MA (Gotland), PhD (Durham), PgCert (LJMU)
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- linus.girdlandflink@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273693
- Office Address
Room 201, Department of Archaeology, School of Geosciences
University of Aberdeen
St. Mary's, Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
Degrees
MA Osteology (Gotland University, Sweden) 2008
PhD Archaeogenetics (Durham University, UK) 2014
PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2018 (Liverpool John Moores University)
Postdoc positions:
Natural History Museum (London, UK) 2012-2013
University of Aberdeen 2013-2016
Stockholm University 2015
Academic appointments
Lecturer & Senior Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Genetics (Liverpool John Moores University) 2016-2020
Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology (University of Aberdeen) 2020-present
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Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Programme Director:
Director of studies:
Member of Geosciences Marketing Committee (UoA)
- External Memberships
- Research
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Research Overview
I specialise in ancient DNA analysis and am particularly interested in animal domestication and past human demography. I also have a keen interest in wet-lab ancient DNA methods.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Genetics
- Archaeological Sciences
- Archaeology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Genome analysis of Early Medieval Picts of Scotland (via primary supervision of PhD student Adeline Morez at Liverpool John Moores University)
Assessing past biodiversity in Scotland and Ireland via environmental ancient DNA (NERC-funded QUADRAT PhD project at the University of Aberdeen)
Past mobility and migration in prehistoric Scotland (University of Aberdeen-funded PhD project in collaboration with Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, and the Crick Institute, London)
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Archaeology, Biological and Environmental Sciences.
In addition to lead supervision at Aberdeen, I am lead supervisor for Miss Adeline Morez (Liverpool John Moores University)
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
I am programme coordinator
Courses
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Teaching Responsibilities
I teach a range of topics and on different courses, mainly linked to ancient biomolecules (and ancient DNA) and animal domestication. My teaching is a mix of lectures and tutorials (practicals, seminars, and workshops).
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Personal tutor
- Publications
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Establishing the validity of domestication genes using DNA from ancient chickens
PNAS, vol. 111, no. 17, pp. 6184-6189Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1308939110
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4853/1/Flink_et_al_PURE.pdf
Using ancient DNA to study the origins and dispersal of ancestral Polynesian chickens across the Pacific
PNAS, vol. 111, no. 13, pp. 4826-4831Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320412111
Exploring the complexity of domestication: a response to Rowley-Conwy and Zeder
World Archaeology, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 825-834Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe domestic pig (Sus scrofa f. domestica Linnaeus, 1758 or Sus domesticus, Erxleben 1777)
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and DictionariesAn absolute chronology for early Egypt using radiocarbon dating and Bayesian statistical modelling
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, vol. 469, no. 2159, 20130395Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2013.0395
Use of domesticated pigs by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe
Nature Communications, vol. 4, 2348Contributions to Journals: ArticlesArchaeological, Morphological and Genetic Approaches to Pig Domestication
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsPig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics
Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 824-832Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss261
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3128/1/Ottoni_et_al._2013_MBE.pdf
Chalcolithic pig remains from Çamlibel Tarlasi, Central Anatolia.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
