I am a Marie Curie ERG postdoctoral researcher in the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology at Liverpool John Moores University, supported by the European Commission under the Marie Curie Actions of the Seventh Framework Programme (PERG07-GA-2010-268242).

I have acquired a broad range of skills in the analysis of human and faunal remains, as well as a good knowledge of methods used in prehistoric archaeology. During my PhD, I focused on biochronology and ecomorphology of Quaternary horses, providing a framework within which important hominid sites can be dated. In my current research, I have broadened my perspective to investigate the relationships between environmental factors and the dynamics of human populations and mammalian faunas during the Last Interglacial. Although European faunas have been relatively well-studied, few studies treat the faunas as dynamic communities of animals There are important unanswered questions regarding the enigmatic absence of certain animals, as well as people, from the British Isles during this interglacial, even though they were present in nearby areas on the European continent. I am furthering my interest in ecomorphology by applying a new, powerful morphometric method to previously collected data on horse remains to test the method. I am also using this method to investigate the ecomorphology of two Quaternary rhinoceros species, which will shed light on controversial questions regarding the recognition of competition in the fossil record. I am expanding my methodological toolkit with mesowear studies and, rare in Quaternary vertebrate palaeontology, ecological approaches. By integrating analyses of individual species and faunal assemblages within a community ecology framework, my research indicates new avenues of interpretation and analysis, with much potential for application to other glacial-interglacial cycles of the Quaternary.