GROUP MEMBERS
 | Prof. Dr. Christina Warinner Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology, Departments of Anthropology and Human Evolutionary Biology, 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 Microbiology in the Faculty 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: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Harvard faculty page, Google Scholar |
POSTDOCS | |
 | Dr. Alexander Hübner MPI-EVA Postdoc Research Interests: Human Microbiome; Bioinformatics Email: alexander_huebner@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Irina Velsko MPI-EVA Postdoctoral Team Leader for Oral Microbiome Research Research Interests: Oral biology; Microbiology; Oral Microbiome Evolution; Ancient DNA Email: irina_marie_velsko@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. I-Ting Huang Harvard Postdoc Research Interests: Microbial Evolution; Symbiosis; Host-Microbe coevolution; Bioinformatics and Metagenomics; Horizontal Gene Transfer and Mobile Genetic Elements Email: ihuang@g.harvard.edu |
 | Dr. Delphine Tripp MPI-EVA Postdoc Research Interests: Human Microbiome; Microbial Ecology & Evolution; Big Data; Mobile Genetic Elements; Bioinformatics and Metagenomics; Host-virus Coevolution Email: delphine_tripp@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Ashley Scott Harvard Postdoc Research Interests: Experimental Archaeology; Proteomics; Dental Calculus; Residue Analysis; Origins of Dairying Email: ashleyscott@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Dr. Andrew Barker Harvard Postdoc Research Interests: Biomolecular Archaeology; Ethnobiology; Human Evolution; Archaeological Conservation; Southwestern Archaeology; Maritime Archaeology; The Golden Age of Piracy Email: andrewbarker@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Dr. Jingo Li Harvard ASPR Postdoctoral Fellow Research Interests: Ancient foodways and fermentation; Early China; Archaeobotany; Ceramic residue analysis; Stable isotope analysis; Biomolecular approaches to ancient diets Email: jingboli@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Dr. Zhuldyz Tashmanbetova Harvard Postdoc Research Interests: Central Asia; domestication; zooarchaeology; ZooMS; saiga |
 | Dr. Roshan Paladugu MPI-EVA Postdoc Research Interests: Stable Isotopes; ZooMS; Megafauna Email: roshan_paladugu@eva.mpg.de |
 | Dr. Selina Carlhoff MPI-EVA Postdoc Research Interests: Population genetics, tropical and subtropical archaeology, archaeogenetics, bioinformatics, archaeological ethics Email: |
 | Dr. Rodrigo Barquera MPI-EVA Postdoc Research Interests: Immunogenetics, ancient Mesoamerica, colonial epidemics, ancient pathogens Email: rodrigo_barquera@eva.mpg.de |
STUDENTS | |
 | Percy Hei Chun Ho Harvard 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 Harvard PhD Student Research Interests: Biomolecular Archaeology; Human Microbiome; Dental Calculus; Bioinformatics; Human-Environment Interactions; Prehistoric Health; Stable Isotope Analysis Email: kburge@g.harvard.edu |
 | Jack Bishop Harvard PhD Student Research Interests: Northwest Africa, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic, domestication, climate change, culture transmission, sedentism and mobility, molecular archaeology Email: jackbishop@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Reed Morgan Harvard 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 |
 | ZHANG Zhiyan Visiting PhD Student (Peking University) Research Interests: Paleoproteomics, ancient microbiome, Chinese archaeology, radiocarbon dating Email: zhiyan_zhang@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Jake Kalodner Harvard 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 Harvard 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 |
 | Priya Patel Harvard PhD Student Research Interests: Evolution of human diet; South Asia; origins of dairying; stable isotope analysis; proteomics; human osteology; human-animal relationships Email: priyapatel@g.harvard.edu |
 | Tamara Di Marco Visiting PhD Student (Yale University) Research Interests: Archaeology of Pre-Roman Italy; Bioarchaeology; Materials analysis Email: tamaradimarco@g.harvard.edu |
 | Raphaela Stahl MPI-EVA Master's Student Email: raphaela_stahl@eva.mpg.de |
STAFF | |
 | Lizzie Nist Harvard Lab Manager Research interests: Bioarcheology; Human osteology; Paleoanthropology; Ancient DNA; Forensic archeology Email: enist@fas.harvard.edu |
 | Antonia Walter MPI-EVA laboratory technician Research interests: Immunogentics; HLA Typing; Immunogenomics |
 | 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 |
 | Juliet Garon Harvard undergraduate research assistant Research Interests: Paleogenetics; Ancient disease; Historical scientific instruments; Women's health Email: julietgaron@college.harvard.edu |
 | 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. 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 |
 | Dr. William Taylor University of Colorado, Boulder Research Interests: Archaeozoology; horses; human-animal relationships; archaeological science; animal domestication Email: william.taylor@colorado.edu |
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!