My interest is to understand human evolution via the development and application of ancient biomolecular methods. My research utilises mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics to extract and analyse protein sequences from ancient hominin and fauna samples. I have a particular interest in studying the evolutionary relationships between extinct hominins via ancient protein analysis and exploring hominin behaviour through studying associated faunal remains and zooarchaeological datasets.

Before moving to Copenhagen, I completed a BA in archaeology at Leiden University (the Netherlands) and a MSc in archaeological science at the University of York (UK). Subsequently, I conducted my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig, Germany).

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Welker's group. As part of the PROSPER project, I will be analyzing modern human palaeoproteomics data from different periods and try to identify population genetic signals within these datasets. 

Before joining Welker's group, I got a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Biotechnology at the National Polytechnic Institute of México (IPN). I did my PhD studies and my first postdoctoral work at the International Laboratory for Human Genome Research (LIIGH-UNAM) in México, working with paleogenomics of pre-Columbian populations. In general, I am interested in studying ancient human and non-human populations through ancient biomolecules to look directly at the past and get insights into their genetic diversity, demographic history, and evolution. 

I am a PhD student within the Welker Group and a part of the ChemArch project, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie innovative training network (ITN). My PhD position is a double degree between the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Copenhagen. My work mainly revolves around the proteomic taxonomic identification of bone artefacts and ecofacts from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Early Neolithic geographically located within the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula. This is to gain deeper insight into the raw material selection strategies for bone tool manufacture. I am generally interested in how past societies utilised hard tissues and therefore which behavioural mechanisms, dynamics, and meaning may lay behind the processes of the manufacture and usage of bone objects.

I have a BA in Prehistoric Archaeology and Museological Studies and MA in Prehistoric Archaeology from Aarhus University (Denmark) where I worked with the palaeoproteomic method Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) on Scandinavian Early Medieval material. Before my PhD position I worked as a field archaeologist at Vejlemuseerne.