PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Herman Pontzer

Professor
herman.pontzer@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords: energetics, human evolution, life history, locomotion, biomechanics

 

POST-DOCS

Eric Trexler

Postdoctoral Associate
eric.trexler@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords: energetics, physical activity, cardiometabolic health, nutrition

 

Delaney Knorr

Postdoctoral Associate
delaney.knorr@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords: pregnancy, placental biology, maternal-child health outcomes

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Srishti Sadhir

PhD Candidate, Duke University
srishti.sadhir@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords: pregnancy, energetics, physical activity, maternal health

Elena Hinz

PhD Student, Duke University
elena.hinz@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords: rural health, evolutionary mismatch, energetics, stress

Mary Joy

PhD Student, Duke University
mary.joy@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords:  physical activity, energetics of menstruation, functional morphology

Daniela Trujillo Hassan

PhD Student, Duke University
daniela.trujillohassan@duke.edu
CV

 

Keywords:  environmental stress, diet, health, social inequality

 

LAB MANAGER

Emily Hyatt

Research Associate & Lab Manager, Duke University
emily.hyatt@duke.edu
CV

 

 

ALUMNI

Amanda McGrosky

Assistant Professor, Elon University
amanda.mcgrosky@gmail.com

 

 

Claire Parker

Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University
claire.parker@duke.edu

Zane Swanson

Associate Fellow, Global Food Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
ZSwanson@csis.org

 

 

Rebecca Rimbach

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster
rrimbach@uni-muenster.de

 

 

Joerg Jaeger

Lab Manager, Pontzer Lab

 

 

 

Elaine Kozma

Data Scientist, Camino Robotics

 

 

 

Samuel Urlacher

Assistant Professor, Baylor University
Samuel_Urlacher@baylor.edu

 

 

 

Martin Hora

Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
mrtnh@seznam.cz