Gaëlle Bello Hellegouarch

Current position

  • Collaborator at Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. University of Barcelona

Education and positions

  • PhD Anatomical and functional adaptations of the rotator cuff muscles to the different body patterns and forms of locomotion in the Order of Primates. Universitat de Barcelona, 2014. Supervisors: A. Pérez-Pérez and J.M. Potau
  • M.S. Primatology. Universitat de Barcelona, 2009
  • B.S. Biology. Universidade da Coruña, 2008

Research interests

  • Effects of locomotor differences on primate scapula
  • Rotator cuff muscles
  • Ontogeny and functional morphology of the shoulder girdle in extant Primates

Field experience

  • Archaeological research: Atapuerca- Gran Dolina (2007, 2008)
  • Modern human scapula and humerus molding at the Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology of the University of Barcelona (2008-2009)
  • Primate scapula and humerus molding at Natural Science Museum of Barcelona (2009)
  • Primate scapula and humerus molding at Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science, Brussels (2010)
  • Human dissection of the upper extremity and shoulder region from the Body Donation Service of the University of Barcelona (2008-2010)
  • Primate dissection of the upper extremity and shoulder region from the Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology of the University of Valladolid (2008-2010)

Publications

Working address

  • Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences. University of Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal, 643. 08028 Barcelona. Spain