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Biography
Ceiridwen received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Genetics from the University of York in 1996, and an M.Sc. in Biomolecular Archaeology from the University of Sheffield in 1998. Her Ph.D., completed in 2002 at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, involved the study of genetic variation in domesticated cattle and wild aurochsen using ancient and modern DNA analyses. Between 1999 and 2008, she was solely responsible for the Bioarchaeology Laboratory at Trinity College Dublin.
She was a Researcher in Ancient DNA Studies at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, for six years (2009–2015), during which time she successfully applied for funding to set up an ancient DNA lab. She was appointed by the University of Huddersfield as a Senior Research Fellow in Archaeogenetics in June 2015.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Ancient DNA
- Archaeology
- Migration patterns
- Population genetics and conservation
- Animal domestication
- The nature of the Mesolithic/Neolithic subsistence change
- Phylogeography of European mammals
- Pre- and post-glacial mammals in the British Isles and (re)colonisation signatures
- The Romano-British to Anglo-Saxon transition
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Genetic and historical perspectives on the early medieval inhumations from the Menga dolmen, Antequera (Spain)
Silva, M., García Sanjuán, L., Fichera, A., Oteo-García, G., Foody, M. G. B., Fernández Rodríguez, L. E., Navarrete Pendón, V., Bennison, A. K., Pala, M., Soares, P., Reich, D., Edwards, C. J. & Richards, M. B., 1 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 69, 12 p., 105559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lasting Lower Rhine–Meuse forager ancestry shaped Bell Beaker expansion
Olalde, I., Altena, E., Bourgeois, Q., Fokkens, H., Amkreutz, L., Baetsen, S., Deguilloux, M.-F., Fichera, A., Flas, D., Gandini, F., Kegler, J. F., Kootker, L. M., van der Leije, J., Leijnse, K., van der Linde, C., Kooijmans, L. L., Lauwerier, R., Miller, R., Molthof, H. & Noiret, P. & 27 others, , 11 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient genomes reveal cosmopolitan ancestry and maternal kinship patterns at post-Roman Worth Matravers, Dorset
Foody, M. G. B., Dulias, K., Justeau, P., Ditchfield, P. W., Ladle, L., Gretzinger, J., Schiffels, S., Reich, D., Kenyon, R., Sayer, D., Richards, M. B., Pala, M. & Edwards, C. J., 1 Oct 2025, In: Antiquity. 99, 407, p. 1356-1371 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genomic evidence supports the "long chronology" for the peopling of Sahul
Gandini, F., Almeida, M., Foody, M. G. B., Nagle, N., Bergström, A., Olivieri, A., Rodrigues, S., Fichera, A., Oteo-Garcia, G., Torroni, A., Achilli, A., Pomat, W., Zainuddin, Z., Eng, K. K., Shoeib, T., Rito, T., Bulbeck, D., O'Connor, S., Bryk, J. & Pala, M. & 7 others, , 28 Nov 2025, In: Science advances. 11, 48, 17 p., eady9493.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Medieval genomes from eastern Iberia illuminate the role of Morisco mass deportations in dismantling a long-standing genetic bridge with North Africa
Oteo-Garcia, G., Silva, M., Foody, M. G. B., Yau, B., Fichera, A., Alapont, L., Justeau, P., Rodrigues, S., Monteiro, R., Gandini, F., Rovira Gomar, M. L., Ribera i Lacomba, A., Pascual Beneyto, J., Mattiangeli, V., Bradley, D. G., Edwards, C. J., Pala, M. & Richards, M. B., 1 Dec 2025, In: Genome Biology. 26, 1, 22 p., 108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ancient DNA Reveals Europe’s Last Hunter-Gatherers Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Expected
Reich, D., Fichera, A., Gandini, F., Pala, M., Richards, M. B., Edwards, C. & Stewart, J.
22/02/26
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The Origin of the Bell Beaker Culture That Transformed Europe Around 2500 BC Discovered
Reich, D., Pala, M., Richards, M., Edwards, C. & Stewart, J. R.
12/02/26
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Ancient DNA suggests hunter-gatherers in Europe's lowlands endured until 2500 BCE
Reich, D., Fichera, A., Gandini, F., Pala, M., Richards, M., Edwards, C. & Stewart, J. R.
11/02/26
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Hunter-gatherers northwestern Europe adopted farming from migrant women, study reveals
Stewart, J. R., Pala, M., Richards, M. & Edwards, C.
11/02/26
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DNA Show's Ireland's Ancient Brown Bears were Related to Polar Bears
15/05/17
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