Laura McCarty
Current Position
Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati, Director of Paleoanthropology at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Education
| 2010 | Present M.Sc. in Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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| 2010 | B.A. in Anthropology, University of Missouri-Saint Louis (UMSL), Saint Louis, MO
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| 2008 | Associates in Science, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL |
Research Interests
- Human and nonhuman primate evolution
- Functional Morphology and Biomechanics
- Evolution of complex traits
- Virtual Anthropology
- 3-D Geometric Morphometrics
- Phylogenetics
Academic Positions
| 2010-2012 | Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati, Director of Paleoanthropology at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2009 | Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
Publications
Rein TR, McCarty LA (2012) Joint orientation in anthropoid proximal manual phalanges: the interplay of function and phylogeny. The Anatomical Record 295:2057–2068.
Special Recognitions/Honors/Awards
| 2011-2012 | Awarded a Fulbright Internship under the Fulbright U.S. Student Program |
| 2010-2011 | Awarded a Fulbright Fellowship under the Fulbright U.S. Student Program |
| 2010 | UMSL Anthropology Department Senior Representative |
| 2010-2009 | Member, Dean's Undergraduate Student Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences UMSL |
| 2010-2009 | Vice President, Alpha of Missouri, UMSL, chapter of the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology |
| 2009 | Present Member, Golden Key International Honour Society |
Research and Field Work
| 2009 | American Museum of Natural History, New York, Recorded craniometric measurements on Neanderthal crania for undergraduate senior thesis, November 2009 |
| 2009 | Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville, IL |
Professional Presentations
2010 Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol
Poster presentation of my undergraduate thesis entitled "Geographic Variation in Neanderthal Morphology", May 2010
2010 Central States Anthropological Society CSAS Annual Conference
Poster presentation of my undergraduate thesis entitled "Geographic Variation in Neanderthal Morphology", May 2010
2010 StLAURS Poster presentation of my thesis entitled "Geographic Variation in Neanderthal Morphology", May 2010
Professional Membership
2009 - Present Member, Paleoanthropology Society
Last update: February 2013