News
Zak Apolito and Nick Holowka participated in the 2025 Northeast Evolutionary Primatology (NEEP) Meeting held at University of Pennsylvania. Zak received an Honorable Mention designation in the competition for Best Student Poster.
Zak Apolito successfully defended his dissertation proposal and advanced to doctoral candidacy. Congratulations Zak!
Nick Holowka received an NSF Senior Research Award for his proposal ‘Collaborative Research: Developing Kinetic 3D Computational Models of Bipedal Walking.’ This grant will fund research on experimental research and musculoskeletal modeling of intrinsic foot biomechanics in humans and chimpanzees.
Our paper ‘The adaptive function of the human ankle joint complex during walking on uneven terrains with implications for hominin locomotion’ was published in the Journal of Human Evolution. Congrats to Zak and Kevin on their first publication!
The Hominin Movement Lab participated in Anthrofest, an event put on by Penn State Anthropology where the community learns about topics in anthropology through games, activities, and demonstrations. They hosted a booth where visitors made footprints in sand while learning about the evolution of human bipedalism.
Zak Apolito, Kevin Palmisano, and Nick Holowka attended and presented at the American Society of Biomechanics East conference at Penn State. Kevin won the award for best graduate student poster. Congratulations Kevin!
