Research

In the context of STEPS project, Dr Monclús-Gonzalo role focuses on the collection and processing of fossil and comparative 3D data, the cataloguing of postcranial variation, and contributing to the creation of musculoskeletal models, including the development of predictive models to estimate muscle architecture parameters from osteological correlates. 

View Dr Monclús-Gonzalo’s profile on the University of Cambridge website.

Extended Biography

Dr Monclús-Gonzalo completed a B.Sc. in Biochemistry at the University of Barcelona and M.Sc. in Palaeobiology and Fossil Record at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), followed by a Ph.D. in Geology at the UAB in 2026 on the functional morphology and evolution of the primate foot. Additionally, he held a position as Lecturer (2024-2025) at the Anthropology Unit of the UAB. In 2026, he was appointed Research Associate in Human Evolutionary Anatomy within the STEPS project, led by Dr Ashleigh Wiseman.