HOFMAN WORKING GROUP
Dr. Courtney Hofman
Laboratory Co-Director
President’s Associates Presidential Professor
Research Interests: Ancient DNA; Microbiomes; Historical Ecology; Mitogenomes; Human-Environment Interactions
See also: OU Faculty Page, ResearchGate and Academia.edu
Email: courtney.hofman@ou.edu
Karissa Hughes
Research Technician
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: karissa.s.hughes-1@ou.edu
Lilly Parker
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: lilly.parker@ou.edu
Shrushti Modi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: shrushti_m@ou.edu
Robin Singleton
PhD Student
Research Interests: Molecular and Conservation Anthropology
Email: rgsingleton@ou.edu
Isabella Cowan
Master’s Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: isabella.f.cowan-1@ou.edu
Sara Williams
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: sara.e.williams-1@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Sabrina Shirazi – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Kristen Rayfield – PhD Student
Rita Austin – PhD Student
Sterling Wright – Master’s Student
KEMP WORKING GROUP
Dr. Brian Kemp
Laboratory Co-Director
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests: Ancient DNA; Forensics; Population History; Human-Animal Interactions
See also: OU Faculty Page
Email: bmkemp@ou.edu
Golya Shahrokhi
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: golya.shahrokhi@ou.edu
Asha Mani
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: asmani@ou.edu
Elise Welch
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: elise.m.welch-1@ou.edu
Cassy Simpson
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: cassandra.i.simpson@ou.edu
Caitlin Beson
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: cmbeson@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Mary Faith Flores – Research Technician
Brittany Bingham – Undergraduate Student
Ryan Frome – Undergraduate Student
Marie Labonte – Undergraduate Student
LEWIS WORKING GROUP
Dr. Cecil M. Lewis, Jr.
Laboratory Co-Director
Presidential Research Professor, Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests: Ancient DNA; Human Microbiome; Population Genetics; Disease-Associated Genetic Variation;
See also: OU Faculty Page, ResearchGate
Office Phone: 405-325-3415; Email: cmlewis@ou.edu
Dr. Tanvi Honap
Assistant Research Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests: Pathogen Evolution; Zoonotic Diseases; Ancient DNA; Microbiomes; Bioinformatics
See also: ResearchGate, LinkedIn
Email: tanvi.honap@ou.edu
Dr. Hande Acar
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Co-advised by Dr. Krithi Sankaranarayanan
Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance
Email: hkirit@ou.edu
Justin Lund
PhD Student
Research Interests: Molecular Anthropology; Ancient DNA; Population Genetics; Peopling of the Americas
Email: justinlund@ou.edu
Jacob Haffner
PhD Student
Research interests: Molecular Anthropology; Metabolomics; Paleopathology; Human Microbiome; Epidemiology
Email: jacob.haffner@ou.edu
Sarah Johnson
PhD Student
Research Interests: Bioinformatics; Paleopathology; Antimicrobial Resistance
Email: sarahjjohnson@ou.edu
Horvey Palacios
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: horvey.palacios@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Dave Jacobson – PhD Student
Abigail Gamble – Master’s Student
Allison Mann – PhD Student
Andrew Ozga – PhD Student
Lauren Cleeland – PhD Student
Alexandra Obregon-Tito – PhD Student
MCCALL WORKING GROUP
Dr. Laura-Isobel McCall
Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Interests: Host-Parasite Interactions; Microbial Disease Pathogenesis; Microbiome and Disease Susceptibility; Disease Tropism; Metabolomics; Mass Spectrometry; Chemical Cartography
See also: OU Faculty Page, ResearchGate
Email: lmccall@ou.edu
Danya Dean
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: danya.dean@ou.edu
Zongyuan Liu
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: zongyuanliu@ou.edu
Rebecca Ulrich von Bargen
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: ru@ou.edu
Morgan Harris
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: morgan.b.harris-1@ou.edu
Kate Wheeler
Undergraduate Student
Research Interests: Coming Soon
Email: kate.f.wheeler-1@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Adwaita Parab – PhD Student
Chaoyi Wu – PhD Student
Shelley Kane – Research Technician
Mitchelle Katemauswa – Undergraduate Student
Ekram Hossain – Postdoctoral Research Associate
Karina Flores – Undergraduate Student
Fnu Gautham – Undergraduate Student
Danyang Li – Undergraduate Student
MONROE WORKING GROUP
Dr. Cara Monroe
Research Associate
Research Interests: North American Archaeology; Ancient DNA; Forensic DNA; Population Genetics; Cultural Response to Environmental and Social Change
See also: Academia.edu
Email: monroecara@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Upuli DeSilva – Undergraduate Student
Joy Li – Undergraduate Student
SANKARANARAYANAN WORKING GROUP
Dr. Krithi Sankaranarayanan
Laboratory Co-Director
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Research Interests: Microbial Ecology; Biogeography, Evolution, and Phylogenetics; Microbiome Informatics; Microbiome-Host Interactions; Ancient DNA; Evolution in Hypersaline Ecosystems
See also: OU Faculty Page, ResearchGate, Laboratory
Email: ksankar@ou.edu
Samuel Miller
PhD Student
Research Interests: Human microbiome; Microbial Ecology; metagenomics, food microbiology; cave microbiology; white nose syndrome; anaerobes
Email: sammiller@ou.edu
ALUMNI
Nisha Patel – PhD Student
Christine Woelfel-Monsivais – Master’s Student
Nisha Patel – PhD Student
Jaycie Thaemert – Undergraduate Student
Manny Donkor – Undergraduate Student
VISITING SCHOLARS
Janet C. Buckner
Visiting Postdoc
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Iowa State University
Hannah Wellman
Visiting PhD Student
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
LaShanda Williams
Visiting PhD Student
Department of Evology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers University
Joel Olvera
Graduate Student
Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
Brandon Postoak
Medical Student
Oklahoma State University Medical School
Alannah Templeton
Undergraduate Student
Oklahoma State University
STAFF
Dr. Chris Abin
Laboratory Manager
Email: cabin@ou.edu
RESEARCH AFFILIATES
Dr. Christina Warinner
Group Leader of Microbiome Sciences
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Dr. Paul Lawson
Professor of Microbiology
University of Oklahoma
Dr. Paul Spicer
Professor of Anthropology
University of Oklahoma
Dr. Stephanie Schnorr
Postdoctoral Fellow
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research