People

• Director of the Institute
• Head Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group
• Head Museum‚ Medical Collection and Human Remains Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 15 (Room Y42 G70)


• E-Mail
• More zu Frank Rühli

• Vice Director of the Institute
• Head Human Ecology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 40 (Room Y42 G82)

• E-Mail
• More zu Adrian Jäggi

• Director of the Institute
• Head Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group
• Head Museum‚ Medical Collection and Human Remains Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 15 (Room Y42 G70)


• E-Mail
• More zu Frank Rühli

• Deputy Head
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 43 (Room Y42 G86)

• E-Mail
• More zu Patrick Eppenberger

• Research Affiliate Museum‚ Medical Collection and Human Remains Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 10 (Room Y42 G70)

• E-Mail
• More zu Thomas Böni

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ancient Biomolecular Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 14 (Room Y42 G88)

• E-Mail
• More zu Shevan Wilkin, PhD

• Egyptologist and Research Assistant
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Mahmoud Ibrahim

• Research Affiliate
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 37 (Room Y42 G86)

• E-Mail
• More zu Antonella Pedergnana, PhD

• Research Affiliate
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Alexandra Küffer, lic. phil. I

• Research Affiliate
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Roger Seiler

• Research Affiliate
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Lena Öhrström

• Research Affiliate
• Ancient Biomolecular Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Abagail Breidenstein

• Research Affiliate
• Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Urs Leo Gantenbein

• Research Fellow Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Asya Makhro, PhD

• Thesis title: Non-destructive tooth cementum annulation (TCA) based age estimation by conventional and phase sensitive high-resolution X-ray computed micro-tomography
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Proteomic and histologic assessment of molecular taphonomy in ancient human and animal soft tissues
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Sex determination in human teeth by Raman spectroscopic differentiation of AMELX and AMELY amelogenin
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Evaluation long term memory of pre-clinical education in a clinical experience-based approach
• Advisor: Elisabeth Eppler
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Digital optimierte Negativherstellung zur Reproduktion medizinischer Wachsmoulagen
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Vergleich von tissue-clearing Protokollen für antike und historische Zahnpräparate zur mikroskopischen Untersuchung
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Computed Micro-Tomography Aided Tooth Molding: a new method to create highly accurate 3D dental models in paleoanthropology
• Advisor: Patrick Eppenberger
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Vice Director of the Institute
• Head Human Ecology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 40 (Room Y42 G82)

• E-Mail
• More zu Adrian Jäggi

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant
• Human Ecology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 38 (Room Y11 G32)

• E-Mail
• More zu Camila Scaff, PhD

• PhD Student Human Ecology Group
• PhD Project: Social Selection and the Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Human Behavioral Specialization

Phone

+41 44 635 05 38 (Room Y11 G32)

• E-Mail
• More zu Jordan Scott Martin

• PhD Student Human Ecology Group
• PhD Project: Distinguishing mental disorder from evolved neurodiversity and investigating how evolutionary explanations affect stigma in psychiatry

Phone

+41 44 635 05 38 (Room Y11 G32)

• E-Mail
• More zu Adam Daniel Hunt

• PhD Student Human Ecology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 38 (Room Y11 G32)

• E-Mail
• More zu Abigail Colby, MA

• PhD Student Human Ecology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 38 (Room Y11 G32)

• E-Mail
• More zu Charlotte Debras, Master Biodiversité, Écologie et Évolution

• Thesis title: Quantitative genetics of health related traits in a small-scale society
• Advisor: Adrian Jäggi
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Object manipulation by Tsimane children
• Advisor: Adrian Jäggi
• Supervisor: Kathelijne Koops

• Visiting Research Trainee ENS
• Human Ecology Group

• Head Evolutionary Morphology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 30 (Room Y11 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Martin Häusler

• PhD Student Evolutionary Morphology Group
• Research Assistant Scientific Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 36 (Room Y11 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Megan Malherbe

• PhD Student Evolutionary Morphology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 33 (Room Y11 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Cédric Cordey, MSc

• Scientific Staff Member
• Evolutionary Morphology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 30 (Room Y11 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Mirella Woodert

• Research Affiliate Evolutionary Morphology Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Cinzia Fornai, PhD

• Research Affiliate Evolutionary Morphology Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Viktoria Krenn, PhD, Ing.

• Research Affiliate Evolutionary Morphology Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Nicole Webb, PhD

• Research Affiliate Evolutionary Morphology Group

• Thesis title: Leben am Zürichsee – Interdisziplinäre Untersuchungen zu Gesundheit und Ernährung zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Advisor: Sönke Szidat
• Supervisor: Philippe Della Casa

• Thesis title: The influence of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae on lumbar lordosis and the angle of pelvic incidence
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Evolutionärmedizinsiche Aspekte von Rückenproblemen und ihre Beziehung zur Wirbelmorphologie
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Der Einfluss von Lebensweise und Belastung auf die Wirbelmorphologie bei den Tsimane (Bolivien)
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Die Korrelation der Lendenlordose mit dem Facettengelenkswirbel
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Martin Häusler

• Thesis title: Zusammenhang von Rückenproblemen mit der Wirbelmorphologie
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Was hat die Körpergrösse der Frau für eine Auswirkung auf die Beckengrösse und somit auf Geburtsproblematiken
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Evolutionärmedizinische Aspekte des Wachstums der Wirbelsäule
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Zusammenhang von Rückenproblemen mit der Wirbelmorphologie
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Projektion des Wachstums beim Becken von Turkana boy (Homo erectus)
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Martin Häusler

• Thesis title: Wirbelmorphologie und Pathologien bei einem indigenen Volk in Bolivien mit relativ urtümlichem Lebensstil
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Evolutionärmedizinische Aspekte zur Ontogenie der menschlichen Körperproportionen
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: How did neonatal size and birth difficulty change in Basel during World War 2
• Advisor: Martin Häusler
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Head Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group
• Institute Manager

Phone

+41 44 635 05 13 (Room WAC E75)

• E-Mail
• More zu Kaspar Staub

• Deputy Head & Postdoc Assistant Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 13 (WAC E75)

• E-Mail
• More zu Joël Floris

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 65 (Room WAC E77)

• E-Mail
• More zu Katarina Matthes, PhD

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant
• Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group
• Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 22 (Room WAC E78)

• E-Mail
• More zu Alexandra Fahrner, PhD

• PhD Student Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group
• Thesis title: Temporal and other determinants of neonatal health in Lausanne 1905-1925
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Sabine Rohrmann

Phone

+41 44 635 05 64 (Room WAC E73)

• E-Mail
• More zu Mathilde Le Vu, MSc, MS Santé Publique

• Junior Research Assistant Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Eyleen Schwaiger, BA

• Junior Research Assistant Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Aline Moerlen, BA

• Thesis title: Short term response of physical activity on bone health in young men
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: The 1918 influenza pandemic in Zurich
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: The introduction of diphtheria vaccination in Switzerland 1920-1950
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Pandemic spread vs. narratives in daily newspapers in Bern 1918
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub
• Advisor: Joël Floris

• Thesis title: Association between maternal pregnancy waist circumference and neonatal size in Lausanne at the beginning of the 20th century
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Maternal pelvis and other body dimensions versus neonatal health in Lausanne 1922
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Subsequent births of women in Lausanne ca. 1917-1922
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Syphilis and neonatal health in Lausanne ca. 1920
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Neonatal health in Lausanne 1905-1925 vs. today
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Reconstructing flu outbreaks in Switzerland in the 1830s
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Reconstructing the Russian flu in Switzerland 1889-1894
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: Post viral syndrome after pandemics: Narrative review of the scientific literature in Swiss Medical Weekly
• Advisor: Tala Ballouz
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Thesis title: The historical epidemiology of measles in Switzerland during the 20th century
• Advisor: Kaspar Staub
• Supervisor: Kaspar Staub

• Deputy Institute Manager
• Head Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group
• Phone: +41 44 635 05 31 (Room WAC E79)
• Presence: Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

• E-Mail
• More zu Nicole Bender

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant
• Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group
• Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 22 (Room WAC E78)

• E-Mail
• More zu Alexandra Fahrner, PhD

• Research Affiliate Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Anja Furtwängler, PhD

• Research Affiliate Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Lafi Aldakak, PhD

• Thesis title: Sex and age differences in hydration and body composition in musculoskeletal patients: comparative study
• Advisor: Nicole Bender
• Supervisor: Adrian Jäggi

• Thesis title: Dietary recommendations for diabetes mellitus with and without pharmacological treatment: systematic review and assessment of quality.
• Advisor: Nicole Bender
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Sex differences in diet body self-perception and anthropometric measures in adults from the general population.
• Supervisor: Nicole Bender

• Thesis title: Auswirkungen von Klimawandel und Umweltmikrobiom-Biodiversitätsverlust auf das menschliche Mikrobiom mit Fokus auf Autoimmunerkrankungen und Allergien.
• Advisor: Nicole Bender
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Lifestyle changes and their impact on body composition during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Supervisor: Nicole Bender

• Thesis title: TbA.
• Supervisor: Nicole Bender

• Thesis Title: Implications of Nutrition and Exercise on Body Hydration in healthy and diseased Patients
• Supervisor: Nicole Bender

• Thesis Title: Anthropometry Body Composition and Lifestyle Indicators after the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Supervisor: Nicole Bender

• Head Paleogenetics Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 60 (Room Y11 G68)

• E-Mail
• More zu Verena J. Schünemann

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ancient Biomolecular Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 14 (Room Y42 G88)

• E-Mail
• More zu Shevan Wilkin, PhD

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Kathleen Walker-Meikle, PhD

• PhD Student Paleogenetics Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 14 (Room Y42 G88)

• E-Mail
• More zu Christian Urban

• PhD Student Paleogenetics Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 14 (Room Y42 G88)

• E-Mail
• More zu Donikë Sejdiu

• Research Affiliate Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Kerttu Majander, PhD

• Research Affiliate Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Enrique Rayo Blasco, PhD

• Research Affiliate Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Saskia Pfrengle

• Research Affiliate Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Judith Neukamm, PhD

• Research Affiliate Paleogenetics Group

• E-Mail
• More zu Anja Furtwängler, PhD

• Supervisor: Verena Schünemann

• Director of the Institute
• Head Paleopathology and Mummy Studies Group
• Head Museum‚ Medical Collection and Human Remains Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 15 (Room Y42 G70)


• E-Mail
• More zu Frank Rühli

• Research Affiliate Museum‚ Medical Collection and Human Remains Group

Phone

+41 44 635 05 10 (Room Y42 G70)

• E-Mail
• More zu Thomas Böni

• Scientific Staff Member
• Medical Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 62 (Room WAE F109)

• E-Mail
• More zu Martin Trachsel

• Scientific Staff Member
• Medical Collection and Scientific Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 17 (Room Y42 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Sabina Carraro

• Fachverantwortliche Teaching & Communication Medical Collection
• Phone: +41 44 635 05 17 (Room Y42 G66)
• Presence: Thursday / Friday

• E-Mail
• More zu Susanne Ruckstuhl, MA in Applied Linguistics

• PhD Student Evolutionary Morphology Group
• Research Assistant Scientific Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 36 (Room Y11 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Megan Malherbe

• Postdoctoral Research Assistant
• Medical Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 17 (Room Y42 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Gülfirde Akgül, PhD

• Research Assistant
• Medical Collection

Phone

+41 44 635 05 17 (Room Y42 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Théophile Vergnaud, MA

• Freelancer Conservation
• Medical Collection

• E-Mail
• More zu Johanna Stierlin, BA

• Freelancer Collection
• Medical Collection

• E-Mail
• More zu Theresa Bayer, MA

• Senior physician
• Curator Museum of Wax Moulages

Phone

+41 44 255 56 85

• E-Mail
• More zu Michael Geiges

• Thesis title: Die Geschichte und technologische Entwicklung von Amputationsinstrumenten
• Advisor: Martin Trachsel
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Epithetik in Zürich
• Advisor: Michael Geiges
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Thesis title: Mit Wachsmoulagen dokumentierte Patient*innengeschichten
• Advisor: Michael Geiges
• Supervisor: Frank Rühli

• Head Anthropometrics & Historical Epidemiology Group
• Institute Manager

Phone

+41 44 635 05 13 (Room WAC E75)

• E-Mail
• More zu Kaspar Staub

• Deputy Institute Manager Finances & HR
• Phone: +41 44 635 01 11 (Room Y42 G66)
• Presence: Monday to Thursday

• E-Mail
• More zu Beatrice Borgts

• Deputy Institute Manager
• Head Clinical Evolutionary Medicine Group
• Phone: +41 44 635 05 31 (Room WAC E79)
• Presence: Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday

• E-Mail
• More zu Nicole Bender

• IT Specialist

Phone

+41 44 635 53 01 (Room Y44 L05)

• E-Mail
• More zu Stephan Thürig

• Fachverantwortliche Teaching & Communication Medical Collection
• Phone: +41 44 635 05 17 (Room Y42 G66)
• Presence: Thursday / Friday

• E-Mail
• More zu Susanne Ruckstuhl, MA in Applied Linguistics

• Design & Web

• E-Mail
• More zu Corina Steiner

• Administration

Phone

+41 44 635 01 11 (Room Y42 G66)

• E-Mail
• More zu Irina Lipp-Onopko

• Academic Guest

• E-Mail
• More zu Maciej Henneberg

• Research Affiliate

• E-Mail
• More zu Hans-Peter Lipp

• Academic Guest

• E-Mail
• More zu Robert D. Martin

• Academic Guest

• E-Mail
• More zu Wolfgang Langhans

• Academic Guest
• Nanyang Technological University Singapore

• Academic Guest
• University of Berne

• E-Mail
• More zu Elisabeth Eppler, PD Dr. med.

• Academic Guest
• Sapienza University of Rome

• E-Mail
• More zu Luciano Saso, Prof. Dr.

• Research Affiliate