People - Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research

FACULTY

Dr. Courtney Hofman
Laboratory Co-Director
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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

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. 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

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. 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, Laboratory
Email: lmccall@ou.edu

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

Dr. Christina Warinner (on sabbatical)
Laboratory Co-Director
Presidential Research Professor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Adjunct Professor of Periodontics
Research Interests: Molecular Biology; Evolutionary Medicine; Ancient DNA; Paleodietary Reconstruction; Oral Microbiome
See also: OU Faculty Page, ResearchGate and Academia.edu
Office Phone: 405-325-2946; Email: christina.warinner@ou.edu

STAFF

John Boyd
IT Analyst
Email: john.k.boyd-1@ou.edu

Dr. Cara Monroe
Research Scientist
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

Nihan Dilsad Kilic
Research Fellow
Research Interests: Ancient DNA; Human-Animal Interactions; Population Genetics; Molecular Evolution; Phylogeography
See also: ResearchGate
Email: nihandd@ou.edu

Erica Palmer
Research Assistant
Email: erica.palmer@ou.edu

Elizabeth Young
Managerial Associate
Administration and Finance – Center for Microbial and Anthropological Sciences
See also: Office of the Vice President for Research
Phone: 405-213-8156
Email: elizabeth.s.young@ou.edu

STUDENTS

Rita Austin
PhD Student
Research Interests: Non-Human Primate Microbiomes; Comparative Skeletal Anatomy; Osteology
Email: rmaustin@ou.edu

Brittany Bingham
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Peopling of the Americas, and Primatology.
Email: brittany.l.bingham-1@ou.edu

Raven Blankenship
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Human Evolution
Email: Raven.L.Blankenship-1@ou.edu

Ryan Frome
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Ancient DNA; Human-Animal Interactions
Email: ryannf96@ou.edun

Jacob Haffner
Master’s Student
Research interests: Molecular anthropology; Paleopathology; Human microbiome; Epidemiology
Email: jacob.haffner@ou.edu

Dave Jacobson
PhD Student
Research Interests: Reproductive Microbiome; Evolutionary Medicine; Population Genetics; Public Health; Brazil
Email: dkjacobson@ou.edu

Marie Labonte
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Ancient DNA, Human Evolution
Email: mjlabonte@ou.edu

Joy Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Biomedical Science, Neuroscience, and Cell Biology
Email: joy.j.li-1@ou.edu

Justin Lund
PhD Student
Research Interests: Molecular Anthropology; Ancient DNA; Population Genetics; Peopling of the Americas
Email: justinlund@ou.edu

Allison Mann
PhD Student
Research Interests: Parasitism, bioinformatics, ancient DNA
Email: aemann01@ou.edu

Nisha Patel
PhD Student
Research Interests: Anaerobic Microbiology; Gut Microbiome; Chemotaxonomy; Characterization of Novel Organisms
See also: ResearchGate, LinkedIn
Email: npatel@ou.edu

Christine Woelfel-Monsivais
Master’s Student
Research Interests: Forensic Microbiology, Metagenomics, Decomposition Microbiome
Email: christinewm@ou.edu

Sterling Wright
Master’s Student
Research Interests: Microbiomes, Dental Calculus, Archaeogenetics, Bioarchaeology, Pathogenomics
Email: sterlingwright2016@ou.edu

RESEARCH AFFILIATES

Dr. Paul Lawson
Director, Center for Microbial Identification and Taxonomy
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
University of Oklahoma
Office Phone: 405-325-4426
Research Interests: Microbiology, Environmental Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Anaerobic Microbiology; Microbial taxonomy
See also: OU Faculty Page

Dr. Stephanie Schnorr
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Human Diet; Digestive and Metabolic Physiology; Subsistence Technology; Hunter-Gatherers; Brain Development; Host-Microbiome Relationship; Ancient DNA
See also: ResearchGate and Academia.edu
Email: stephanie.schnorr@kli.ac.at

Dr. Paul Spicer
Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Oklahoma
Office Phone: 405-325-9291
Research Interests: Anthropologies of Health and Human Development; Medical, Psychological, and Educational Anthropology; Alcoholism, Obesity, Genetics; Native North America
See also: OU Faculty Page

ALUMNI

Dr. Andrew Ozga
Alumnus (PhD)
Research Interests: Human Viromes; Population Genetics; Health of Indigenous Peoples; Ancient DNA; Human Microbiomes; Paleopathology

Dr. Lauren Cleeland
Alumna (PhD)
Research Interests: Prehistoric Parasitism; Southern Plains Archaeology; Ancient DNA; Prehistoric Diet; Lithic Analysis; Prehistoric Ecological Management

Richard Hagan
Alumnus (MA)
Research Interests: Anthropological Genetics; Human-Microbe Coevolution; Diet and Disease; Microorganisms in the Development of Human Food Technologies