New York University
Core NYCEP faculty at NYU are based in the Biological Anthropology section of the doctoral program in the Department of Anthropology, with an emphasis on research broadly related to the study of human evolution, molecular primatology and primate behavior. All doctoral students in Biological Anthropology at NYU participate in NYCEP. Core faculty members advise students and conduct research in primate and human paleontology, evolutionary morphology, paleoecology, dental anthropology, molecular systematics, genetics, phylogeography, and primate behavior and life-history.
Core Faculty
Susan Antón
Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Human evolution
Shara Bailey
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Modern human origins, Dental anthropology
Todd Disotell
Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Primate evolution, Molecular evolution, Molecular systematics, Phylogenetic analysis, Population genetics, Phylogeography, Computer modeling, Human evolution, Human variation
Terry Harrison
Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Fossil catarrhine primates, Early hominins, Comparative morphology, Functional anatomy, Neogene faunas from Africa and Eurasia, Paleoecology
James Higham
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Sexual selection, reproduction and life history, communication and sensory ecology, and cognition and the brain
Radu Iovita
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology (NYU) / Leader, ERC Group "PALAEOSILKROAD" (Tübingen) New York University, University of Tübingen
Research interests: Paleolithic archaeology; Central Asia; Archaeological survey methods; Lithics; use-wear analysis; controlled experiments; Geometric Morphometrics
Scott Williams
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Functional morphology, Postcranial skeleton, Vertebral column, Morphological integration, Hominin evolution, Mammalian phylogeny, Life history, Longevity.
Resource Faculty
Tim Bromage
Professor, Department of Biomaterials New York University College of Dentistry,
Research interests: Hard tissue biology, organismal life history, chronobiology, human evolution, metabolic ecology
Clifford Jolly
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Physical anthropology; primatology; serology; population genetics and speciation; East Africa and Asia.
Rodrigo Lacruz
Assistant Professor, Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology Department NYU College of Dentistry
Research interests: enamel development of early hominins, histology, molecular biology/physiology
Milena Shattuck
Visiting Researcher/Lecturer, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: primate evolution, molecular evolution, behavioral genetics and endocrinology, sexual selection, life history
Randall White
Professor, Department of Anthropology New York University
Research interests: Paleolithic Europe; prehistoric art; archaeological approaches to the technologies of ancient hunter-gatherers; France