IPUMS International Team

Dan Ehrlich

Senior Data Analyst

ehrli097@umn.edu

IPUMS Data Projects

IPUMS International

Research Interests and Project Expertise

Methods Development; Data Management and Visualization; R Language for Statistical Computing; Human Variation

Biography

I am a biological anthropologist broadly interested in human evolution and human variation. Throughout my career I've developed a quantitative focus developing tools (usually in R) to facilitate and streamline data analysis. I have contributed to research labs studying growth and development, comparative anatomy, the menstrual cycle, baboon evolution, and fossil reconstruction. When not coding, I enjoy spending time with my cats, cooking, and hiking. I joined IPUMS in 2021 to help improve the data intake pipeline by developing new tools and programing using R to facilitate data processing and reformatting.

Selected Works

Ehrlich, D.E., Cleveland, L., Tremblay, A. 2022. “Asking Anthropological Questions with Big Data: An introduction to IPUMS data repository analysis using R.” Workshop presented at the 91st annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.

Ehrlich, D.E., Rogers-LaVanne, M.P., Lee, K.M.N., Sgheiza, V., Wilson, M., Clancy, K.B.H. 2022. “Quantifying Curves: a geometric morphometric approach to analyze ovarian hormones.” Presented at the 91st annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.

Singleton, M. Ehrlich, D.E., Adams, J.W. 2022. “Biomechanical correlates of zygomaxillary-surface shape in papionin primates and the effects of hard-object feeding on mangabey facial form.” Journal of Human Evolution. 163:103121. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.

Ehrlich, D.E. & Singleton, M. 2020. ImkCHK: Tools to Visualize and Screen 2D/3D Landmark Data. R package version 1.0.0.l