Chew Lab at Loyola Chicago
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We study teeth! Motivated by dental anthropology & human evolution, powered by NSF. Science is for all. Posts by Dr. Kristin Krueger.
Oh how I will miss this Chew Crew pup! She heads back to Barcelona next week. 😭 Thankfully, Berta is still here! ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Oh how I will miss this Chew Crew pup! She heads back to Barcelona next week. 😭 Thankfully, Berta is still here! ❤️
Berta & I tried creating plangi today in Dr. Nichols’s museum class! Chew crew members Lily & Gavin carved pumpkins! 🎃 Happy Friday, y’all!
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Berta & I tried creating plangi today in Dr. Nichols’s museum class! Chew crew members Lily & Gavin carved pumpkins! 🎃 Happy Friday, y’all!
Channeling my Neolithic German ancestors today. (It’s actually quite relaxing.) 🌾
October 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Channeling my Neolithic German ancestors today. (It’s actually quite relaxing.) 🌾
We got our Halloween on today! 🎃 👻 🧟♀️
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We got our Halloween on today! 🎃 👻 🧟♀️
Stop by our table today! 10/22! BE IN YOUR ANTHRO ERA!
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Stop by our table today! 10/22! BE IN YOUR ANTHRO ERA!
Official Chew Lab pup Elna is hard at work distracting us with her cuteness. 11/10 good dog.
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Official Chew Lab pup Elna is hard at work distracting us with her cuteness. 11/10 good dog.
Check out what LUC’s Department of Anthropology is bringing to Spring semester, and be in your anthro era!
October 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Check out what LUC’s Department of Anthropology is bringing to Spring semester, and be in your anthro era!
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Elna runs on Dunkin’. 🐶☕️
September 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Elna runs on Dunkin’. 🐶☕️
Let’s go Neolithic!
September 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Let’s go Neolithic!
So much happening in the Chew Lab! A dear friend, Dr. Jacopo Cerasoni, is making us Neolithic millstones - stay tuned! And after 350,000 chews, this is what almonds did to the enamel surface - no abrasives required.
August 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
So much happening in the Chew Lab! A dear friend, Dr. Jacopo Cerasoni, is making us Neolithic millstones - stay tuned! And after 350,000 chews, this is what almonds did to the enamel surface - no abrasives required.
Walking around a rock quarry in ballet flats was not on my bingo card, but looks like we’re going to make some millstones!
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Walking around a rock quarry in ballet flats was not on my bingo card, but looks like we’re going to make some millstones!
So excited to have Fulbright Scholar Dr. Berta Morell Rovira in the Chew Lab this semester!
August 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So excited to have Fulbright Scholar Dr. Berta Morell Rovira in the Chew Lab this semester!
I want to know the physics involved with this situation. (On campus this morning.)
July 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I want to know the physics involved with this situation. (On campus this morning.)
Visiting the dire wolves today at La Brea! 🐺
June 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Visiting the dire wolves today at La Brea! 🐺
It was a very special day in the Chew Lab. Former student turned academic sister, Alex Peterson, was in town, & she helped out with Chewie! 🥳😃
June 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It was a very special day in the Chew Lab. Former student turned academic sister, Alex Peterson, was in town, & she helped out with Chewie! 🥳😃
Super proud of Chew Crew member Gavin, who gave his USRE presentation today! 🦷
June 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Super proud of Chew Crew member Gavin, who gave his USRE presentation today! 🦷
Making my pre-teen clean the lab. 😂
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Making my pre-teen clean the lab. 😂
Chew Crew hard at work!
May 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chew Crew hard at work!
Can I put my cat in my paper acknowledgments? Just know, Kirby was helping me through this R&R when it comes out. 😂
May 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can I put my cat in my paper acknowledgments? Just know, Kirby was helping me through this R&R when it comes out. 😂
Nothing like a random dust storm in Chicago to make you wonder if the apocalypse is near.
(It was nothing compared to the one I was in in Egypt.)
(It was nothing compared to the one I was in in Egypt.)
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Nothing like a random dust storm in Chicago to make you wonder if the apocalypse is near.
(It was nothing compared to the one I was in in Egypt.)
(It was nothing compared to the one I was in in Egypt.)
Chewie is simulating what every American scientist is doing lately: bruxism.
May 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Chewie is simulating what every American scientist is doing lately: bruxism.
Benny, our official scientist pupper! (He’s apparently not pleased I’m interrupting his focus.)
May 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Benny, our official scientist pupper! (He’s apparently not pleased I’m interrupting his focus.)
#WithoutNSF I couldn’t be doing innovative, experimental work on tooth wear. Science helps our communities!
May 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#WithoutNSF I couldn’t be doing innovative, experimental work on tooth wear. Science helps our communities!
Almond microwear! (And a HV ♦️)
April 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Almond microwear! (And a HV ♦️)