I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UBC and the director of the ADαPT Facility. My MA, completed at the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University in 2005, used ancient DNA analysis to examine the distribution of salmon species at the Northwest Plateau site of Keatley Creek, BC, Canada. My PhD dissertation, also completed at Simon Fraser University in 2009, applied ancient DNA techniques to study the use of wild and domestic turkeys in the Southwest United States. In 2010, I was awarded a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship to continue my research on North American turkey domestication at the University of Calgary. In 2012, I joined the BioArCh Centre at the University of York, UK as a Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellow (EU-IIF) where I applied ZooMS and ancient DNA analysis to questions of historic whale exploitation. I became a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of York in 2014 and led the ancient genetics group at BioArCh until 2018, when I joined the Department of Anthropology at UBC. 

I am a PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department and the lab technician for the Laboratory of Archaeology (LOA) at UBC. I have a BSc in Archaeology from the University of Aberdeen (UK) and a MSc in Bioarchaeology from the University of York (UK). While at York, I also worked as the lab tech intern for BioArCh, a center for archaeological science. As a biomolecular archeologist, I specialize in the analysis of ancient proteins. My PhD research employs shotgun proteomics to identify proteins in archeological pottery, contributing to interpretations of past practices of food processing, food production, and cuisine in Peru. I also instruct and work with students using Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS).

I am an M.Sc. student interested in the impacts of anthropogenic change on coastal marine ecosystems. My work at IOF uses environmental DNA (eDNA) and ancient DNA (aDNA) methodologies to examine harmful algal bloom (HAB) dynamics along the Pacific Northwest coast. For my thesis, I will be using aDNA from clamshell and sediment core archives as a proxy for past HAB events at a clam garden site in the traditional territory of the Gitga’at Nation.

My love of learning and sense of wonder at the natural world drive my research; sharing that sense of wonder with others gives me purpose. I completed my B.S. in Environmental Sciences in 2016 at Western Washington University. After graduating, I worked as an instructor and, later, an administrator at an environmental education center on the San Juan Islands. Prior to joining IOF, I worked most recently as the Coastal Science Research Technician for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, where I conducted research on the environmental drivers of nearshore planktonic community dynamics in the Salish Sea. Additional research interests include marine ecology, archaeology and anthropogenic change.

I am an M.A student in Anthropology with a research focus in biomolecular archaeology and zooarchaeology. I completed my BA (hons.) in Anthropology with a minor in anthropological archaeology at UBC. My thesis involved the application of ZooMS methodologies to develop a reference database for, and analyze the occurrence of, archaeologically underrepresented fish species. My M.A research seeks to build off my honour’s project and weave in my interests in human-animal-environment relations and Indigenous-centred archaeological research. Some additional interests of mine include palaeoecology, aDNA, and archaeology in and of the Anthropocene.

I am an MA student in anthropological archaeology, having completed my BSc in anthropology with a concentration in archaeological sciences at the University of Washington in 2023. My interests are in Indigenous archaeology, historical ecology, zooarchaeology, subsistence, and fisheries. My previous research experience includes identification and quantification of archaeological fish and marine mammals, and my future research will look to use ZooMS to identify salmon species from Vancouver’s lost streams in support of stream revival efforts by the Musqueam First Nation. In the past I have worked as an archaeological field technician in cultural resource management. 

I am a Master’s student in the Department of Anthropology at UBC working with ZooMS laboratory techniques to identify bone fragments of different animals. One of my projects involves looking at the transition of people’s behaviours from hunter-gatherer-forager towards increasing pastoralism in Southern Africa about two thousand years ago. I am also helping to build the UBC ZooMS reference collagen library of mammal species in North America through collaboration with the Biodiversity Museum at UBC. I have a background in biochemistry, human physiology and medicine.

I am a Master’s student in the Department of Anthropology with a focus on Pacific Northwest Coast archaeology. I completed my BA at the University of Victoria (UVIC) where I majored in Anthropology and English. After my undergraduate studies, I became involved with UVIC’s Historical Ecology and Coastal Archaeology Lab, participating in archaeological fieldwork in Pacific Rim National Park. I also have six years of professional archaeological experience; as a Northwest Coast Field Director, I am fortunate to have had opportunities to travel and work throughout coastal B.C. I am interested in applying biomolecular archaeological methods and data to explore and provide supporting evidence of the ways that Indigenous peoples have shaped and cared for coastal environments in B.C. for millennia. My MA research will utilize sedimentary DNA analysis to investigate anthropogenic soil deposits, through which I hope to reconstruct past human-environment interactions and evaluate ecosystem change through time. My other research interests include historical ecology, pedology, and forestry archaeology.

I am a fourth-year student studying anthropology and archaeology. My interests are in chemistry and zooarchaeology. I am currently working as a research assistant. 

I am a fourth-year Anthropology honours student with a minor in anthropological archaeology. I have been exploring both scholarly and CRM avenues of archaeology, learning every aspect of the field. I am interested in osteoarchaeology, ZooMS, and BC archaeology. 

Fabrício is a marine biologist from Brazil with a high interest in understanding the evolution of aquatic fauna. He has earned his Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil. He has a Master of Science from the Zoology Program at UFPB. Currently, Fabricio is a Ph.D. candidate in evolutionary life sciences at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and part of the SeaChanges Marie Curie Training Network. His work is focused on evolutionary genomics, zooarcheology, ecology, and conservation of large marine mammals. Together with the Adapt lab, Fabricio has been investigating the impacts of modern industrial whaling on baleen whales using aDNA techniques. 

Dr Moreiras Reynaga has training in anthropological archaeology and bioarchaeology, specializing in Mesoamerican studies. She obtained her BA in Anthropology (History minor) and her MA in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She received her PhD in Archaeology/Bioarchaeology from The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. She is currently a Research Associate and Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She serves as the Executive Director of the Canadian Latin American Archaeology Society (CLAAS) and as the Regional Coordinator for Mexico/Central America of the IsoArcH Association.

Dr. Moreiras Reynaga’s main research interests involve ancient Mesoamerican foodways and diets; geographic movement of pre-Columbian populations; Aztec society; Mesoamerican ritual practices, including human sacrifice; the use of animals in Mesoamerican ritual contexts; the origins and use of Theobroma cacao (chocolate) and maize by pre-Columbian peoples; childhood and children in archaeology; and the forensic application of stable isotopes.

Her MA research applied stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses to study the diets of pre-Columbian peoples in the Soconusco region (Chiapas, México and Guatemala) from the Late Archaic to Postclassic periods. Her PhD project applied stable carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope analyses to study dietary and geographic residential patterns of Aztecs at the residential site of Ecatepec and of Mexica (Aztec) human sacrifices recovered from the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan and the Templo R of Tlatelolco (Basin of Mexico) during the Late Postclassic period.

Dr. Moreiras Reynaga’s research methods include carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen stable isotope analyses of human and animal tissues. In her recent projects, in addition to stable isotopes, she is applying radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Pb) to expand on geographic information of human samples, ancient proteomics to expand our knowledge of Aztec diets, and collagen peptide mass fingerprinting (ZooMS) and ancient DNA analyses for the identification of exotic animal species from Aztec ritual contexts.

I finished my BA Honours in Anthropology with a minor in Archaeology at UBC in December 2024. I am beginning my MSc research in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University.  I am interested in the use of ZooMS and isotopes to study past migration, climate change, and human/animal relationships.

I completed my BA Honours in Anthropology with a minor in Archaeology at UBC in 2024. I was connected with the ADaPT team and lab through the UBC Indigenous Undergraduate Research Mentorship program.

I completed my BA (Hons.) in Anthropology at UBC in 2023 and worked as a worklearn research assistant. My thesis was directly related to my five-month fieldwork in Anyang, China, which allowed me to explore the animal materials used in a Chinese Bronze Age bone tool workshop. I completed my MSc in Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford in 2024 and am now conducting my PhD research at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 

I completed by BSc in Biochemistry at UBC in 2023 and completed my MSc in Bioarchaeology in 2024 at the University of York. I am interested in the co-evolution of humans and disease.

I began my MA under Dr. Aleksa Alaica in September 2024 with a research focus in biomolecular archaeology and zooarchaeology. 

I completed my BA (Hons.) in Anthropology with a minor in anthropological archaeology at UBC in 2023. Using ZooMS, my thesis involved expanding the reference database for whales and identifying whale species composition in the archaeological record within Tseshaht First Nation territories. 

I graduated with Honours in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, minoring in Anthropological Archaeology in 2019. My research project was looking at Cannabis and other Psychoactive drugs in Ancient Egypt, however, I am passionate about reconstructing past diets and understanding our relationship with the animals and plants that got us here.