MA Student

My research focuses on the tibia and how climate can affect bone growth. More specifically, I aim to determine if the effect of climate works through the process of growth sensitivity in the proximal end of the tibia, where this process is most rapid and susceptible to change. The results of this research could uncover a possible mechanism of adaptation and can be applied to past groups of hominins, as well as to predict future responses to climate change.

I have previously been apart of a project looking at the effects of psychosocial influences (ex. socioeconomic status) on limb growth. I have also participated in an excavation in Stillfried, Austria, at the site of Grub-Kranawetberg.