Dr. Matthew Jobin
"Genetics, History and Prehistory: What our Biological Selves can tell us about the Past"
"Genetics, History and Prehistory: What our Biological Selves can tell us about the Past"
Dr. Jobin will be joining our Stanford AIA Chapter on Friday,February 12 at 8:00pm, Packard Building, Room 101
Reception to follow. Lecture is free and open to the public.
Dr. Jobin is a lecturer at Santa Clara University in the Department of Anthropology and holds a Ph.D. in Anthropological Sciences from Stanford University. His work has integrated computational and laboratory methods in order to provide statistical pictures of human prehistory. He has a background in anthropology, genetics and organismal biology. His recent work has been focused on novel approaches for investigating the parameters of prehistoric human life, including the comparison of alternate models of ancient human migration and estimation of the size of prehistoric populations.
For more information on Dr. Jobin:
CV: https://www.scu.edu/media/college-of-arts-and-sciences/anthropology/jobin-cv-spring-2012.pdf
"Mirror, mirror on the Wall, am I part Neanderthal?" from Dr. Jobin's blog
For Fantasy fan, Dr. Jobin has also written a Fantasy Epic Novel: