Biography

In 2011 I received my doctorate about the Early Upper Paleolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. I have been based at the University of the Witwatersrand since July 2012 as a Posdoctoral Researcher at the Evolutionary Studies Institute investigating the Howiesons Poort; and since January 2018 as Researcher, conducting research on Middle Stone Age lithic technology and field work. I have extensive experience in field work related to the Quaternary period, on both prospections surveys as well as excavations in Spain and South Africa. I have directed and published the excavation of El Palomar, Mwulu’s Cave and, the last two years I have directed prospection surveys and excavations (Marshill and Skilderkrans) in the Stormberg area, within my new project: Piedemonte. Currently I am Senior Researcher at the University of the Witwatersrand and Senior research Associate at the University of Cambridge. I am the Director of ACACIA Research Unit (Evolutionary Studies Institute).