# Christina Warinner Landon T. Clay Professor of Scientific Archaeology Group Leader of Microbiome Sciences, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History ![WARINNER](/sites/g/files/omnuum5006/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-02/WARINNER.png?h=cc61ed71&itok=jx5udepz) email I earned my Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University in 2010 (and served as a resident tutor in Lowell House) and received postdoctoral training in genomics and proteomics at the University of Zurich and the University of Oklahoma. In 2014, I was appointed Assistant Professor of Anthropology and was awarded a Presidential Research Professorship at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In 2016 I was made Group Leader of Microbiome Sciences at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH), and promoted to University Professor in the Faculty of Biological Sciences at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. Since 2019, I've been an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and the Sally Starling Seaver Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute. I specialize in biomolecular archaeology, with an emphasis on reconstructing the prehistory of human foods and the evolution of the microbiome. In addition to research, I'm actively engaged in public outreach and created the Adventures in Archaeological Science coloring book, now available in thirty languages, including many indigenous and underrepresented languages. - ## Interests [Anthropology](/interests/anthropology) - ## Role [Senior Common Room](/role/senior-common-room) [Faculty](/role/faculty)