Her research focused on the study of dental microwear as an indicator of diet in farming groups from the Late Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula. During 2024–2025, she was a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH, Burgos, Spain), where she investigated the dietary behavior of Late Pleistocene primates from the Middle Awash region (Ethiopia). She is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), where she is developing a project focused on breastfeeding, weaning, and early-life dietary transitions in past human populations from the Iberian Peninsula through dental histology and isotope geochemistry. She has conducted archaeological fieldwork and research in Spain, France, Ireland, Ethiopia and Tanzania.

WEANED-AWAY PROJECT

Reconstructing Infant Development and Maternal Adaptations in Western Mediterranean Early Bronze Age through dental bioarchaeology

The well-being of mothers and children is crucial for societal success. Early Bronze Age groups provide valuable insights into human adaptability and resilience in the face of climate change and societal transformations. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the WEANED-AWAY project will investigate how Early Bronze Age populations in the Western Mediterranean adapted to environmental and social stressors from extreme climatic conditions and emerging societal complexities. Using high-resolution analyses of human teeth, the project will reconstruct the biological histories of individuals from infancy to adulthood, focusing on women and infants.