Welcome to my website! This is where I will post updates regarding my research and links to interesting events in the world of paleoanthropology and Pleistocene archaeology.
I am a paleoanthropologist and Paleolithic archaeologist, currently working in the Department of Anthropology at New York University. I was previously Group Leader at the University of Tübingen and Senior Researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie in Germany.
My research focuses on human dispersal and adaptation to environmental change in the semi-arid Eurasian steppe and on functional analysis of stone artifacts. I am currently developing an experimental use-wear research program, while at the same time leading a major survey and excavation field project in Kazakhstan. From 2010-2012, I led a different field project, in Romania.
This page lists current research, publications, and some press coverage of my work. You can also find this in .pdf format on my CV.