Projects
Subsistence Impacts on Occipital Biomechanics
Occipital bone morphology across hunter-gatherer, horticultural, and agricultural skeletal collections reveals systematic variation in biomechanical loading by subsistence type and sex.
Smelling in the Wild
Field and lab comparison of odor identification shows that real-world ecological context substantially alters olfactory discrimination relative to standard lab conditions.
Peripheral Resilience -- Ryukyu Colonialism
GLM analysis of skeletal health markers from three colonial-era Ryukyu burial sites tests whether distance from Japanese colonial centers shaped health outcomes by geography and sex.
Global R&D Leadership Forecasting and Policy Modelling
Time series and regression analysis of aging demographics and R&D productivity across six world regions identifies inflection points relevant to long-run science policy.
Two-Century Trend -- Wealth & Democracy
Cross-national analysis of education, wealth, and participatory democracy over two centuries using V-Dem and World Bank data.
Women in Governance & Women's Empowerment
Cross-national analysis of women's representation in governance, educational gender parity, and egalitarian democracy across six regions using V-Dem and World Bank data.
Benchmarking Global Research Impact
Bibliometric framework using network analysis and Google BigQuery benchmarks research impact across countries and fields of research.
Terrorism Endangers Ape Conservation
QGIS mapping of terrorism attacks within primate habitats across sub-Saharan Africa shows geographic concentration in the poorest, least democratic regions.
Terrorism in China -- Uyghur Areas
QGIS mapping of GTD terrorism data reveals geographic concentration of attacks in Uyghur-majority regions of Xinjiang, 2010--2018.
Access to Health Care Workers & Life Expectancy
Health care worker density positively impacts life expectancy outcomes; oral health is identified as a neglected dimension of health access with measurable mortality effects.
Water-Related Extreme Weather Events (USA 1996--2011)
Spatial and temporal analysis of severe weather events identifies storm and flood types with the greatest fatality, injury, and property damage impacts across the US.
Fitness Tracking: Classifying Bicep Curl Form
Random forest and gradient boosting models applied to wearable accelerometer data classify correct vs. erroneous bicep curl form across five movement categories.
Human Variation Challenges Face Recognition Technology
FaceNet performance evaluation reveals disparities in face recognition accuracy across race, gender, and age, raising civil liberties concerns for biometric deployment.
Morph Attack Detection Using ResNet
Binary classifier trained to distinguish genuine face images from morphed images, demonstrating presentation attack detection workflows for biometric security.
XAI Prompt Engineering Using Bedrock
Few-shot prompt engineering for biometric sensor classification with parameter optimization across Temperature, Top-K, and Top-P via AWS Bedrock.
Document Validation Using AWS Bedrock
Serverless pipeline using Claude 3 Haiku via AWS Bedrock augments traditional computer vision for document validation, improving accuracy and producing interpretable audit outputs.
Shiny Applications
Portfolio of four interactive Shiny applications: NSF OISE Award Browser, Democracy Indicators Explorer, Next Word Prediction (NLP), and Speed/Stop Distance Calculator.
Market Integration -- Hadza
Econometric analysis of how market integration reshapes diet, time allocation, and health outcomes among the Hadza hunter-gatherers of Tanzania. Journal of International Development (2025).
Odorant Receptor Variation in Homo
Global population survey of odorant receptor gene variants reveals structured variation linked to diet history and pathogen exposure across human lineages. iScience (2023).
Surveillance, Trust & Policing at Music Festivals
Survey analysis shows that perceived surveillance intensity at music festivals reduces trust in police, with differential effects by race and prior contact. Canadian Geographer (2022).
Developmental Instability -- Nigerian Baboons
Fluctuating asymmetry analysis of wild Nigerian baboons links developmental instability to measurable indicators of early-life environmental stress. PeerJ.
Hunter-Gatherer Resilience & Agricultural Expansion
Skeletal stress markers in prehistoric Kyushu populations reveal adaptive resilience patterns during the Jomon-Yayoi agricultural transition. Quaternary International (2016).