GROUP MEMBERS
 | Prof. Dr. Christina Warinner Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University; Group Leader of Microbiome Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Group Leader of Archaeogenetics, Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology-HKI; University Professor of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany Research Interests: Microbial Archaeology; Human Microbiome; Origins of Dairy; Paleodietary Reconstruction; Evolutionary Medicine; Ancient DNA; Paleoproteomics Office Phone: +49 (0) 341 3550 867; +1 617-495-1279 Email: christina_warinner@eva.mpg.de; warinner@fas.harvard.edu See also: Harvard faculty page, Google Scholar |
POSTDOCS | |
 | Dr. Alexander Hübner Postdoc Research Interests: Human Microbiome; Bioinformatics Email: alexander_huebner@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Irina Velsko Postdoc Research Interests: Oral biology; Microbiology; Oral Microbiome Evolution; Ancient DNA Email: irina_marie_velsko@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. James Fellows-Yates Postdoc Research Interests: Bimolecular Archaeology; Prehistory; Metagenomics; Microbiomes; Big Data Email: james_fellows_yates@eva.mpg.de See also: Research website, ResearchGate, Twitter |
 | Dr. Ashley Scott Postdoc Research Interests: Experimental Archaeology; Proteomics; Dental Calculus; Residue Analysis; Origins of Dairying Email: ashley_scott@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Maxime Borry Postdoc Research Interests: Bioinformatics; Microbiome; Tool Development; Dental Calculus; Paleofeces Email: maxime_borry@eva.mpg.de See also: Research blog |
 | Dr. Roshan Paladugu Postdoc Research Interests: Stable Isotopes; ZooMS; Megafauna Email: roshan_paladugu@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Akari Shinoda Postdoc Research Interests: Microbiology; fermented foods; dairy products |
STUDENTS | |
 | Melina Seabrook PhD Student Research Interests: Biomolecular Archaeology; Proteomics; Zooarchaeology; Human-animal relationships; Trade and mobility; Southwestern Asia Email: melina.seabrook@g.harvard.edu |
 | I-Ting Huang PhD Student Research Interests: Microbial Evolution; Symbiosis; Host-Microbe coevolution; Bioinformatics and Metagenomics; Horizontal Gene Transfer and Mobile Genetic Elements Email: ihuang@g.harvard.edu |
 | Percy Hei Chun Ho PhD Student Research Interests: Animal Genomics and Proteomics; Biomolecular archaeology; Zooarchaeology; Domestication, Hybridisation and Inbreeding; Human-Animal Interactions Email: hei_chun_ho@eva.mpg.de / heichunho@fas.harvard.edu See also: Research webpage |
 | Keri Burge PhD Student Research Interests: Biomolecular Archaeology; Human Microbiome; Dental Calculus; Bioinformatics; Human-Environment Interactions; Prehistoric Health; Stable Isotope Analysis Email: keri.burge@gmail.com |
 | Reed Morgan PhD Student Research Interests: Bioarchaeology; Migration; Kinship; Diet; Identity; Past Pandemics; Environmental History; Late Antique History; Early Medieval History; the Ancient Mediterranean Email: reedmorgan@g.harvard.edu |
 | Eden Hill PhD Student Research Interests: Biomolecular Archaeology; Proteomics; ZooMS/Peptide Mass Fingerprinting; Zooarchaeology & Human Osteoarchaeology; Ancient Disease & Paleopathology Email: eden_hill@eva.mpg.de |
 | Jake Kalodner PhD Student Research Interests: Kazakhstan; Eurasian steppe; Bronze and Iron Age; Mobility and migration; Human, plant, and animal relations; Biomolecular archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Phenomenology Email: jkalodner@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Gökçe Öztürk PhD Student Research Interests: Biomolecular archaeology; Proteomics; Stable isotope analysis; Organic residue analysis; Origins of dairying; Human, animal, plant relationships; Domestication; Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age Anatolia Email: gozturk@g.harvard.edu |
 | Claire Yi Jia Liow Visiting PhD student, University of Tokyo Research Interests: Evolution of Human Diets, Gut Microbiome, Gut-brain Axis, Eating Behavior Email: yijialiow@fas.harvard.edu |
STAFF | |
 | Raphaela Stahl MPI-EVA Technician Email: stahl@shh.mpg.de |
 | Rabsa Sikder Harvard Radcliffe Research Partner undergraduate research assistant (on leave) Research Interests: Human Microbiome, Infectious Diseases, Proteomics Email: rsikder@college.harvard.edu |
 | Emilie Blondin Harvard undergraduate research assistant Research Interests: Bioarchaeology; Colonialism; Human Remains in Medical Schools; Repatriation; Caribbean History Email: emblondin@college.harvard.edu |
 | Emily Ding Harvard undergraduate research assistant Research Interests: Bioarchaeology, ZooMS/Peptide Mass Fingerprinting, ancient disease, human evolutionary history, ancient Mediterranean Email: emilyding@college.harvard.edu |
 | Maximilian Schumacher MPI-EVA Student Assistant Research Interests: Pharma-Biotechnology; Bioinformatics; Metagenomics Email: maximilian_schumacher@eva.mpg.de |
 | Ts'episo Seisa African language facilitator for Adventures in Archaeological Science coloring book project |
AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS | |
 | Dr. Pierre Stallforth Head of Paleobiotechnology, Leibnitz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knoll Institute Research Interests: Chemical ecology of the amoebae-bacteria symbiosis; Prokaryotic and eukaryotic signal molecules; Structure elucidation and biosynthetic studies Email: pierre.stallforth@hki-jena.de |
 | Dr. Soninkhishig Tsolmon Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Nutrition President of the Mongolian Dietetics Association Research Interests: Nutrition; Fatty Acid Metabolism; Health; Traditional Mongolian Foods Email: soninkhishig@mnums.edu.mn |
 | Khulan Lkhamsuren, M.M.Sc. Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Nutrition Research Interests: Nutrition; Health |
 | Tuul Nyambal, MBS Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences School of Public Health Department of Nutrition Research Interests: Nutrition; Health |
 | Dr. Björn Reichhardt Research Interests: Anthropology; Ethnography; Mongolia; Landscape; Videography Email: bjoern_reichhardt@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Matthäus Rest Research Interests: Anthropology; Ethnography; Peasant Studies; Dairying; Cheese Making Email: matthaeus.rest@unifr.ch |
 | Dr. John Walden Postdoc Research Interests: Maya archaeology; Kinship; Social organization; Belize Valley Email: john_walden@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Taylor Hermes University of Arkansas Research Interests: Livestock Genomics; Stable Isotope Analysis; Archaeology of Central and Inner Asia Email: taylor_hermes@eva.mpg.de |
 | Tianrui Zhu PhD Student, NYU Research Interests: Archaeology of the Eurasian Steppes; Central Asia and the Silk Road; Chinese archaeology; Proteomics; Ancient DNA Email: tz1217@nyu.edu |
 | Dr. William Taylor University of Colorado, Boulder Research Interests: Archaeozoology; horses; human-animal relationships; archaeological science; animal domestication Email: william.taylor@colorado.edu |
 | Dr. Jessica Hendy University of York Research Interests: Proteomics; Ceramic Residue Analysis; Paleodietary Reconstruction; Dental Calculus Email: jessica.hendy@york.ac.uk |
Former members
We’ve been fortunate to have many talented postdocs and students work in our lab over the years. You can meet the former members of the Warinner Group here!