Curriculum Vitae
Employment History
2012-present | Researcher in Zooarchaeology, Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Universität Tübingen |
2011-2012 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Anthropology, University of Arizona |
Education
| 2018 | Habilitation, Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, University of Tübingen. Hominin Subsistence Strategies in the Eurasian Quaternary. |
| 2011 | Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson. Major: Archaeology; Minor: Environmental Anthropology. Dissertation title: Trends in Subsistence from the Middle Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Klissoura Cave 1 (Peloponnese, Greece), advisor Dr. Mary C. Stiner. |
| 2005 | Masters of Arts in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson. Thesis title: Faunal Data from Hallan Çemi Tepesi: A Late Epipaleolithic/Neolithic Transition Site in Southeast Anatolia, advisor Dr. Mary C. Stiner. |
| 2003 | Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Bachelor of Science in Biology, with honors, University of Wyoming, Laramie. |
Teaching Experience
| 2021-present | Co-Instructor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Introduction to Zooarchaeology |
| 2018-2019 | Experimental Archaeology: Working With Molly |
| 2015 | Co-Instructor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Einführung in die Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie |
| 2013 - present | Instructor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Erweiterte Grundlagen der Archäozoologie |
| 2013 - present | Co-Instructor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Diet and Subsistence in a Prehistoric Context |
| 2012 - 2020 | Co-Instructor, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Osteologie IV: Knochen als Quelle (Bones as a Source of Information) |
| 2010-2012 | Adjunct Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson. Human Origins and Prehistory |
| 2010, 2012 | Adjunct Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson. Co-Instructor, Archaeology Laboratory |
| 2011 | Adjunct Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson. Exploring Non-Western Cultures |
| 2011 | Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson. Human Evolution |
| 2010-2011 | Adjunct Instructor, Pima Community College, Tucson. Buried Cities and Lost Tribes |
| 2010-2011 | Instructor, University of Arizona, Tucson. Patterns in Prehistory (online) |
| 2010 | Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson. Principles of Archaeology |
| 2009 | Instructor, University of Arizona, Tucson. Origins of Human Diversity |
| 2006-2007 | Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson. Origins of Human Diversity |
| 2006 | Instructor, University of Arizona, Tucson. Patterns in Prehistory |
Awards and Scholarships
| 2021-2025 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) SFB 1070 Project A05 “’Das Land in dem Milch und Honig fließen.’ Entwicklung und Bedeutung von Agrarressourcen im bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Palästina.” (Phase 3 PI; co-PIs Prof. Jens Kamlah and PD Dr. Simone Riehl) |
| 2017-2021 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) SFB 1070 Project A05 “’Das Land in dem Milch und Honig fließen.’ Entwicklung und Bedeutung von Agrarressourcen im bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Palästina.” (PI; co-PIs Prof. Jens Kamlah and PD Dr. Simone Riehl). |
| 2016-2020 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) Research Grant: “Dietary Change During the Upper Paleolithic at Kephalari and Lakonis Caves” |
| 2013 | The Leakey Foundation: “The evolution of late Pleistocene hominin diets in southern Greece” |
| 2012-2013, 2015 | Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) Research Grant: “Dietary Change During the Upper Paleolithic at Kephalari Cave” |
| 2012 | Research Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Abteilung Ältere Urgeschichte und Quartärökologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2009 | Haury Graduate Award, University of Arizona, School of Anthropology |
| 2008 | Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation |
| 2006 | Wiener Laboratory Research Associateship, Wiener Laboratory at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
| 2006 | Hellenic Cultural Foundation Scholarship |
| 2006 | Rieker Grant, University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology |
| 2006 | William Shirley Fulton Scholarship Fund, University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology |
| 2003-2005 | IGERT Fellowship, University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology |
| 2002 | McNair Scholars Program, University of Wyoming, project title: Paleoenvironmental Studies on Selected Archaeological Sites in Southwest Wyoming |