Jana Storsberg
Main Focus
My research centers on reconstructing human life
history through the study of teeth. Teeth, and especially dental enamel, hold a
wealth of information about an individual's life. In past projects, I have explored human and
Neanderthal dental wear facets, tooth enamel microstructure, and reconstructed the weaning period of a medieval population.
I am currently working on a project funded by the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). This project focuses on analyzing
amino acids and nitrogen isotopes isolated from dental enamel to gain deeper
insights into paleodiets of early hominins and the reconstruction of paleo food
webs.
Curriculum Vitae
2024 – Present |
Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Emmy Noether Group for Hominin Meat Consumption, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz |
2020 – 2023 |
Dr. rer. nat. in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen Thesis:“Morphology and Ultrastructure of Teeth: From the Middle Ages to Today”, Magna cum laude |
2018 – 2020 |
M.Sc. Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Thesis:“Comparative Microstructure of Cercopithecoid Dental Enamel” in cooperation with the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt a.M. |
2015 – 2018 |
B.Sc. Biological Sciences at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M. Thesis:“Comparison of dental wear facets and reconstruction of the occlusion of Qafzeh 9 (Homo sapiens) and Le Moustier 1 (Homo neanderthalensis)” in cooperation with the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt a.M. |