Postdoctoral Reseacher

I am a postdoctoral researcher working on Work Package 1 (Demographic Reconstruction). Building upon a background in applied mathematics, I specialise in developing custom Bayesian spatio-temporal models for archaeological applications – overcoming challenges in uncertainty quantification, uneven sampling, small datasets, poor quality legacy data, and multi-proxy integration. My work for FORAGER focuses on developing spatial models to reconstruct prehistoric demographic trajectories among hunter-gatherer societies to uncover key drivers of population dynamics and enabling inter-regional comparisons. 

I completed my PhD at University of Cambridge in 2026, where I designed a methodological framework to infer population arrival times from radiocarbon data while identifying environmental drivers behind dispersal variability. I used the model to understand early farming dispersal patterns in sub-Saharan Africa. I have also worked across other regional contexts, including developing spatial models to analyse occupation and abandonment patterns across Holocene Japan following the Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption.

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