Dr.Ji Eun Kim, Ph.D.

My primary research investigates human skeletal aging and combines the theoretical foundations of biological anthropology, human anatomy, and computational morphometrics to unveil sources of human variation in skeletal morphology. Throughout my career, I have conducted comparative analyses on skeletal aging among peoples of South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and North America. My ultimate goal is to establish accurate and reliable age-at-death estimation methods that assist in reconstructing individual identity and demographic profiles to answer questions on life histories, survival, and mortality within and between populations across time and space.

My current research involves anatomical donors and skeletal collections to document age-related changes in bone morphology, architecture, and properties at both macro- and microscopic levels and examine how various in-/extrinsic factors (e.g., sex, body size, pathology, biomechanical stress) can influence the natural aging process.
Skeletal aging
Forensic Anthropology
Bioarchaeology