Research Interests: Dental morphology and function; primate diet, feeding ecology, and behavior; chemical and physical content of food; tools for the field study of foraging mammals; evolution of color vision.
Sarah A. Tishkoff, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Departments of Genetics and Biology
Research Interests: Human evolutionary genetics; population genetics; human genetic diversity in Africa; patterns of linkage disequilibrium; the genetic basis of resistance to infectious disease.
Erin R. Vogel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institution: Rutgers University, Department of Anthropology and Center for Human Evolutionary Studies
Research Interests: Primate feeding ecology, functional morphology, Digestive efficiency and energetics.
