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Frido Welker is an Associate Professor at the Globe Institute of the University of Copenhagen. His research interests focus on understanding human evolution over the last million years through the application of ancient biomolecular methods, particularly paleoproteomics. Welker's work utilizes mass spectrometry-based proteomics to extract and analyze ancient protein sequences from human and faunal samples that span continents throughout the entire Pleistocene epoch. He has a particular interest in studying the evolutionary relationships of extinct hominins via ancient protein analysis, exploring their behavioral patterns through associated faunal remains within zooarchaeological datasets. His current research revolves around the recovery and mass spectrometry-based analysis of faunal and hominin proteins obtained from skeletal tissues. This work is supported by an ERC Starting Grant (PROSPER). In addition, he is involved in the development of methodologies for proteomic screening of fragmentary bone assemblages to elucidate past hominin distributions and hominin-fauna interactions in Eurasia, as well as enhancing techniques to increase the proteome size from recovered archaeological remains to address phylogenetic and physiological research questions.
Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen • Copenhagen
Teaching and conducting research in human evolution and ancient biomolecular methods.
Focuses on clinical, social, and cognitive psychology.