Ivy Hui-Yuan Yeh’s expertise lies in biological anthropology, with a focus on migration, health, and diet in ancient and modern populations in Asia. Her projects entail two main topics: the migrations and diets of ancient and modern Austronesians; and population genetics and disease research on local communities in Southeast Asia. These projects are supported by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and conducted in collaboration with Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. Ivy also served as a review editor for Evolutionary and Population Genetics for Loop, the open science research network powered by Frontiers.
Job Titles: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Director of the Bioarchaeology Lab
Professional Qualifications / Memberships
| 2013 – Present | Member of the Cambridge Infectious Diseases (CID) | Cambridge, UK |
| 2016 | Member of the British Society for Parasitology (BSP) | Bedfordshire, UK |
| 2015 | Member of the American Society of Parasitologists (ASP) | US |
| 2014-2015 | Member of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) | Ann Arbor, US |
| 2014-2015 | Member of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) | Canberra, Australia |
| 2014 | Member of the British Association for Forensic Anthropology (BAFA) and British Association for Human Identification (BAHID) | Newark, US |
| 2014-2015 | Member of the Paleopathology Association (PPA) | US/Canada |
| 2013-2015 | Member of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and
Osteoarchaeology (BABAO) |
UK |
Academic Honours and Awards
| Selected Poster Presentation (finalist), Biological and Biomedical Science Session, SET for Britain event, at the House of Parliament, UK
Topic: ‘Detecting Diseases in Past Civilizations: How Ancient Parasites Could Help Us Fight Modern Allergies’ |
| Taiwanese Archaeology Research Award, National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan |
