Meet the DISPERSALS Team
Nuno Bicho
Principal Investigator
Professor Nuno Bicho received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas, in 1992. He is currently a Professor of Archaeology and the Vice-Rector for Science and Culture at the University of Algarve.
He is the Director of the PhD degree in Archaeology at University of Algarve and was the founder and, until recently, Director of ICArEHB (Interdisciplinary Center for Archeology and Human Behavior), and together with Shannon Mcpherron, developed and was one of the Editors-in-Chief of the recent Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (Springer-Nature Group),
He specializes in Paleolithic ecodynamics and his research focused on prehistoric costal hunter-gatherers of southern Iberia for the last three decades. More recently he has also developed research on the Mesolithic of the Tagus Valley and on the Stone Age of Mozambique and Sudan
Researchers
Alvise Barbieri
Geoarchaeology, Geophysics
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
abarbieri@ualg.pt
Ana Gomes
Chrysophyta cysts, diatoms
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
aisgomes@ualg.pt
Ainara Sistiaga
Biomarkers (lipids)
U. of Copenhagen
sistiaga@mit.edu
Célia Gonçalves
GIS, Survey, Spatial analyses
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
cmgoncalves@ualg.pt
Frederico Tátá
Cave systems
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
ftata@cultalg.gov.pt
Gina Buckley
Stable/Radiogenic Isotopes
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
gmbuckley@ualg.pt
Hugo Oliveira
Plant aDNA, ecology
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
hroliveira@ualg.pt
Jeffrey Rose
Modern human dispersals and desert adaptations
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
jirose@ualg.pt
João Cascalheira
Lithics, survey and excavation methods
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
jmcascalheira@ualg.pt
Jonathan Haws
Medium and large fauna
U. of Louisville/ICArEHB
jonathan.haws@louisville.edu
João Marreiros
Use-wear/residue analyses
U. do Algarve/ ICArEHB
jmmarreiros@ualg.pt
Li Li
Computer modeling and quantitative analysis
U. do Algarve/ ICArEHB
lli@ualg.pt
May Murungi
Phytolith Analysis
U. do Algarve/ ICArEHB
mmurungi@ualg.pt
Mike Benedetti
Fluvial and coastal qeomorphology + soils
U of North Carolina/ICArEHB
benedettim@uncw.edu
Mussa Raja
Sedimentary and geochemical analyses
U. Eduardo Mondlane/ICArEHB
mussa.raja@uem.mz
Ricardo Godinho
Bioanthropology
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
rmgodinho@ualg.pt
Rui Martiniano
Ancient Human DNA
Liverpool John Moores U.
R.D.LeitePortelaMartiniano@ljmu.ac.uk
Sara Rhodes
Microfauna
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
srhodes@ualg.pt
Students
Daniel Martins
Phytoliths analyses
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
dahmartins@ualg.pt
Elena Skosey-LaLonde
Coastal environment
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
etskoseylalonde@ualg.pt
Milton Chirindza
Paleoenvironment
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
Chirindza.milton@gmail.com
Osama Samawi
Lithic technologies
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
osamawi@ualg.pt
Roxane Matias
Charcoal, fire regimes
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
rvmatias@ualg.pt
Sarah Marie Foley
Isotopic analyses
U. of Algarve/ICArEHB
smfoley@ualg.pt