
WHO WE ARE
MEET OUR TEAM
Co-PIs

Keith Prufer
Project Director, UNM Anthropology and Center for Stable Isotopes

Doug Kennett
Co-PI, UCSB Environmental Anthropology

Emily Moes
Co-PI, UT San Antonio Anthropology, Bioarchaeology and Osteology

Mark Robinson
Co-PI, University of Exeter, Archaeology and Paleoecology

Amy Thompson
Co-PI Assistant Professor, UT Austin, Archaeology
Our Team

Nadia Neff
PhD Candidate, UNM, Bioarchaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis

Erin Ray
PhD Candidate, UNM, Biogeochemistry, Isotope Analysis

Monica Warner
Graduate Student, UNM, Bioarchaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis

Paige Lynch
PhD Candidate, UNM, Foresnsic Anthropology, Stable Isotope Analysis

Lexi O'Donnell
Assistant Professor, UNM School of Public Health, Biological Anthropology and Osteology

Saige Young
Undergraduate, UNM, Bioarchaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis

Esteban Rangel
Graduate Student, UNM, Bioarchaeology, Mortuary Archaeology

Alex Tierney
Former student and current lab technician, Bioarchaeology, Stable Isotope Analysis

James Chaves
Graduate Student, UNM, Archaeology and Stable Isotope Analysis

Brandon Stranger
Undergraduate, UNM, Biological Anthropology

Willa Trask
POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Forensic Anthropologist
Collaborators

Osbjorn Pearson
Professor, UNM, Osteology and Biomechanics

Heather Edgar
Professor, UNM, Bioarchaeology and Forensics

Anna Novotny
Professor, Texas Tech University, Bioarchaeology

Heather Thakar
Professor, Texas A&M Paleobotany and Stable Isotope Analysis
Belizean Collaborators

Oligario Sho
Santa Cruz Village

Silvestre Rash
Hicattee Village

Jose Mes
Santa Cruz Village
OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
At ROOTS, we believe in the power of collaboration and synergy. Our partnerships with include research institutions, academic organizations, and conservation entities. Working together allows usto amplify the impact of our work and extend the frontiers of research and conservation .





