Charlotte Van den Driessche

Charlotte Van den Driessche serves as a Wiener Anspach Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research within the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, specializing in biological anthropology and human evolutionary studies.

Her research integrates evolutionary perspectives with clinical conditions through key focus areas:

• Human population biology and health dynamics
• Evolutionary roots of ADHD and psychiatric conditions
• Cognitive variability and neurodiversity frameworks
• Field methodology applications in biological anthropology

Notable recognition:

• Wiener Anspach Fellowship supporting her current research at Cambridge

She actively contributes to the Biological Anthropology subject group, investigating how evolutionary processes shape human health outcomes and neurological diversity through empirical field research.