BioArCh People
Academic Staff
Dr Michelle Alexander Stable Isotope Analysis / ancient DNA
Dr André Colonese Environmental / Biomolecular Archaeology
Professor Oliver Craig Archaeological Chemistry / Stable Isotope Analysis
Malin Holst Human Osteoarchaeology
Dr David Orton Zooarchaeology, Neolithic Balkans
Dr Kirsty Penkman Geochronology / Archaeological Chemistry
Dr Nathan Wales Palaeogenomics
Dr Alice Toso Associate Lecturer
Research Staff
Dr Léa Drieu PDRA
Dr Sarah Fiddyment Research Fellow
Dr Alexandre Lucquin PDRA
Dr Anita Radini PDRA
Dr Eve Rannamäe Research Fellow
Dr Harry Robson Research Fellow
Dr Matthew Teasdale Research Fellow
Dr Marc Dickinson Research Fellow
PhD Students
Manon Bondetti
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 Staff
Josie Thomas Finance and Research Administrator
Krista McGrath Laboratory Technician
Helen Talbot Experimental Officer
Matthew von Tersch Senior Laboratory Technician
Associates
Professor Matthew Collins
Past People
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 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 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 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 Yvette Eley
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 Niklas Hausmann
Dr Jessica Hendy
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.
Rachel Smith
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 has now relocated back to Canada and is professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
Professor Matthew Collins Ancient Proteins / Geochronology
Matthew is now dividing his time between the Universities of Copenhagen and Cambridge. Matthew came to York in 2003 and started the BioArCh facility.
Dr Miriam Cubas Research Fellow
Dr Kristine Korzow Richter Research Fellow
Dr Laura Llorente-Rodriguez Research Fellow
Dr Ashley Coutu Research Fellow