Angel Zeininger, Assistant Research Professor

My primary areas of interest are the ontogeny of locomotion, trabecular bone remodeling, and the evolution and functional morphology of the hands and feet. I am interested in how forces incurred during locomotion influence the microarchitecture of trabecular bone. In particular, my research aims to 1) determine the magnitude and direction of forces that travel through bones during locomotion, 2) use advanced imaging techniques to identify evidence of ground reaction, muscle, and joint reaction forces as preserved in trabecular bone patterning, and 3) apply this method to the study of fossil hominins as an innovative way of reconstructing locomotor behavior in extinct species.

Please note: Angel has left the "Evolutionary Anthropology" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-6582
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• NEUROSCI 380L.01L, FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY Synopsis

  LSRC B029, M 10:20 AM-12:50 PM

Education:

Ph.D.

University of Texas, Austin

2013

Keywords:

Animal locomotion • Gait disorders • Human locomotion

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Deckers, K; Tsegai, ZJ; Skinner, MM; Zeininger, A; Kivell, TL, Ontogenetic changes to metacarpal trabecular bone structure in mountain and western lowland gorillas., Journal of Anatomy, vol. 241 no. 1 (July, 2022), pp. 82-100 [doi]  [abs]
2. Arias-Martorell, J; Zeininger, A; Kivell, TL, Trabecular structure of the elbow reveals divergence in knuckle-walking biomechanical strategies of African apes., Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, vol. 75 no. 11 (November, 2021), pp. 2959-2971 [doi]  [abs]
3. Tasnim, N; Schmitt, D; Zeininger, A, Effects of human variation on foot and ankle pain in rural Madagascar., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, vol. 176 no. 2 (October, 2021), pp. 308-320 [doi]  [abs]
4. Zeininger, A; Schmitt, D; Hughes-Oliver, C; Queen, RM, The effect of ankle osteoarthritis and total ankle arthroplasty on center of pressure position., Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, vol. 39 no. 6 (June, 2021), pp. 1245-1252 [doi]  [abs]
5. Zeininger, A; Schmitt, D; Wunderlich, RE, Mechanics of heel-strike plantigrady in African apes., Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 145 (August, 2020), pp. 102840 [doi]  [abs]