Reflecting on her time in Waterloo’s Department of Anthropology, Aparajita Bhattacharya (graduating with a Master of Arts degree in Public Issues Anthropology) credits the support and encouragement she received from instructors, researchers, staff and fellow students for shaping her academic journey. She believes the interdisciplinary research in Arts offers valuable opportunities for everyone.
I became interested in using data science and bioinformatics in anthropology because it can allow new explorations of old data by re-analyzing ancient DNA to answer fresh questions. This method is crucial as ethical concerns about destructive sampling in ancient DNA research grow.
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