Vita
Dr. Nicole Webb
Wiss. Mitarbeiter
nicole.webb@senckenberg.de
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Birth
- Pelvic morphology
- Bipedalism
- Biomechanics
- Functional trade-offs
- Evolutionary medicine
CURRENT POSITION:
Postdoctoral Researcher/Scientific Coordinator (CT Facilities)
The Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment
Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Department of Palaeoanthropology
AFFILIATIONS:
Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich
Evolutionary Morphology and Adaptation Group
Zurich, Switzerland
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
Department of Palaeoanthropology
Frankfurt, Germany
EDUCATION:
13.09.2018
PhD, Physical Anthropology
The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY
Advisor: Prof. William E.H. Harcourt-Smith
Dissertation: The Upright Battle: Morphological Trends of the Bipedal Pelvis
11.12.2010
MS, Human Identity and Trauma Analysis
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Advisor: Prof. Heather Walsh-Haney
Thesis: Assessment of Scoliotic Indicators in a Contemporary Forensic Skeletal
Sample and the Pre-Columbian Gauthier (8BR193) Burials of Southwest Florida
25.04.2008
BS, Criminal Forensics Studies
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
magna cum laude
TEACHING:
Lecturer, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen 09.2021 – present
Guest Lecturer, University of Zurich 04.2019 – present
Guest Lecturer, Goethe University 04.2018 – present
Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY 09.2012- 08.2017
Teaching Assistant, Florida Gulf Coast University 09.2008 – 07.2009
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany:
Intro to Paleoanthropology (ASHE-3d) Human Osteology (Crash Course): Fall ’21
Human Anatomy: Soft Tissues (ASHE-8d): Fall ’21
Foci: Microevolution, human genetic variation, soft tissue anatomy, osteology
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland:
Masters Block Course in Evolutionary Medicine (BIO 440): Spring ‘19, Fall ‘19, Spring ‘20
Methods in Human Bioarchaeology (BIO 438): Fall ‘20
8-10 students
Foci: machine learning, geometric morphometric analysis in R, juvenile osteology
Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany:
Masters Module Paleobiology and Environment: Spring ‘18, Spring ‘19, Spring ‘20, Fall ‘20, Spring ‘21
8-10 students
Foci: gait biomechanics, bipedalism, functional morphology
Department of Anthropology, Lehman College (CUNY), NY, USA:
Introduction to Human Evolution (ANT 171): Fall ‘12, Spring ‘13, Fall ‘13, Spring ‘14, Fall ‘14, Spring ‘15, Fall ‘15, Spring ‘16, Fall ‘16, Spring ‘17
Introduction to Human Variation (ANT 269): Fall ‘14, Summer ‘16, Fall ‘17, Spring ‘18, Summer ‘18
Human Evolutionary Biology (ANT 120): Fall ‘17, Spring ‘18
30-35 students
Foci: human evolution, adaptation, primatology, genetics, functional morphology
Department of Anthropology, Brooklyn College (CUNY), NY, USA:
Human Origins (ANTH 1200): Spring ‘15
30 students
Foci: human evolution, adaptation, primatology, genetics, functional morphology
Florida Gulf Coast University, FL, USA:
Human Osteology (ANT 4525C): Spring ‘10
Forensic Anthropology (ANT 3520C): Fall ‘08, Spring ‘09, Fall ‘09
Introduction to Anthropology (ANT 2000): Fall ‘09
University Colloquium (IDS 3920): Spring ‘09
25-35 students
Foci: Human osteology, forensic anthropology, anthropology, environmental sustainibility
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health (ISEMPH) 04.2019 – present
European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE) 06.2019 – present
East African Association of Paleoanthropology and Paleontology (EAAPP) 04.2019 – present
Swiss Society for Anthropology (SSA) 10.2018 – present
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) 10.2015 – present
NYCEP Morphometrics Group 11.2015 – present
Paleoanthropology Society 04.2013 – present
American Association of Physical Anthropology (AAPA) 10.2008 – present
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
Cobb Professional Development Grant, AAPA ($7,500) 03.2021
Graduate Campus GRC Grant, University of Zurich (10,000 CHF) 05.2020
AAPA William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award ($500) 04.2018
Associate Professors Travel Award for Adjuncts ($246) 04.2018
NSF Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship 08.2011 – 08.2017
(IGERT Grant 0966166)
Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship, the Graduate Center, CUNY 08.2011 – 08.2016
($25,000 annually)
Doctoral Student Research Grant (DSRG), CUNY ($750) 03.2014
Graduate Tuition Waiver, 08.2009 – 12.2010
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) (Total: $1,245.75)
Graduate Travel & Research Grant, FGCU ($500) 08.2009 – 12.2010
Research Day Student Poster Competition Award, FGCU ($300) 04.2010
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Regular Board Member 09.2021
European Society for Human Evolution
Session Chair 04.2021
Podium Session: Paleoanthropology: Obstetrics and Sexual Dimorphism
American Association of Physical Anthropologists’ 90th Annual Meeting
Workshop Coordinator 03. 2021
Finite Element Analysis: Modeling Biological Functional Complexes
Institute for Evolutionary Medicine/ Palentological Institute and Museum,
University of Zurich
2 days; 213 anticipated participants
Workshop Coordinator 10.2019
Evolutionary Medicine: The Biocultural Perspective (International Workshop)
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Germany
2 days; 25 selected participants
Funded by Else Kroner Fresenius Stiftung/ Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung
Conference assistant/local delegate 08.2019
International Society for Evolution, Medicine and Public Health (ISEMPH)
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Session Chair 04.2011
Poster Session: Population Studies and Skeletal Biology
American Association of Physical Anthropologists’ 80th Annual Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Publikationen
Frémondìere, P., Thollon, L., Francois, M., Fornai, C., Webb, N.M. and Haeusler, M. (2021) Dynamic finite element simulations reveal early origin of complex human birth pattern. In review (Communications Biology).
Webb, N.M.*(2021) The functional and allometric implications of hipbone trabecular microarchitecture in a sample of eutherian and metatherian mammals. Evolutionary Biology.
Krenn, V.A., C., Webb, N.M. and Haeusler, M. (2021). Sex determination accuracy for the human sacrum. In press. (Anthropologischer Anzeiger).
Haeusler, M., Grunstra, N., Martin, R., Krenn, V., Fornai, C.; Webb, N.M.*†(2021) The obstetrical dilemma: There’s life in the old dog yet. Biological Reviews.
Fornai, C., Krenn, V.A, Webb, N.M., Mitteroecker, P. and Haeusler, M. (2021) Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of Australopithecus africanus at Sterkfontein Member 4. Communications Biology 4(1):347
Haeusler, M., Webb, N.M., Krenn, V.A. and Fornai, C. (2020) Locomotor and taxonomic diversity of Sterkfontein hominins not supported by current trabecular evidence of the femoral head. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 202014033.
Kozma, E.E., Webb, N.M., Harcourt-Smith, W.E.H., Raichlen, DA., D’Aout, K., Brown, M.H., Finestone, E., Ross, S.R., Aerts, P. and Pontzer, H. (2017) Mechanics of hip extension characterize arboreal-terrestrial trade-offs in hominin evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 10.1073/pnas.1715120115.
Webb, N.M.*(2017) The 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Salt Lake City, Utah. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News and Reviews 26 (1): 9-11.
Xiao, D., Bae, C.J., Guanjun, S., Delson, E., Jin, J.H.J., Webb, N.M., and Qiu, L. (2014) Metric and geometric morphometric analysis of new hominin fossils from Maba (Guangdong, China). Journal of Human Evolution 74: 1-20.
*corresponding author, †senior author