Kari L. Allen, PhD

Kari L. Allen, PhD

Academic Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Department of Neuroscience
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
WUSM Neuroscience Faculty Website


Secondary Appointment in Department of Anthropology
Washington University in St. Louis
WUSTL Anthropology Faculty Website

Academic Interests:

I am trained in human and primate anatomy and paleontology. My research focuses on the interpretation of adaptive function in the fossil record via comparative mammalian anatomy and behavior and the use of these data to reconstruct ecological and evolutionary pressures acting on extinct primate communities.