Research Interests

• Biomolecular archaeology
• Human-microbe coevolution
• Microbes and human food technology

Primary Project

Origins of Dairying in Ancient Europe

Publications

• Long-term genetic stability and a high-altitude East Asian origin for the peoples of the high valleys of the Himalayan arc2016. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1520844113
• Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome. 2015. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/ncomms10165

Education

• M.A. in Anthropology
  University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences Anthropology Department; Norman OK - 2017