I am an archaeologist and data scientist with a PhD in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University. I am currently a Senior Scientist in the Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanisation at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany.
My research focuses on long-term human–environment dynamics and the development of data science approaches for deep-time records. I work at the intersection of archaeology, ecology, and complex systems science, developing quantitative methods and analytical frameworks that make archaeological data comparable across space and time. This includes Bayesian and process-based modelling, time-series analysis, spatial statistics, and scientific software development.
A central aim of my work is to move beyond descriptive approaches by treating archaeological records as dynamic systems—linking patterns of settlement, land use, and human activity to underlying generative processes. I have applied these approaches across a wide range of regions and periods, including Neolithic Southwest Asia, the Maltese Temple Period, the Maya Lowlands, Late Quaternary Arabia, and Angkorian Southeast Asia.
My research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, and contributes to the growing field of computational and quantitative archaeology. I am particularly interested in collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that bring new data and methods to bear on long-term human–environment questions.You can find my research at: ORCID and Google Scholar.
