Nancy Stevens, PhD
Professor, Functional Morphology & Vertebrate Paleontology
Life Sciences Building
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Education:
- Anthropological Sciences (PhD), Stony Brook University, 2003
- Anthropology (MA), Stony Brook University, 1999
- Biological Anthropology (MPhil), Cambridge University, UK, 1994
- Anthropology (MS), Honors College, Michigan State University, 1992
Expertise:
- Integrative Anatomy
- Functional Morphology
- Locomotor Kinematics
- Evolutionary Morphology
- Environmental Change Through Time
- Extinction Dynamics
- Paleogene-Neogene Faunas from Afro-Arabia
- East African Rift
- Biodiversity Hotspots
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Endangered Species
- Environmental Studies
- Ecotourism
- One Health
Summary of Work:
Stevens explores interactions between organisms and environments through time. She has conducted paleontological field research in over a dozen countries in Afro-Arabia, discovering several species new to science. She explores modern day extinction dynamics in biodiversity hotspots including Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda and Vietnam.
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