Courtesy and Adjunct

Current Listing of Personnel

Mary Adair

Curator
Archaeological Research Center
University of Kansas
email: madair@ku.edu
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kansas 1984
Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas:

Paleobotany, origins of agriculture, culture change; North America, Central Plains.

K. Christopher Beard

Foundation Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
University of Kansas
email:  chris.beard@ku.edu
Ph.D. The John Hopkins University School of Medicine 1990.

Research Areas:

Dr. Beard's research focuses on reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the order Primates and its major clades.  He is especially interested in documenting how changes in the Earth's physical environment have impacted the evolution of early primates and other mammals.

M. J. Mosher

Adjunct Lecturer Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University
email: mjmosher@aol.com
Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, University of Kansas 2002

Research Areas:

Biological anthropology, nutrigenetics, and genetic epidemiology. Research; Nutrition, lipids, immune system, and the effects of gene-by-environmental interaction on risk factors and disease susceptibility; Circumpolar populations (Siberia), Central Kansas Mennonites.

Sandra Olsen

Sr. Curator of Archaeology - Biodiversity Institute
University of Kansas
email: sandra.olsen@ku.edu
Ph.D., Archaeology; University of London, Institute of Archaeology 1984.
Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas:

Dr. Olsen is a zooarchaeologist who has focused much of her career on the investigation of horse domestication, directing excavations of Copper Age sites and doing research in Kazakhstan.  In recent years, she has turned to advanced imaging of petroglyphs in Saudi Arabia, with particular interest in the impact of climate change on the Arabian Peninsula.

Blair Schneider

Associate Researcher & Science Outreach Manager
PI, FAST Geophysics Research Program
University of Kansas
email:  blair.schneider@ku.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas Department of Geology, 2017.

Research Areas:

Dr. Schneider's research combines geophysics, geoarchaelogy, and historical research to solve archaeological and forensic investigations.  Dr. Schneider has worked at both pehistoric and historic archaeological sites across the continental United States.  She has also worked with local law enforcement to assist with the location of human remains or other types of evidence.