Meet the TEAL Team (2025-26)
Principal Investigator
Professor & Canada Research Chair
Dr. Paul Szpak
Ph.D. Western University, 2013
B.A. McMaster University, 2007
Research Scientist & Business Manager
Trent Water Quality Centre
Dr. Matt Teeter
Ph.D. Western University, 2017
M.A. Western University, 2010
B.Sc. Laurentian University, 2005
Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program (2016-)
Kate Dougherty
M.A. Western University, 2003
B.Sc. Trent University, 2000
Project: Organic Residues in Middle to Early-Late Woodland Ceramics in the Kawartha Lakes Region.
Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program (2020-)
Jennifer Routledge
M.A. Trent University, 2020
B.Sc. Trent University, 2018
Project: Sulfur Isotope Variability in Arctic Ecosystems & Quality Control for Ancient Bone Samples
Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program (2022-)
Alex Derian
M.A. Simon Fraser University, 2022
B.A. Simon Fraser University, 2020
Project: Historical and Palaeoecology of Arctic Fox
Visiting Ph.D. Student in Residence, Anthropology Graduate Program, University of Toronto (2023-)
Moses Oluwaseyi Akogun
B.Sc. University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2021
Project: Human-Animal Interactions on the Eastern Mongolian Steppe
Ph.D. Student, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program (2024-)
Nuri Aydemir
M.A. Ankara University, 2022
B.A. Ankara University, 2019
Project: Mercury Isotopes in Bioarchaeology: Developing Analytical Methods and Assessing Diagenesis in Bone for Reconstructing Palaeodiet, Cultural Practices, and Environmental Exposure
Ph.D. Student, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program (2024-)
Dorothy Mawuena Buatsi
M.Sc. Erasmus Mundus Scholar (Archaeological Materials Science), University of Evora, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Sapienza University of Rome, 2023
B.A. University of Ghana, 2020
Project: Stable isotope ecology of South American camelids from northern Peru
M.Sc. Student, Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program, 2023-
Hazel McMillan
B.Sc. Trent University, 2023
Project: A Long Term Perspective on High Trophic Level Prey Consumption by Atlantic Walrus
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2023-
Janelle Pridoehl
B.Sc. Trent University, 2024
Project: Exploring the Geographic Origins of Camelid Fibre Textiles from Northern Peru using Sulfur Isotopes
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2023-
Dawn Bari
B.Sc. Trent University, 2024
Project: Exploring the Residential Mobility at the 19th century Cemetery of Saint Louis, Quebec City
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2025-
Ash Buchanan
B.A. Idaho State University, 2025
Project: Stable Isotopes, Decomposition, and Fly Larvae
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2025-
Katherine Dolan
B.Sc. University of Toronto, 2025
Project: Determining Carbon Isotopic Compositions of Bioapatite using an alternative EA-IRMS Method
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2025-
Caroline Meyer
B.Sc. University of Calgary, 2025
Project: Agricultural Intensification at Pueblo de Tarapaca: An Isotopic Study of Macrobotanical Remains
M.Sc. Student, Anthropology Graduate Program, 2025-
Amy Thompson
B.A. University of British Columbia, 2025
Project: Constructing a Sulfur Isoscape for Sardinia
B.Sc. Student, Anthropology/Chemistry, 2025-
Em Diemer
B.Sc. Trent University, 2026 (Anticipated)
Project: Sex Determination Using Amelogenin
B.Sc. Student, Archaeology, 2025-
Enya Schroeder
B.Sc. Trent University, 2026 (Expected)
Project: Assisting with many different lab projects
Post-dog-toral Fellow, 2017-
Joy
School of Hard Knocks, Streets of Istanbul
Project: Bone processing for methodological studies