Theodoros Papadopoulos

I am a research assistant at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, extracting biological material from ancient human remains.

I am a molecular biologist interested in applying computational analyses of ancient DNA and other biological material from ancient human remains to study human evolution and human history.

I am also an associate researcher at the Archaeogenetics Department of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Max Planck – Harvard Research Center for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM) in Leipzig, Germany, where I conducted my thesis research on the genomic dynamics of the ancient Aegean.

Lastly, I collaborate with the Palaeogenomics and Bioarchaeology Research Network (PalaeoBARN) at the University of Oxford, UK, studying the genomics and evolutionary history of various domestic and feral animals.

Background & Education

• BSc in L.A.S. (Molecular Biology and Chemistry), 2025, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Research interests

• Archaeogenetics
• Population Genetics
• Evolutionary Genomics
• Isotopic Analyses (C, N, O, S, Sr)
• Bioarchaeology
• Evolutionary Anthropology