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Professor Robin Allaby specializes in the evolution and domestication of plants, focusing on archaeogenomic techniques that bridge archaeological data with genetic and computational models. With over 30 years of experience, he investigates the origins of plant domestication, which he argues have deep connections with human ecologies. His research delves into how selection pressures from early societies shaped the biodiversity of domesticated crops. Allaby's work utilizes ancient DNA technologies to reconstruct past environments and track resilience during significant climatic transitions, such as the Mesolithic-Neolithic period. He aims to understand the genetic frameworks underlying crop domestication in real-time using comparative and population genomics. Notably, his contributions have been instrumental in reshaping perspectives on the domestication process from archaeological and ecological vantage points, revealing complex interactions between humans and plants. His engagement with a wide array of technical processes, including the generation of plant genomes from archaeological samples, further underlines the breadth of his expertise in both theoretical and applied aspects of plant sciences.
Includes General, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Biomedical, and Manufacturing Engineering. Most programs fall under English Band A.