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Marc Oxenham is a Professor of Bioarchaeology at the Australian National University, Canberra. He has extensive training in bioanthropological archaeology, having completed his PhD in 2001 at Northern Territory University (Charles Darwin University). With a career spanning several teaching and research positions, including at Colorado College in the USA and the ANU, Marc served as the president of the Australasian Society of Human Biology from 2012 to 2014. He was awarded the Australian Future Fellowship from 2013 to 2017 and has been recognized as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Australian Academy of Humanities. His research primarily focuses on the health reconstruction of human skeletal and dental remains, mortuary archaeology, and human identification in forensic contexts. Notably, he has published extensively in his field, with a significant output including nine books and numerous articles and conference papers. He is internationally recognized for his work on Southeast Asian population mobility, health, and diseases over the past ten millennia, including leading projects that recovered ancient DNA associated with various historical diseases. Currently, he is a British Academy Global Professor in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen from 2020 to 2024, contributing to advancements in fields like osteoarchaeology and forensic anthropology.
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