Stephan Schiffels

Group

Stephan Schiffels - PI

• since 2020: W2 Research Group Leader at the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
• since 2015: Group leader at the MPI for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany.
• 2012-2015: Postdoctoral Fellow in the group of Richard Durbin at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.EMBO-Longterm Fellow from 2012 through 2014.
• 2008-2011: PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cologne, funded by the Deutsche Studienstiftung (German National Merit Foundation).

Dhananjaya Aththanayaka - Student assistant

• Since 2021: Student assistant working on data management.
• Since 2020: Student at Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Healt Informatics)

Selina Carlhoff - Postdoc

• Since 2023: Postdoc (ERC MICROSCOPE)
• 2018 - 2023: PhD Student at the MPI Jena/Leipzig under supervision of Prof. Dr. Johannes Krause, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cosimo Posth, and Dr. Kathrin Nägele "Human Archaeogenomics of Southeast Asia"
• 2014 - 2018 M.Sci. Marine Biology, University of Southampton, UK "A phylogenetic study of traits and character evolution in periwinkles (Gastropoda: Littorininae)"

Lei Huang - PhD student

• since 2022: PhD student at the MPI-EVA.
• 2019-2021: MSc in Bioinformatics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 2015-2019: BEng in Polymer Materials, Tsinghua University, China.

Laura Lacher - PhD student

• since 2020: PhD student at the MPI Jena
• 2018: Master of Science in Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Eberhardt-Karls University, Tuebingen. Supervised by Johannes Krause, Verena Schünemann and Joachim Wahl
• 2015: B.A. Archaeologie - Europa und vorderer Orient, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich

Thiseas Lamnidis - Postdoc

• since 2020: Postdoc at the MPI Leipzig
• since 2015: PhD student at the MPI Jena.
• 2013-2014: MSc in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Durham, UK.
• 2010-2013: BSc in Genetics, University of York, UK.

Angela Mötsch - Postdoc

• Since 2020: Postdoc (50%) ERC project MICROSCOPE
• Since 2018: Sample management and project organization at the Max Planck – Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM)
• 2015-2018: Postdoc in the BMBF-funded project “Meanings and Functions of Mediterranean Imports in Early Iron Age Central Europe“, Cultural Heritage Department of Baden-Württemberg (2015-2018)
• 2005-2010: Excavations and PhD (University of Kiel, subject: Archaeology) on the subject of the site of Mont Lassois, Burgundy, France.

Luka Papac - Postdoc

• Since 2023: Postdoc at the MPI Leipzig
• 2021-2022: Postdoc at the Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
• 2016-2020: PhD student at the MPI Jena, co-supervised by Wolfgang Haak
• 2014-2016: M.Phil in ancient DNA, University of Melbourne
• 2009-2012: BSc(Hons) in Genetics, University of Melbourne

Clemens Schmid - PhD student

• Since 2019: PhD student at the MPI Jena.
• 2015-2019: M.A. in Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology, University of Kiel
• 2011-2014 B.A. in Prehistory and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen

Affiliated researchers

Elina Salmela - Postdoc

• Since 2016: Affiliated Postdoc at the MPI Jena
• Since 2013: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki
• 2013: PhD at the University of Helsinki

Suzanne Freilich - Affiliated Postdoc

• Since 2022: Postdoc at MPI-EVA under supervision of Dr. Alissa Mittnik
• 2019-2022: Visiting PhD student in our group.
• PhD student at University of Vienna, Austria.

Alumni

Joscha Gretzinger - PhD student

• Since 2023: Postdoc at the MPI Leipzig
• 2018-2023: PhD student at the MPI Jena and Leipzig.
• 2016-2018: Master Student in Naturwissenschaftlicher Archaeologie, University of Tübingen, co-supervised byVerena Schünemann
• 2013-2016 B.A. in Prehistory and Archaeology of the Middle Ages, University of Tübingen

Ke Wang - Postdoc

• Since 2022: Faculty member at Fudan University, Shanghai
• 2020-2022: Postdoc at the MPI-EVA in Leipzig
• 2016-2020: PhD student at the MPI Jena
• 2015-2016: MSc in Genetics, University College London, UK
• 2011-2015: BSc Biotechnology, Shandong University, China

Ezgi Altınışık - Erasmus student

• September 2018 - February 2019: Visiting Erasmus student
• Since 2015: PhD student with Pavel Flegontov from Ostrava University, Czech Republic.

Martina Čížková - Erasmus student

• January-June 2019: Visiting Erasmus student.
• PhD student at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Rita Radzeviciute - Technical assistant

• 2021: continuing as lab supervisor at the MPI-EVA
• 2020-2021: Technical Assistant for the ERC project MICROSCOPE
• 2010-2012: MSc in Zoology, University of Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2006-2010: BSc in Biologie, University of Vilnius, Lithuania.

Tina Saupe - Undergraduate student

• since 2018: PhD student at the Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Estonia
• 2016-2018: MSc in Anthropoloy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
• 2012-2016: BSc in Biotechnology/Bioinformatics; University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany. Bachelor's thesis supervised at MPI-SHH, Jena, Germany
• 2014-2015: BSc in Applied Bioscience with Forensic Investigation, University of the West of Scotland, Hamilton Campus, United Kingdom

Margherita Vanni - Erasmus Student

• March - September 2021: Erasmus student at the MPI Jena
• 2018-2020: MSc Anthropological Sciences at University of Florence, Italy
• 2016-2018: BSc Natural Sciences at University of Florence, Italy