I am interested in the use and development of computational methods and quantitative analysis in archaeology.  For my PhD, I have expored how dispersal of domesticated species related to their ecological niches, which were predicted using Species Distribution Models based on the present distributional data. My research drew on ecological niche theory, niche construction theory, cultural evolution and gene-culture co-evolutionary theory to interpret how the observed patterns could result from different pathways to niche construction and distributional expansion.

As part of the ‘BuckBee’ project, I have worked on the application of species palaeodistribution modelling in the study of buckwheat dispersal across Eurasia. I explored different statistical approaches with the goal of understanding how ecological, environmental and cultural factors could have constrained or promoted the spread of buckwheat following its domestication.

I have also been working on the development of web data retrieval workflows, and application of text mining methods, network analysis and Bayesian statistics, in digital heritage research involving the study of contemporary meanings of the past through social media data.