Welcome to the latest Sully Asks A Scientist (SAAS for short)! This one features a fellow Hufflepuff from Penn State's Anth department, and one of the kindest friends I've made in my grad school experience. Case in point, she tolerated my endless questions and presence in her lab for nearly half a year while I was processing a bunch of 3D data for a project I was working on. Thanks again Lily! :)
As a quick reminder, these SAAS guest blog posts will feature a Q&A format that will hopefully allow you to learn about who these scientists are as people. I'll also be sure to incorporate plenty of links for you to have quick and easy access to social media profiles, websites, articles, and other means of finding out more about each guest's research. Please leave some comments and let me know if there are other questions you'd like answered, or scientists you'd be keen on reading about. Enjoy!
Lily Doershuk
Pennsylvania State University - Anthropology Ph.D. Graduate Student
and NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Tim Ryan's Primate Functional Morphology Lab
Pennsylvania State University - Anthropology Ph.D. Graduate Student
and NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Tim Ryan's Primate Functional Morphology Lab
What is your elevator pitch? AKA what do you do/study? My research focuses on understanding variation in human bone structure as it relates to environmental, biological, and behavioral factors including things like climate, diet, disease load, and physical activity level. To do this I use microCT to create 3D models, and then I use computer software to measure bone structure variables and compare them between populations [keep reading for more amazing images!] . |
Check out Lily's Twitter page for updates on her anthropology and human evolution outreach activities at Penn State (below) and beyond (right)!
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