​In the AMNH Biological Anthropology Lab (BAL), our core values are hard work, respect, honesty, and integrity. ​

Biological Anthropology Lab (BAL) Directors

Dr. Ashley S. Hammond
Co-Director, Biological Anthropology Lab
Associate Curator of Biological Anthropology, Division of Anthropology
Associate Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School

Dr. Sergio Almécija
Co-Director, Biological Anthropology Lab
​Senior Research Scientist, Division of Anthropology
More on Dr. Almécija here.

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Current Lab Members

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Dr. Deming Yang
Postdoctoral Fellow (Summer 2023-present)
​dyang@amnh.org
https://sites.google.com/view/demingyang/home

Dr. Christopher Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow (Summer 2023-present)
csmith2@amnh.org

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Dr. Marine Cazenave
Postdoctoral Fellow (Spring 2022-present)
mcazenave@amnh.org

Alessandra Vecino Gazabón
PhD student in RGGS (Fall 2021-present)
avecinogazabon@amnh.org 

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Ariel Barrera
PhD student through CUNY (Fall 2022-present)
abarrera@amnh.org

Nicholas Post
PhD student in RGGS (Fall 2022-present)
npost@amnh.org

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Eva-Merce Fuentes
Lab Research Assistant (Fall 2022-present)
efuentes@amnh.org

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​Recent Lab Members

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​Dr. Carrie Mongle
Gerstner Scholar & 
Kalbfleisch Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
​Carrie has moved to Stony Brook University for a tenure track position in the Department of Anthropology!

Dr. Kelsey Pugh
Postdoctoral Fellow (Spring 2020-2023)
Kelsey has moved nearby, to CUNY Brooklyn College!

Nina St. Hillaire
REU student (Summer 2021)
Nina was an AMNH Bio-REU intern, and is headed to Harvard for graduate school in Fall 2023.

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Alisha Anaya
Biological Anthropology Lab (BAL) Coordinator (2018-2020)
Enrolled at Duke University for graduate school in Fall 2020!

Lucrecia Aguilar
Helen Fellow (2019-2020)
Enrolled at Harvard University for graduate school in Fall 2020!

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