Department of Archaeology
BioArCh People
Academic Staff
Dr Michelle Alexander
Stable Isotope Analysis, Ancient DNA
Dr André Colonese
Environmental and Biomolecular Archaeology
Professor Oliver Craig
Archaeological Chemistry, Stable Isotope Analysis
Dr Jessica Hendy
Palaeoproteomics
Malin Holst
Human Osteoarchaeology
Dr David Orton
Zooarchaeology, Neolithic Balkans
Dr Kirsty Penkman
Geochronology and Archaeological Chemistry
Dr Alice Toso
Associate Lecturer
Dr Nathan Wales
Palaeogenomics
Research Staff
Dr Marc Dickinson
Research Fellow
Dr Léa Drieu
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Miss Miranda Evans
Research Assistant (TEMPERA network)
Dr Sarah Fiddyment
Research Fellow
Dr Alexandre Lucquin
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Dr Aurélie Manin
Research Fellow
Dr Anita Radini
Research Fellow
Dr Harry Robson
Research Fellow
Dr Matthew Teasdale
Research Fellow
PhD Students
- Manon Bondetti
- Blessing Chidimuro
- Sarah Delaney
- Özge Demirci
- Isabella Gaffney
- Eleanor Green
- Alison Harris
- Theis Jensen
- Jasmine Lundy
- Aurore Monnereu
- Mariana Muñoz-Rodríguez
- James Nottingham
- Anne Kathrine Runge
- Silvia Soncin
- Carla Soto Quintana
- Edward Standall
- Alice Ughi
Support and Technician Staff
Josie Thomas
Finance and Research Administrator
Helen Talbot
Experimental Officer
Matthew von Tersch
Senior Laboratory Technician
Associates and Honorary Staff
BioArCh Alumni
Professor Matthew Collins (2003-2016)
Now dividing his time between the Universities of Copenhagen and Cambridge, Matthew came to York in 2003 and founded the BioArCh facility.
Dr Beatrice Demarchi (2006-16) after completing her PhD as a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher on the Geochronology of coastal prehistoric environments she remained at York as a postdoctoral researcher on the NERC funded 'Building a Better Egg Timer' and the EPSRC project 'Hard Soft Matter Interfaces. Beatrice is now
Dr Mike Buckley (2006-10) completed a NERC funded PhD followed by a postdoctoral research position researching bone collagen with Matthew Collins. Mike went on to work at the University of Bournemouth before taking up a NERC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester.
Dr Enrico Cappellini (2004-08) came to York on a Marie Curie Research Fellowship working on the restoration of the past genetic heritage and proteomics with Matthew Collins. Enrico went on to the Statens Naturhistoriske Museum in Copenhagen as an Assistant Professor of Geogenetics.
Dr Cynthianne Debono Spiteri (2008-12) completed a PhD on ‘Pottery use at the transition to agriculture in the western Mediterranean: evidence from biomolecular and isotopic characterisation of organic residues in Impressed/Cardial Ware vessels’ under the supervision of Oliver Craig. Cynthianne went to a postdoctoral research position working on plant foods in hominin dietary ecology at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology In Leipzig.
Dr Sophy Charlton (2012-16) completed a PhD with Michelle Alexander. Sophy went on to be a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum on an ERC funded project Up-North.
Dr Frederick ‘Freder’ Feulner (2009-11) came to York as a postdoctoral researcher working with Matthew Collins on the Marie Curie International Training Network, LeCHE. Freder went on to work with Holtenauer Verlag on under water sites in Northern Germany.
Dr Karen Hardy (2005-08) came to York as a Marie Curie Research Fellow working with Matthew Collins on diagenesis of ancient starch. Karen is now a Research Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.
Dr Hannah Koon (2006-10) was a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow working with Matthew Collins on the development of tools to detect sub-clinical pathology in scorbutic bone. Hannah went on to a Lecturship in Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bradford.
Dr Lisa Shillito (2010-13) was a postdoctoral research associate working with Oliver Craig on the Feeding Stonehenge project. Lisa went on to work as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
Dr Joanna Simpson (2011-14) completed a NERC funded PhD with Matthew Collins and Kirsty Penkman 'Investigating the relationship between glutamine deamidation and collagen breakdown in bone'. Joanna is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh.
Dr Caroline Solazzo (2009-12) was a Marie Curie Research Fellow working with Matthew Collins on textile and hair proteomics. Caroline went on to be a Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.
Dr Karine Taché (2011-13) came to York as a Marie Curie Research Fellow working with Oliver Craig on early pottery uses in North Eastern North America. Karine went on to be a Professor at Queens College, City University of New York
Dr Nienke van Doorn (2008-12) completed a PhD with Matthew Collins funded through the Marie Curie International Training Network, LeCHE. Nienke went on to be Collections Manager with the York Archaeological Trust.
Dr Isabella von Hostein (2008-12) completed a PhD with Matthew Collins on ‘A light stable isotope approach to identifying movement of medieval textiles in North West Europe’. Isabella went on to be a postdoctoral researcher at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel.
Dr Igor Gutiérrez Zugasti (2011-13) came to York as a Newton International Fellow working with Geoff Bailey on the exploitation of coastal resources by hunter gatherers across the Upper Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic in Northern Spain. Igor went on to work at the Universidad de Cantabria.
Dr Camilla Speller Palaeomics
Camilla joined BioArCh in 2012 as a Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellow (EU-IIF) , before becoming a Lecturer and Director of the Ancient DNA laboratory at York in 2014.
Dr Miriam Cubas
Research Fellow
Dr Kristine Korzow Richter
Research Fellow
Dr Laura Llorente-Rodriguez
Research Fellow
Dr Ashley Coutu
Research Fellow