Co-director biographical sketches
Christian A. Tryon, project archaeologist, is an Assistant Professor in the Archaeology Program of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. He continues to work on field projects at other Pleistocene archaeological sites in Kenya, Tanzania, Turkey, and France. More information about his research can be found here.
Daniel Peppe, project geologist, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at Baylor University. His research focuseson integrating palaeoclimatology, geology, paleobotany and paleomagnetism to reconstruct Cenozoic climates and palaeoenvironments. He conducts his research primarily in East Africa and North America. More information about his research can be found here.
J. Tyler Faith, project zooarchaeologist, is a UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Queensland. His research concerns the dynamic relationships between Quaternary climate change, faunal communities, and human behavior and evolution. More information about his work can be found here.
David Fox is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the
University of Minnesota. His research focuses on isotopic, stratigraphic and phylogenetic
analyses in palaeoecology, applied particularly to Miocene-Pleistocene field sites in North
America, Asia and Africa. More information about his work can be found here.
University of Minnesota. His research focuses on isotopic, stratigraphic and phylogenetic
analyses in palaeoecology, applied particularly to Miocene-Pleistocene field sites in North
America, Asia and Africa. More information about his work can be found here.
Chief collaborators
Kieran McNulty, Hominin paleontology, University of Minnesota
Cara Roure Johnson, Geoarchaeology, University of Connecticut
Steve Driese, Paleopedology, Baylor University
Alan Deino, Geochronology, Berkeley Geochronology Center
Zenobia Jacobs, Geochronology, University of Wollongong
Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Geochronology, Southern Cross Geoscience
William F. Keegan, Historical Geography, Heritage Consultants
Graduate student researchers
Alexander Van Plantinga, Baylor University
Emily Beverly, Baylor University
Sheila Nightingale, City University of New York
Kirsten Jenkins, University of Minnesota
Nicole Garrett, University of Minnesota
Shikma Zaarur, Yale University
David Patterson, George Washington University
Nick Blegen, University of Connecticut
Kieran McNulty, Hominin paleontology, University of Minnesota
Cara Roure Johnson, Geoarchaeology, University of Connecticut
Steve Driese, Paleopedology, Baylor University
Alan Deino, Geochronology, Berkeley Geochronology Center
Zenobia Jacobs, Geochronology, University of Wollongong
Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Geochronology, Southern Cross Geoscience
William F. Keegan, Historical Geography, Heritage Consultants
Graduate student researchers
Alexander Van Plantinga, Baylor University
Emily Beverly, Baylor University
Sheila Nightingale, City University of New York
Kirsten Jenkins, University of Minnesota
Nicole Garrett, University of Minnesota
Shikma Zaarur, Yale University
David Patterson, George Washington University
Nick Blegen, University of Connecticut