Skip to main content
Skip to McMaster Navigation Skip to Site Navigation Skip to main content
McMaster logo
CUPE work action information and updates

Visit McMaster's Labour Updates website for information on the current work action by CUPE Local 3906, Unit 1

Manalo Ren Claire

Biography

I graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto in 2022 with a major in Genome Biology and double minors in Anthropology and Mediaeval Studies.

My research interests primarily revolve around plague studies and include molecular paleopathology, evolutionary epidemiology, and medieval medicine. Specifically, I am interested in the genomic evolution of Yersinia pestis in both European and non-European contexts and unearthing more about the spread of plague both temporally and spatially. Over the course of my MA in Biological Anthropology at McMaster University, I hope to promote more interdisciplinary approaches to the field of Ancient DNA and help bridge the subjects of science and history.