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
Abigail Asangba
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Host-microbe Interactions; Human and Non-human Primate Microbiome, Preterm Birth, Gynecologic Cancers, One Health
Shara Bailey
Professor, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Paleoanthropology, Modern human origins, Dental anthropology
James Higham
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
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, New York University
Leader, ERC Group "PALAEOSILKROAD", University of Tübingen
Research interests: Paleolithic archaeology; Central Asia; Archaeological survey methods; Lithics; use-wear analysis; controlled experiments; Geometric Morphometrics
Justin Pargeter
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Pleistocene archaeology, hominin bio-cultural evolution, stone tool technology, experimental archaeology, field archaeology, sub-Saharan Africa, science communication, public engagement
Felipe Ennes Silva
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Non-human primate ecology and conservation; Primate adaptation and evolution; Molecular systematics
Scott Williams
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Bipedalism, Evolutionary morphology, Postcranial skeleton, Vertebral column, Hominin evolution
Resource Faculty and Postdocs
Tim Bromage
Professor, Division of Biomaterials
New York University College of Dentistry
Research interests: Hard tissue biology, organismal life history, chronobiology, human evolution, metabolic ecology
Joe Califf
Clinical Associate Professor, Expository Writing Program
New York University
Research interests: Behavior; socioendocrinology; cognitive evolution; human evolution; science education and pedagogy
Terry Harrison
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Fossil catarrhine primates, Early hominins, Comparative morphology, Functional anatomy, Neogene faunas from Africa and Eurasia, Paleoecology
Emma Kozitzky
Assistant Professor, Department of Foundations of Medicine
New York University
Research interests: Human gross anatomy, medical education, primate dentition, hybridization
Alejandra Ortiz
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: Hominin evolution, human skeletal biology, dental anthropology, comparative morphology, dispersal and cultural adaptations of modern humans
Milena Shattuck
Doctoral Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
Hunter College
Research interests: primate evolution, molecular evolution, behavioral genetics and endocrinology, sexual selection, life history
Cassandra Turcotte
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology
New York University
Research interests: comparative and functional anatomy, musculoskeletal biology, digital imaging and microscopy, 3D modeling, muscle-bone attachment regions