Elena Skosey-Lalonde

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Program Entrance

2017

Advisor

Gideon Hartman and Christian Tryon

Research Interests

I am a Paleoclimate scientist and Iron Age Archaeologist working in Mozambique and East Africa. My research interests include using stable isotopes, molluscan biodiversity, organic geochemical biomarker analyses of lake cores, and archaeo-ethnohistorical archives to reconstruct climate. Currently my focus is on using these methods to reconstruct Holocene Indian Ocean Monsoon systems and to interpret how their intensification impacts coastal settlement and land use patterns in coastal sites in Mozambique.

About

Where are you/will you be conducting your research/fieldwork?

I conduct field work in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Kenya

What do you do in your downtime? Share something interesting about yourself!

I paint Azulejos and play the fiddle!