Yohannes Haile-Selassie

Yohannes Haile-Selassie is the Director and Virginia M. Ulman Chair of Human Origins at the Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University (ASU). He is also a Professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at ASU. His research interest is understanding the paleobiology and paleoecology of early human ancestors based on the fossil record. He has made fossil discoveries that are significant in human origins research and leads an international multidisciplinary team that conducts fieldwork in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Haile-Selassie serves on the CARTA External Advisory Board.