Kirsten Bos PhD

Dr. Kirsten Bos was a physical anthropologist with a specialization in paleogenetics, infectious disease, and ancient pathogen genome reconstruction. Kirsten Bos contributed to studies on the Black Death, leprosy, cholera, and tuberculosis. Kirsten Bos's current work uses advanced techniques in molecular biology to explore the changing landscape of infectious diseases over time in humans. Kirsten Bos works with various tissues that have been preserved in the archaeological record, most of which come from Europe and the Americas.