Sitting at the intersection of archaeology, paleontology, taphonomy, and paleoecology, I specialize in faunal analysis, combining comparative anatomy, taxonomic identification, and taphonomic methods to reconstruct past human-animal relationships and environmental conditions.
My research has taken me across field sites in Europe and North America, and into long-term collaborations with Indigenous communities, museums, and interdisciplinary research groups. My doctoral and postdoctoral work centered on the faunal assemblages of Bluefish Caves (Yukon, Canada), investigating the timing of initial human dispersal into North America and the ecology of late Pleistocene Beringia.
Research Interests
- Human-animal interactions and subsistence strategies
- Vertebrate taphonomy and site formation processes
- Beringian prehistory and peopling of the Americas
- Ethnoarchaeology and Indigenous Knowledge
- Conservation paleobiology
- Paleoenvironmental reconstructions
- High-latitude environments
- Cave and rockshelter settings
- Predator-prey dynamics
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology/Archaeology, Université de Montréal, Canada, 2017
- M.Sc. Biological Anthropology and Prehistory, Université Bordeaux 1, France, 2010
- B.S. Geosciences, Université Bordeaux 1, France, 2008