Elen Feuerriegel | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater |
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Known for | Discovery of Homo naledi |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Palaeoanthropology |
Institutions | University of Washington |
Thesis | Biomechanics of the Hominoid Shoulder: Entheseal Development and Manual Manipulation (2016) |
Doctoral advisor | Colin Groves |
Elen Feuerriegel is an Australian palaeoanthropologist, known for being one of the "underground astronauts" of the Rising Star Expedition.[1][2][3] She is also a clinical research scientist at the University of Colorado Denver where she specialises in COVID-19 AND HIV clinical trials.[4]