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Research Staff<\/h3>\n

Ashley Sharpe (website<\/a>)
\nNicole Smith-Guzm\u00e1n (website<\/a>)
\nDolores Piperno (Emerita) (website<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For our friends and collaborators in Cultural Anthropology and Paleontology, see:
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Ana Spalding (website<\/a>) – Cultural Anthropology\/Fisheries\/Sustainability
\nAnastasia Quintana (website<\/a>) – Fisheries Anthropology\/Sustainability
\nFernando Santos-Granero – Cultural Anthropology, emeritus
\nStanley Heckadon-Moreno – Cultural Anthropology\/History, emeritus
\nCarlos Jaramillo (website<\/a>) – Paleontology
\nAaron O’Dea (website<\/a>) – Paleontology<\/p>\n

Former research staff:
\n<\/em>Richard Cooke (STRI researcher 1983-2023)
\nOlga Linares (STRI researcher 1973-2008, emeritus 2008-2014)<\/p>\n

Laboratory Staff<\/h3>\n

Irene Holst (archaeobotany)
\nM\u00e1ximo Jim\u00e9nez (zooarchaeology)
\nAlexandra Lara Kraudy (archaeology collections)
\nYariani Rocca (archaeology collections)
\nAureliano Valencia (archaeology collections)<\/p>\n

Research Fellows, Interns, and Volunteers<\/h3>\n

Mar\u00eda Paula Weihm\u00fcller (Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-2027)
\nKatherinne Guerra (Predoctoral Fellowship, 2026)
\nSergio Castro (CIHAC-AIP Fellow, 2025-2026)
\nJames Chaves (Short-term Fellowship, 2026)
\nLuis Oyalbis (Internship, 2026)
\nDiego L\u00f3pez (Internship, 2026)
\nEmma O’Connor (Internship, 2026)
\nAna Ure\u00f1a (Volunteer, 2026)<\/p>\n

Research Associates<\/h3>\n

Brendan Barrett (Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior) – Website<\/a>
\nAdam Berrey (Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento) – Website<\/a>
\nDiana Carvajal (Research-Professor, Universidad Externado and Coiba-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nIlean Isaza (Archaeologist, Coiba-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nMarixa Lasso (Historian, CIHAC-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nJuan Guillermo Mart\u00edn Rinc\u00f3n (Archaeologist, Director of CIHAC-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nTom\u00e1s Mendiz\u00e1bal (Archaeologist, CIHAC-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nSamuel Robles (Ethnomusicologist, CIHAC-AIP) – Website<\/a>
\nAnthony Ranere (Professor Emeritus, Temple University) – Website<\/a>
\nJulia Vel\u00e1squez Runk (Professor, Wake Forest University) – Website<\/a>
\nThomas Wake (Assistant Professor, University of California Los Angeles) – Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Alumni<\/h3>\n

(We have a lot of alumni! If you see someone missing, contact Ashley at SharpeAE@si.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Raiza Erlenbaugh 2023-2026 Collections Assistant
\nYariani Rocca 2025-2026 Internship
\nMariana Fern\u00e1ndez 2025 Internship
\nEmma O’Connor 2025 Volunteer
\nYahaira N\u00fa\u00f1ez Cort\u00e9s 2023-2025 Tupper Postdoctoral Fellowship
\nAmileth Quintana 2025 Collections Assistant
\nDiego L\u00f3pez 2025 Volunteer
\nVeronica Pace 2024 – 2025 CIHAC Fellowship
\nSiany Alfaro 2025 Fellowship
\nMelany Tumbaco 2025 Internship
\nErin Kennelly 2025 Volunteer
\nAntonio Osborne 2025 Volunteer
\nCarlos Vega 2025 Volunteer
\nKatherinne Guerra 2025 Volunteer\/Visiting Research
\nAmalie Hipp 2025 Volunteer\/Visiting Research
\nKevin Cabrera 2025 Volunteer\/Visiting Research
\nAbigail Abrego 2025 Fellowship
\nAna Ure\u00f1a 2024 Internship
\nMystella Pastor 2024 Internship
\nLuis Oyalbis 2024 Internship
\nJonathan Cybulski 2022-2024 Tupper Postdoctoral Fellowship
\nSiany Alfaro 2024 Internship
\nLuis Barrios 2024 Fellowship
\nGabriel D\u00edaz 2024 Internship
\nCarly Pope 2023-2024 Fulbright\/STRI Fellowship
\nArturo Garc\u00eda de Le\u00f3n 2024 Fellowship
\nBenoit Desjardins 2024 Fellowship
\nJames Chaves 2023-2024 Internship
\nKorayma Rodr\u00edguez 2024 Internship
\nChristopher Mayo 2024 Internship
\nVeronica Pace 2023-2024 CIHAC\/STRI Fellowship
\nMichelle Del Carmen Candanedo Mendoza 2024 Volunteer
\nGabriel D\u00edaz 2023-2024 Volunteer
\nMayo (“Nina”) Hirai 2023 Internship
\nLuis Oyalbis 2023 Volunteer
\nNuria Romero Vidal 2023 Fellowship
\nMaria Chapman 2023 Internship
\nAbdiel Gonz\u00e1lez 2023 Volunteer
\nMisael Hern\u00e1ndez 2023 Volunteer
\nVeronica Pace 2023 Internship
\nRaiza Erlenbaugh 2023 Fellowship
\nSergio Castro 2023 Internship
\nAngelina Delgado 2023 Volunteer
\nLuis Barrios 2022 Internship
\nJeny Smid 2022 Internship and Fellowship
\nFernando Romero 2022 Internship
\nYadixa Mayin Del Valle 2022 SENACYT Fellow
\nIan Roa 2022 Fellowship
\nMar\u00eda Paula Weihm\u00fcller 2022 Internship
\nJessica MacLellan 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nStephanie Berger 2019 Predoctoral Fellow
\nVeronica Pace 2019 Volunteer and Internship
\nSusan Monge 2019 Internship
\nVanessa S\u00e1nchez 2019 Fellowship
\nJeison Chaparro-Cardenas 2018 Fellowship
\nMallory Cox 2018 Fellowship
\nJemima Georges 2018 Fellowship
\nLuisa Aebersold 2017 Internship
\nWilmer Elvir 2017 Fellowship
\nIosvany Hernandez Mora 2017 Predoctoral Fellow
\nJuan Martin 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nRebecca Mendelsohn 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nYadixa Del Valle 2016 Internship
\nLaura Dickinson Schell 2016 Internship
\nFumie Iizuka 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nVanessa S\u00e1nchez 2016 Internship
\nNicole Smith-Guzm\u00e1n 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nCatalina Matamala 2015 Internship
\nCarlos Avenda\u00f1o 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nMaria Fernanda Martinez 2014 Predoctoral Fellow
\nSebastien Pourcelot 2014 Internship
\nJonathan Gonzalez 2013 Internship
\nMargaret Meagher 2013 Internship
\nKelsey Witt 2013 Predoctoral Fellow
\nKatherine MacDonald 2012 Internship
\nBenjamin Carter 2010 Fellowship
\nDiego Garrido 2010 Internship
\nJavier Garrido 2010 Internship
\nCarlos Mayo 2010 Predoctoral Fellow
\nJulia Mayo 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nStephanie Simms 2010 Fellowship
\nAimee Huard 2009 Fellowship
\nYahaira Nu\u00f1ez Cort\u00e9s 2009 Fellowship
\nYahaira Nu\u00f1ez Cort\u00e9s 2009 Internship
\nWhitney Oliver 2009 Internship
\nMaria Laura Saenz 2009 Fellowship
\nYadixa Del Valle 2008 Internship
\nFumie Iizuka 2008 Predoctoral Fellow
\nMaria Fernanda Martinez 2008 Internship
\nJanine Pliska 2008 Fellowship
\nAna K. Celis 2007 Fellowship
\nIlean Isaza 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nAlexandra Lara 2007 Internship
\nMarco Pitti 2007 Internship
\nJacqueline Sanchez 2007 Internship
\nLizbeth Valencia 2007 Internship
\nDiana Carvajal 2006 Predoctoral Fellow
\nFumie Iizuka 2006 Internship
\nDiana Carvajal 2005 Fellowship
\nJohn Griggs 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nJulia Mayo 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nJulia Mayo 2004 Fellowship
\nGeorges Pearson 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nClaudia D\u00edaz 2003 Internship
\nJos\u00e9 Iriarte 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nRuth Dickau 2002 Predoctoral Fellow
\nClaudia Rumold 2002 Internship
\nRuth Dickau 2001 Fellowship
\nJos\u00e9 Iriarte 2001 Predoctoral Fellow
\nIlean Isaza 2001 Predoctoral Fellow
\nMatthew Lachniet 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nHunter Maats 2001 Internship
\nJulia Mayo 2001 Internship
\nGeorges Pearson 2001 Predoctoral Fellow
\nJulynda Bohlman 2000 Internship
\nDiana Carvajal 2000 Internship
\nJason Hall 2000 Internship
\nGeorges Pearson 2000 Fellowship
\nErik Rivera 2000 Internship
\nTanya Peres 1999 Fellowship
\nBenoit Desjardins 1998 Fellowship
\nMichael Faught 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nJohn Griggs 1998 Predoctoral Fellow
\nJulio Mercader 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nOris Sanjur 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nClaudia D\u00edaz 1997 Fellowship
\nQinhua Jiang 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nDiana Carvajal 1996 Fellowship
\nZhijun Zhao 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nSimon Haberle 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nIrit Zohart 1994 Fellowship
\nJohn Griggs 1993 Fellowship
\nIlean Isaza 1993 Internship
\nMarixa Lasso 1993 Internship
\nAdri\u00e1n Badilla 1992 Internship
\nOriana Batista 1992 Internship
\nCarlos Fitzgerald 1992 Predoctoral Fellow
\nConnie Kolman (Mulligan) 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nKatherine Myint-Hpu 1992 Internship
\nLuis Alberto S\u00e1nchez Herrera 1992 Fellowship
\nMark Bush 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nWendy Carlton 1991 Internship
\nJohn Jones 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nLisa Kealhofer 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nConnie Kolman (Mulligan) 1991 Fellowship
\nThomas Aide 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nMaritza Gutierrez 1990 Internship
\nAmelia S\u00e1nchez 1990 Internship
\nCarlos Fitzgerald 1989 Fellowship
\nGiselle Mora 1989 Internship
\nEwa Nowacka- Chiari 1989 Internship
\nCharlton Carscallen 1987 Fellowship
\nMonique Giausserand 1987 Fellowship
\nJesus Alemancia 1986 Internship
\nMarie- Dominique Irvine 1986 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nVeselin Mi\u0161kovi\u0107 1986 Fellowship
\nGonzalo Tapia 1986 Internship
\nVictor Acu\u00f1a 1985 Internship
\nNidia Aguirre 1985 Internship
\nRoger Septimo 1985 Internship
\nPatricia Hansell 1984 Fellowship
\nWilson Valerio 1984 Fellowship
\nDolores Piperno 1983 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nDaniel Suman 1983 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nBeatriz De Pacheco 1981 Internship
\nDavid Meltzer 1981 Predoctoral Fellow
\nBeatriz Rovira 1981 Internship
\nCarlos Brandaris 1979 Internship
\nMilton Collazos 1979 Internship
\nStephen Graff 1979 Internship
\nEdgardo Mu\u00f1oz 1979 Internship
\nDolores Piperno 1979 Internship
\nJulio Tejada 1979 Internship
\nCatherine Shelton 1975 Fellowship
\nRichard White 1975 Fellowship
\nRichard Cooke 1974 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nAnthony Ranere 1972 Postdoctoral Fellow
\nPatricia Hansell 1970 Internship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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