People
STEERING COMMITTEE
Current Fellows
Ashley Scott
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Solenn Troadec
SoHP Postdoc
Department of History
Harvard University
Victoria Moses
SoHP Postdoc
Department of History
Harvard University
Student Affiliates
Anika Christensen
Harvard College '26
Human Evolutionary Biology and Music
Harvard University
Edan Larkin
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of History
Harvard University
I-Ting Huang
PhD candidate
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Jack Bishop
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Jay Pratap
Harvard College '25
Statistics and Chemical & Physical Biology
Harvard University
Jimena Luque
Harvard College '25
Molecular & Cellular Biology; History of Art & Architecture
Harvard University
Keri Bunge
PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Lindsey Brail
Harvard College '26
Applied Math
Harvard University
Maddy Irish
Harvard College ‘24
History of Science and Global Health & Health Policy
Harvard University
Megan Michel
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Monich Long
Harvard College '26
History of Science
Harvard University
Percy Ho
PhD candidate
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Reed Morgan
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of History
Harvard University
Sage Barnes
Harvard College '24
Government and Classics
Harvard University
Sarah Faber
Harvard College ‘24
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Sophia Charles
Harvard College '24
Physics and History
Harvard University
Research Affiliates
Alex Hübner
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Alexander More
Group Leader (Climate & Health), SoHP at Harvard
Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Health, University of Massachusetts Boston
Associate Research Professor, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Alexander More's research focuses on the impact of climate change on population and ecosystem health and the economy. By using ultra-high-resolution climatic, epidemiological, ecological and archeoscientific records, More brings recent drastic...
Andrei V. Kurbatov
Associate Professor,
Climate Change Institute
University of Maine
Bjorn Reichhardt
PhD candidate
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Bryan Averbuch
Assistant Professor,
History Department, College of Staten Island
City University of New York
Dr. Elena V. Koroktikh
Lab Manager,
Climate Change Institute
University of Maine
Eden Hill
PhD candidate
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Heather Clifford
PhD 2022, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
Data Scientist
Institute for Global Sustainability, Boston University
Henry Gruber
PhD 2023, History, Harvard University
Assistant Professor of History
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Irina Velsko
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Jake Ransohoff
Postdoctoral Fellow
SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies
Simon Fraser University
John Mulhall
PhD 2023, History, Harvard University
Assistant Professor of History
Purdue University
John Mulhall is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at Harvard. John’s interests span the intellectual traditions of the Ancient, Late Antique, and Medieval Mediterranean. His dissertation examines the cultural upheaval wrought by the phenomenon...
John Walden
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Katherine van Schaik
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Adjoint Assistant Professor of Classical and Mediterranean Studies, Vanderbilt University
Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Kristine Richter
Laboratory Manager
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Kyle Harper
PhD 2007, History, Harvard University
Professor of Classics and Letters
University of Oklahoma
Lauro Olmo Enciso
Departamento de Historia y Filosofía
Universidad de Alcalá, ES
Matthäus Rest
Postdoctoral researcher
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Maxime Borry
PhD candidate
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Pascal Bohleber
Researcher
Department of Env. Sciences, Informatics & Statistics
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Paul A. Mayewski
Director & Distinguished Maine Professor, Climate Change Institute
Schools of Earth & Climate Sciences, Marine Sciences, and Policy and International Affairs
University of Maine
Raphaela Stahl
Laboratory Technician
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Roshan Paladugu
Department of Archaeogenetics
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Santiago Pardo Sánchez
Harvard College '16, History
Managing Editor, Mapping Past Societies
Sloan School of Business, MIT
Taylor Hermes
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Arkansas
Student Alumni
Alejandra Nava Garcia
Harvard College '21,
Neuroscience
Alex Pipkin
Harvard College '23
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Brendan Maione-Downing
Harvard College '15
History
A 2013 Harvard College graduate, Brendan served as the 2013-14 Research Assistant for SoHP as well as Managing Editor for the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, under the direction of Professor Michael McCormick. Brendan continues to serve...
Brianna Rennix
Harvard College '13
History
Carter Wilcox
Harvard College '20,
History & Computer Science
Carter Wilcox graduated in 2020 after receiving his degree in History and Computer Science. While at Harvard, he focused on applying computational techniques to material datasets, with a strong interest in periods of large-scale cultural transition. He...
Charlotte Nickerson
Harvard College '23
Electrical Engineering
Emma MacKenzie
Harvard College '23
History and Science
Esteban Gutierrez Alvarez
Harvard College '23
Government & Data Science
Fred Horne
Harvard College '22,
Human Evolutionary Biology
Grace Seifu
Harvard College '24
Integrative Biology
Harvard University
Hannah Feldman
Harvard College '19
History
Isabella Gomez
Harvard College '24
Mechanical Engineering
Ishan Bhatt
Harvard College '23,
Applied Mathematics
Ishan is a member of the class of 2023, considering a concentration in Economics or Government. He enjoys competitive debating and board games.
Justin Hu
Harvard College '24
History & Romance Languages and Literature
Harvard University
Lindsey Bouldin
Harvard College '23
Anthropology/Archaeology
Harvard University
Matthew Luongo
Harvard College '17,
Earth & Planetary Sciences & Engineering Sciences
Michael Isakov
A.B. Mathematics, Harvard College ‘22
A.M. Statistics, Harvard University ’22
Noah Dasanaike
Harvard College '22
Government & Data Science
Nour Khachemoune
Harvard College ‘23
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Phillip Kadaev
Harvard College '20
Economics
Sam Lowry
Harvard College 23,
Government
Sammer Marzouk
Harvard College '23,
Chemical and Physical Biology
Sebastian Millien
Harvard College ‘23,
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
Shmu Padwa
Harvard College ‘25
Statistics and Philosophy
Harvard University
Soheil Sadabadi
Harvard College '20,
Computer Science & Government
Sonja Eliason
Harvard College '19,
Human Evolutionary Biology
Sophia Cho
Harvard College '24
Computer Science and Statistics
Harvard University
Una Roven
Harvard College ‘25
History of Science and English
Harvard University
Valerie Piro
Harvard College '13,
History
Research Alumni
Camilla Bertini
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Global Postdoc
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Newcastle University, UK
Claire Adams
PhD 2023
Department of History
Harvard University
David Pilbeam
Henry Ford II Research Professor of Human Evolution
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Dr. Johan Åhlfeldt
Research Engineer
Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion
University of Gothenburg, DE
Dr. Åhlfeldt (GIS: medieval history) spent a month in Cambridge working on coordinating his Regnum Francorum Online and contributing to Harvard's Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization
Éadaoin Harney
PhD Affiliate, MHAAM
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Francis Ludlow
Assistant Professor
Medieval Environmental History
Trinity College Dublin, IE
Jakub Kabala
Post-doctoral Fellow (SoHP): 2014-2015
Assistant Professor of History and Digital Studies
Davidson College
Jakub Kabala is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Intiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard. He is building a geodatabase of historical climate events that took place between 1000-1500 A.D. He is basing his work on the numerous accounts of...
Kelly Gibson
PhD 2011,
Department of History
Harvard University
Laura Nasrallah
Buckingham Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation,
School of Divinity
Yale University
Leland Grigoli
M.Div. '15, Harvard University
Department of History
Brown University
Linhai Liu
Professor of Medieval History, Beijing Normal University
Fellow, Medieval Studies at Harvard, 2014-15
Professor Liu's work focuses on collecting, translating and analyzing related ancient Chinese sources for the ongoing projects of the Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard. He is very interested in the relationship between climate change...
Staff
Emma Hammack
Program Coordinator