Jana Storsberg

Lüdecke Group
+4961313056610
B.1.41

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.

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