I am an archaeologist and paleoethnobotanist who specializes in the historical ecology of North America and eastern Africa. By integrating morphometric, molecular, ecological, and experimental data, I study the domestication of plants and the subsequent evolution of agrobiodiversity throughout the Holocene. My research also concerns the reintegration or conservation of traditional crops, agricultural techniques, and land care practices in contemporary societies.

I am currently an assistant professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis: Washu wesbite.