Australian National University (M. Biol. Anth., 2012; PhD, 2017)
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]
^"Meet the six female 'underground astronauts' who recovered our newest relative". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^Back, Alexandra (21 September 2015). "Homo naledi discovery: How ANU student Elen Feuerriegel joined the Rising Star expedition". Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^Weule, Genelle (26 August 2017). "The 'underground astronaut' and her search for ancient bones". ABC News. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^"Elen Feuerriegel". ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
ElenFeuerriegel is an Australian palaeoanthropologist, known for being one of the "underground astronauts" of the Rising Star Expedition. She is also...
advance speleological scientists (K. Lindsay Eaves, Marina Elliott, ElenFeuerriegel, Alia Gurtov, Hannah Morris, and Becca Peixotto), chosen for their...
Becca Peixotto, Alia Gurtov, K. Lindsay (then Eaves) Hunter, and ElenFeuerriegel, who excavated the bones of Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber of...
Morris, Marina Elliott, Becca Peixotto, Alia Gurtov, Lindsay Eaves, and ElenFeuerriegel. They have since been nicknamed the Underground Astronauts. The Dinaledi...
University) Viktor Deak (paleo-artist) Marina Elliott (paleontologist) ElenFeuerriegel (paleoanthropologist) Alia Gurtov (paleontologist) William Harcourt-Smith...
Hannah Morris, Marina Elliott, Becca Peixotto, K. Lindsay Hunter and ElenFeuerriegel, and with the support of a team of sixty international scientists,...
Hannah Morris, Marina Elliott, Alia Gurtov, K. Lindsay Eaves, and ElenFeuerriegel, along with a team of sixty international scientists, excavated "one...
Becca Peixotto, Marina Elliot, Alia Gurtov, K. Lindsay Eaves, and ElenFeuerriegel were chosen to be part of a specialized excavation team for the Rising...
Ross Ellingson Marina Elliott Claire Epstein Ufuk Esin Shahina Farid ElenFeuerriegel Ayana Flewellen Lady Aileen Fox Honor Frost Dorothy Garrod Marie Garstang...
Congdon Andrew S Deane Mana Dembo Michelle Drapeau Marina C Elliott Elen M Feuerriegel Daniel Garcia-Martinez David J Green Alia Gurtov Joel D Irish Ashley...
Congdon Andrew S. Deane Mana Dembo Michelle Drapeau Marina C. Elliott Elen M. Feuerriegel Daniel Garcia-Martinez David J. Green Alia Gurtov Joel D. Irish Ashley...
Hilbert-Wolf; Heather M. Garvin; Scott A. Williams; Lucas K. Delezene; Elen M. Feuerriegel; Patrick Randolph-Quinney; Tracy L. Kivell; Myra F. Laird; Gaokgatlhe...
(1): 5–23. doi:10.1002/ajpa.23877. PMID 31228254. S2CID 195259770. Elen M. Feuerriegel; Jean-Luc Voisin; Steven E. Churchill; Martin Haeusler; Sandra Mathews;...
Andrew S. Deane; Mana Dembo; Michelle Drapeau; Marina C. Elliott; Elen M. Feuerriegel; Daniel Garcia-Martinez; David J. Green; Alia Gurtov; Joel D. Irish;...
inactive as of January 2024 (link) Steven E. Churchill; David J. Green; Elen M. Feuerriegel; Marisa E. Macias; Sandra Matthews; Kristian J. Carlson; Peter Schmid;...
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