People

Venter Lab

Current MSU Students

Seauth Cunningham, EES-Anthropology

Jayden Dance, EES-Archaeology

Addison Heppner, EES-Archaeology

Wen Poor, EES-Geology

New Hire, Summer 2026! Sidda Roche, EES-Anthropology

Former MSU Students

Sarah Bowman, B.S.

Zach Elliott, M.S.

Cole Fletcher, M.S. student

Alec Giron, EES-Anthropology Student

Zachary Jameson, M.A.

Ash Medlock, B.S.

Matthew Meyer, B.S., M.S. (PhD Student, Univ. of Kentucky)

Cari Mikez, B.A.

Kathryn Perkins, EES-Archaeology Student

Devin Richards, B.S.

Lacy Risner, M.S.

Caroline Shell, B.S.

Lauren "Ren" Smith, B.S.

Meagan Smith

Rowan Verdegan, B.S.

Kevin Wann, B.S. (PhD Student, Texas A&M Univ.)

Current and Recent Collaborations

Christopher Pool, University of Kentucky

Gary Stinchcomb, University of Memphis

George Crothers, University of Kentucky

Alfredo Delgado, Museo de Antropología de Xalapa

María Del Socorro Lozano Garcia, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM

Nathan Wilson, Universidad Veracruzana and Colegio de Veracruz

Amber VanDerwarker, University of California Santa Barbara

Dana Bardolph, Northern Illinois University

Venicia Slotten, University of California Santa Barbara

Philip J. Arnold III, Loyola University of Chicago

Lourdes Budar, Universidad Veracruzana

Renee Bonzani, University of Kentucky

Carl Shields, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Brendan Culleton, Pennsylvania State University

Doug Kennett, University of California Santa Barbara

Sarah Lyon, University of Kentucky

William Wedenoja, Missouri State University

Christopher Begley, Transylvania University