About

Team

Prof. Dr. Christina Warinner
Principal Investigator
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; University Professor of Biological Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany;
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University; Sally Starling Seaver Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Research Interests:
Microbial Archaeology, Human Microbiome, Origins of Dairy, Paleodietary Reconstruction, Evolutionary Medicine, Ancient DNA, Paleoproteomics

christina_warinner@eva.mpg.de


Dr. Soninkhishig (Sonya) Tsolmon
Senior Investigator and Field Coordinator Mongolia
Mongolian Dietetic Association (President), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Research Interests:
Nutrition, Health, Education, Traditional Mongolian Foods

soninkhishig@must.edu.mn


Dr. Matthäus Rest
Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Research Interests:
Social Anthropology; Peasant Studies; Dairying; Cheese Making

matthaeus_rest@eva.mpg.de


Dr. Alexander Hübner
Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Research Interests:
Human Microbiome; Bioinformatics

alexander_huebner@eva.mpg.de


Dr. Choongwon Jeong
Seoul National University, Korea

Research Interests:
Genomics, Genotyping, Population Genetics, SNP Analysis

cwjeong@snu.ac.kr


Dr. Jessica Hendy
BioArCh, University of York, UK

Research Interests:
Ancient Proteins, Past Culinary Practices, Food Traditions

jessica.hendy@york.ac.uk


Livestock Genomics; Stable Isotope Analysis; Archaeology of Central and Inner Asia<br />hermes@shh.mpg.de</p>

Dr. Alexander Herbig
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Research Interests:
Bacterial Genomics, Pathogen Evolution, Ancient DNA, Metagenomics

alexander_herbig@eva.mpg.de


Profile of Taylor Hermes

Dr. Taylor Hermes
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Research Interests:
Livestock Genomics; Stable Isotope Analysis; Archaeology of Central and Inner Asia

taylor_hermes@eva.mpg.de


Dr. William Taylor
Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology
University of Colorado Boulder – Museum of Natural History

Research Interests:
Archaeozoology; Horse & Animal Domestication; Archaeology of Central and Inner Asia

William.Taylor@colorado.edu


Khulan Lkhamsuren, M.M.Sc.
PhD Student
Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition

Research Interests:
Public Health, Nutrition

khulan.lk@mnums.edu.mn


Tuul Nyambal, MBS
PhD Student
Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition

Research Interests:
Public Health, Nutrition, Microbiology

tuul.n@mnums.edu.mn


Björn Reichhardt, M.A.
PhD Student
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Research Interests:
Social Anthropology, Mongolian Studies, Land and Infrastructure, More-than-Human Relationships, Videography

bjoern_reichhardt@eva.mpg.de


Raphaela Stahl
Lab Technician
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Research Interests:
Microbiology

raphaela_stahl@eva.mpg.de


Zoljargal Enkh-Amgalan, M.A.
Student Assistant (2018-2020)
Cambridge University, UK


Research Interests:
Anthropology, Film Studies, Art, Mongolian Studies