Ape-Move Lab
University of Chicago
PI: Zewdi Tsegai
Hannah N. Farrell, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
​My research focuses on understanding locomotor evolution in fossil hominins through the study of internal bone structure. I examine how patterns of bone (re)modeling reveal shifts in behavior, including the persistence of arboreal activity after the emergence of bipedality. My doctoral research centered on the primate clavicle, and my current work investigates similar questions through the internal structure of the foot.
Education and Training
2024 - present ​​​​
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
​2024​
​​​Ph.D. Integrative Biology, University of Chicago
​​2022
​M.S. Integrative Biology, University of Chicago
​​​2019​
​​​B.A. Integrative Biology and Anthropology, University of California – Berkeley​
Grants and Awards
2025 ​​​​​
Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award (1st Place), American Association for Anatomy​​​
​​​​2024
Journal of Human Evolution Student Presentation Prize on Human or Primate Evolution, American Association of Biological Anthropologists
​​​​​2023​​​​
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (Biological Anthropology), NSF​​
​​​2022​
Hinds Funds Endowment, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago​​
2021​
Leakey Foundation Research Grant, The Leakey Foundation​​