Max-Planck-Institut
Contact
Department of Human Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6
04103 Leipzig
phone: +49 (341) 3550 - 350
fax: +49 (0341) 3550 - 399
e-mail: streiber@[>>> Please remove the brackets! <<<]eva.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2011 | Ph.D. Stanford University, Department of Biology Dissertation title: Anatomy of the Australopithecus scapula and evolution of the human shoulder: insights from a new fossil specimen, KSD-VP-1/1g Advisors: R. Klein and Y. Haile-Selassie |
| 2005 | B.A. Case Western Reserve University, Department of Anthropology, Program in Evolutionary Biology and minor in Department of Geology (summa cum laude) Honors thesis title: Enamel microstructure and crown formation time in the platyrrhine Alouatta palliata Advisors: C. Beall and S. Simpson |
Research Interests
- Evolutionary history and functional morphology of the hominoid shoulder
- Pliocene hominin paleobiology
- Origin of bipedal locomotion
- Geometric morphometrics and virtual anthropology
Professional Employment
| 2013 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Human Evolution, Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| 2012 | Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) |
| 2012 | Lecturer, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) |
| 2011 | Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University |
Courses Offered
| 2013 | UCSC Introduction to Human Evolution |
| 2013 | UCSC Human Adaptability |
| 2013 | UCSC History and Theory of Physical Anthropology |
| 2012 | UCSC Human Skeletal Biology |
| 2012 | UCSC Human Evolution (upper division) |
| 2012 | Cal Tech Primate Behavior |
| 2012 | Cal Tech Introduction to Human Evolution |
| 2011 | Stanford Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
Teaching Assistantships
| 2010 | Stanford Human Origins (Instructor: R. Klein) |
| 2009 | Stanford Faunal Analysis (Instructor: R. Klein) |
| 2008 | Case Field Seminar in Paleoanthropology (Instructor: Y. Haile-Selassie) |
| 2007 | Stanford Ecology (Instructor: R. Dirzo) |
| 2006 | Stanford Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology (Instructors: J. Rick and I. Robertson) |
| 2004 | Case Evolution (Instructor: P. Princehouse) |
Grants and Fellowships
| 2009 | Leakey Foundation research grant $13,250 |
| 2006 | NSF graduate research fellowship honorable mention |
| 2005 | Eva L. Pancoast Fellowship $4,100 |
Field Experience
| 2006- | Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia (project leader: Y. Haile-Selassie) |
| 2007 | Goba’ad Basin, Djibouti (project leaders: D. DeGusta and S. Harmand) |
| 2005, 2007 | Weyto, Ethiopia (project leader: D. DeGusta) |
| 2006 | Gona, Ethiopia (project leader: S. Semaw) |
Training in Research Method
| 2010 | Geometric Morphometrics Short Course (Instructors: M. Zelditch and D. Swiderski) |
| 2007 | GIS and Remote Sensing (Instructor: K. Seto) |
