Professor Dr. Katharine Balolia

Biography

Katharine Balolia is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. She completed her PhD research at University College London from 2006 to 2014, under the supervision of Dr. Charles Lockwood and subsequently Dr. Christophe Soligo. Her thesis focused on 'Sexual dimorphism, growth development dental maturity cranium extant hominoid primates.' After completing her doctorate, she undertook a two-year postdoctoral position as a Research Associate in Human Evolutionary Biology (2014 - 2016) at the Center for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology at George Washington University, working under Dr. Bernard Wood. Balolia's research interests encompass sexual dimorphism, evolution of hominin social behavior, primate taxonomy, cranial anatomy, 3D surface scanning, and geometric morphometrics. Her work includes collaborations on various projects, investigating topics such as the evolution of extinct ape-like australopith relatives and human occupation during the Middle Stone Age in Tanzania.

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