Dr. Eduardo Herrera Malatesta
Eduardo Herrera Malatesta is a Venezuelan archaeologist specialising in Landscape research, regional surveys, and Geographical Information Systems. He studied anthropology with a specialisation in archaeology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela (BA) and Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (MA).
Dr. Cristian Gonzalez Rodriguez
Cristian González Rodríguez is a Chilean archaeologist and researcher specialising in Andean funerary architecture and ritual landscapes. Trained at the Universidad de Chile, with an MSc in computational archaeology and a PhD from the UCL Institute of Archaeology, his work focuses on chullpas and social organisation in the Andes. His research combines computational methods, digital innovation, and collaborative work with Indigenous communities across Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Dr. Pablo Mendez-Quiros Aranda
Pablo Mendez-Quiros Aranda is a Chilean archaeologist and academic currently based at the University of Chile, where he serves in the Department of Anthropology. His work sits broadly within Andean archaeology and landscape studies, with a strong focus on prehistoric populations, settlement dynamics and infrastructure in the Atacama Desert and surrounding regions.
Dr. Kornelius Kupczik
Kornelius Kupczik is a biologist and academic at university of Chile specialising in human evolution, palaeoanthropology, dental anthropology, and functional morphology. He trained at the University of Hamburg and obtained his PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology from the UCL Institute of Archaeology. His research focuses on the microevolutionary processes underlying dietary evolution in past and present human populations, combining the analysis of skeletal and dental remains with experimental and comparative approaches using animal models.
Dr. Adrián Oyaneder
Adrián Oyaneder is a Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at the Universidad de Tarapacá and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. Specializing in Andean archaeology, his work focuses on northern Chile, where he applies geomatics, remote sensing, and digital humanities to his research. He brings substantial fieldwork experience to his role and focuses heavily on collaborative projects alongside Indigenous and local communities throughout South America and internationally.