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Dr. Alexis Dolphin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Waterloo, with expertise in dental anthropology, bioarchaeology, and paleopollution. She directs the Ancient and Contemporary Environmental Bioindicators Laboratory (ACEBioLab), focusing on reconstructing maternal and infant health, human mobility, and environmental stressors through chemical and histological analyses of teeth and bones. Her fieldwork includes co-directing excavations at the Wadi Faynan 100 cemetery in Jordan and collaborative projects in Norway.
- PhD in Anthropology, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (2006)
- SSHRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Western University
Her research integrates microspatial chemical analyses (LA-ICP-MS, synchrotron XRF) with critical biocultural frameworks to explore embodiment, inequality, and human-environment interactions across time. Recent publications emphasize paleopollution, isotopic mobility studies, and maternal health biomarkers.
Scientific awards include a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, Canadian Foundation for Innovation grants, and MoBaTann-sponsored Guest Researcher appointments. She supervises graduate research in dental anthropology, trace element analysis, and maternal-infant health, supported by diverse skeletal collections from Jordan, Sudan, France, and Norway.
