Baonhu Tran
Baonhu Tran, BA
Ph.D. Student
Center for Anatomical Sciences
College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences
UNT Health Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX 76107
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Education
BA in Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington (2022)
Personal Bio
Baonhu is a PhD candidate working with Dr. Scott Maddux. Her research focuses on human evolution and climatic adaptation with an emphasis on respiratory form and function. Her dissertation project applies experimental protocols involving living humans to investigate the impacts of nasal vs. oral breathing on whole-body and brain thermoregulation. Baonhu’s research at UNT Health is supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GFRP) and doctoral dissertation improvement grants from the National Science Foundation, Leakey Foundation, and Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Funding
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National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (#2444956). | |
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National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (#2521817): “The Role of Respiratory Morphology in Human Thermoregulation.” | |
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Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (#10932): “Reevaluating the Role of the Respiratory System in Human Thermoregulation and Climatic Adaptation” | |
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Leakey Foundation, Research Grant (#202510616): “The Respiratory System in Human Thermoregulatory Adaptation.” |