Team

Professor of Archaeochemistry, Director of Archemy

Bioarchaeologist specialising in organic residue analysis and paleoproteomics, with special interest in ancient dietary and disease reconstructions.

Associate Professor of Archaeology, Research Fellow in Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Board Member

Bioarchaeologist focused on human osteology, dietary stable isotopes, and prehistoric mortuary practices, combining archaeological and biochemical methods. She also leads transdisciplinary initiatives and develops stable‑isotope research capacity.

Associate Professor of Archaeology, Board Member

Zooarchaeologist specializing in archaeological animal remains from Estonia, with a wide interest in both domestic and wild animals. Her main research focus is on domestic livestock and their population history, breed development, and connection to today’s autochthonous breeds.

Research Fellow in Archaeology, Board Member

Archeobotanist specializing in archaeological plant remains, working with macroremains and microremains (phytoliths, starch grains) and building reference collections.

Archemy Lab Technician

Analytical chemist specialized in organic residue analysis and ancient diet reconstruction. GC-MS technician skilled with multiple analytical techniques.

Research Fellow in Archaeology

A human osteologist specialized in paleopathology. Her expertise covers the analysis of archaeological and forensic human remains, particularly non-adults. She also conducts collagen extraction and stable isotope analyses to investigate diet, physiological stress, and infant feeding practices in past populations.

IRMS Lab Operator and Manager

Environmental technology specialist with extensive experience in isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), working with these systems since 2009. His work encompasses a wide range of analytical applications in geology, archaeology, environmental science, biology, and related disciplines. He is responsible for stable isotope measurements, laboratory management, and the maintenance and repair of IRMS instrumentation.

Lab Technician

Research Fellow in Archaeology and Complex Systems

Data Scientist

Research Fellow of Ancient DNA and Paleoproteomics

Microbiologist

Junior Research Fellow in Archaeology

Silvia-Kristiin’s research focuses on Estonian hunter-fisher-gatherer bone tools.

Archaeobotanist

Junior Research Fellow in Archaeology

Raivo is the lead author of Estonia’s bioavailable strontium baseline map and applies isotope analysis to study prehistoric mobility and societal dynamics.

Junior Research Fellow in Analytical Chemistry

Lola is focusing her research on organic residue analysis from ceramics.

Research Fellow in Archaeology

Al is a researcher with a focus on data analysis and computational methods. He has a particular interest in applying mathematical and statistical methods to humanities data.

Bioarchaeologist

Ülle focuses on studying past diets and environments using isotope analyses of human and animal skeletal remains.

Project Manager

Diana contributes to the team by performing day-to-day administrative tasks and helps with PR and social media.