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Alexandra Schuh

Postdoc

Abteilung für Menschliche Ursprünge
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig

Telefon: +49 (0) 341 3550 356
E-Mail: alexandra_schuh@[>>> Please remove the text! <<<]eva.mpg.de

Research Interests

  • Facial evolution
  • Ontogeny
  • Neanderthals
  • Cellular process of bone growth (bone modelling)
  • Genetic underpinning of bone modelling

Curriculum vitae

Career & Education

July 2023-present Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Jan. 2022-June 2023Fyssen postdoctoral fellow, PACEA, UMR 5199, University of Bordeaux, France
May 2016-Nov. 2020Ph.D. candidate, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
2012-2014MA in Biological Anthropology and Prehistory, University of Bordeaux, France
2009-2012BA in Cellular Biology and Physiology
2009-2011: University of Strasbourg, France
2011-2012: International exchange with the University of Montreal, Canada

Research experience

Skills
3D ImagingSoftware: Geomagic, Viewbox, Avizo, Landmark app.
Equipment: MicroScribe, NextEngine, Arctec Space Spider, Diondo d3 high-resolution micro-CT
Geometric morphometricsSoftware: RStudio, MorphoJ
Bone surface histologySoftware: ImageJ
Equipment:SmartZoom 5 digital microscope; Nanofocus confocal microscope
Complementary trainings
Mai-June 2020Bone histology – virtual sessions
Supervisor: Miszkiewicz J.
May 2017 Advanced R programming
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Supervisor: Stephens C.
May 2016 Advanced data visualisation with R
 University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
  Supervisor: Neumann C.
March 2016 1. Non-human primate behaviour and anatomy, human evolution
2. Non-human primates and humans from today: interactions and conservation 

National Museum of Natural history, Paris, France
Supervisors: Krief S., Maille A.
April 2015Morphometry and forms analysis
National Museum of Natural history, Paris, France
Supervisor: Baylac M.
March/April 2013Analyses and methods in Palaeoanthropology
National Museum of Natural history, Paris, France
Supervisors: Balzeau A., Détroit F., Friess M.
Sept.-Dec. 2011  Histological analysis of facial nerves in foetal opossums
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Supervisor: Pflieger J.F.
Internships
May 2015Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Title: Bone modeling of the facial skeleton in mice
Supervisors: Freidline S., Kupczik K.
July 2013Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Cambridge, UK
Title: The use of geometric morphometrics in human evolution
Supervisors: Mounier A., Mirazón-Lahr M.
Mai 2012National Museum of Natural history, Paris, France
Title: Study of the inner ear of the la Chapelle-aux-Saints Neanderthal
Supervisor: Balzeau A.
Fieldwork
June 2015Grotte de Sirogne, Rocamadour, France. Middle Palaeolithic. Dir.: P. Bayle
July 2014 La Colline du Château, Nice, France. Middle Age. Dir. : A. Civetta
June 2013La Caune de l'Arago, Tautavel, France. Middle Palaeolithic. Dir.: A.-m. Moigne
Amelestoy, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France. Bronze Age. Dir.: P. Courtaud

Research awards & funding

2023FACCTS program – 25 000 $
Evolution of the human skull: exploring gracilization and
robusticity of the lower jaw in humans and chimpanzees
2022 Grand Projet de Recherche HUMAN PAST – 5755 €
Département des Sciences Archéologiques – 2050 €
Developmental integration between the face and the basicranium: a cellular perspective (DevCel)
2021Fyssen Foundation – 63090 €
Postdoctoral project
2016 Poster prize, 1841st Annual meetings of the Anthropological Society of Paris, Lyon, France

Languages

  • French – native language
  • English – fluent
  • German – basics

Projects & Partners 

  • Facial Expressions: decoding primate skull development
    P. Gunz, G. Housman
  • Evolution of the human skull: exploring gracilization and robusticity of the lower jaw in humans and chimpanzees
    S. Freidline, Z. Tsegai, S. Natahi
  • DevCel
    Y. Heuze

Publications

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