Jason Gellis

Dr Jason Gellis is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research within the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Based at The Henry Wellcome Building on Fitzwilliam Street in Cambridge, he conducts interdisciplinary research bridging archaeology, anthropology, and computational methods.

His primary research domains include:

• Material Culture studies
• Human Population Biology and Health
• Human Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
• Human Evolution
• Artefact Analysis & Technology

Dr Gellis specializes in Hominin evolution, Lithic analysis, Machine learning applications in archaeological contexts, and Phenotypic diversity research. His geographical focus centers on Africa across periods spanning Palaeolithic/Mesolithic through Neolithic and historical eras. He contributes to the Human Evolutionary Studies research theme while maintaining dual affiliations with Archaeology and Biological Anthropology subjects.

His notable recognition includes:

• British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

As a Cambridge Data Champion, Dr Gellis promotes research data management best practices while conducting fieldwork and laboratory analysis within the Department's specialized facilities, particularly leveraging biomolecular archaeology resources at his Henry Wellcome Building base.