Jordi Galbany
Current position
- Collaborating at: Department of Animal Biology - Anthropology. University of Barcelona. Barcelona - Spain
Education and positions
- PostDoc. Susan Alberts Lab. Department of Biology. Duke University, 2007-2010.
- Ph.D. Alejandro Pérez-Pérez Lab. Dental microwear in primates. Universitat de Barcelona, 2006.
- M.S. Experimental biology - Animal Biology. Universitat de Barcelona, 2005.
- D.E.A. Physical Anthropology. Universitat de Barcelona, 2001.
- B.S. Biology. Universitat de Barcelona, 1999.
Research interests
- Dental microwear in primates and hominids
- Dental wear and feeding ecology in primates and hominins
- Dental ecology
- Teeth morphology, function and adaptation
Fieldwork experience
- Mandrill tooth molding - Parc de la Lékédi (Gabon). 2012; in collaboration with "Projet Mandrillus"
- Baboon tooth molding - Amboseli (Kenya). 2006, 2007 & 2008; in collaboration with "Amboseli Baboon Research Project"
- Hominid and human dental casting in National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi (2007) and American Museum of Natural History (2008)
- Howler monkeys capture and tooth molding assistance - La Pacífica (Costa Rica). 2005
- Primate
and fossil primate dental casting in osteologic collections
(Barcelona, Madrid, London, Zürich, Nairobi, Harvard University,
Sabadell, Brussels, Puigcerdà). 1999 to 2011
- Ethnobotanics of Maasai - Lake Natron (Tanzania). 1999, 2002
Teaching experience
- Master of Human Biology - University of Barcelona. 2012.
- Master of Primatology - Universitat de Barcelona. 2008, 2010, 2012
- Natural Sciences - Secondary school (Barcelona). 2006/07
- Human Evolution (lab), biology - Universitat de Barcelona, 2004 & 2005
- Human Biology (lab), biology - Universitat de Barcelona, 2002 to 2005
Publications- Estebaranz F, Galbany J, Martínez LM, Turbón D & Pérez-Pérez A (2012, accepted) Buccal dental microwear analyses support greater specialization in consumption of hard foodstuffs for Australopithecus anamensis. Journal of Anthropological Sciences.
- Romero A, Galbany J, De Juan J, Pérez-Pérez A (2012, accepted). Short and long-term in vivo human buccal dental-microwear turnover. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
- Gamarra B, Romero A, Pérez-Pérez A & Galbany J (2011) Análisis del error de medición y variabilidad interespecífica morfométrica de Fourier en M2 de primates Hominoidea. Revista Española de Antropología Física 32: 56-66.
- Gamarra B, Romero A, Pérez-Pérez A & Galbany J (2011) Caracterización morfólogica del M2 de primates Hominoidea a partir de análisis de Fourier / Morphological characterization of the Hominoidea primates second molars from Fourier analysis. Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica 13(1): 29-41. Download
- Galbany J, Altmann J, Pérez-Pérez
A & Alberts SC (2011) Age and individual foraging behavior predict
tooth wear in Amboseli baboons. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 144(1): 51-59. Download
- Galbany J, Dotras L, Alberts SC &
Pérez-Pérez A (2010). Tooth size variation related to age in
Amboseli baboons. Folia Primatologica 81(6): 348-359. Download
Working adress- Department of Animal Biology - Anthropology, University of Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal, 645. 08028 Barcelona. Spain
Email: jgalbany at ub.edu
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