Aljasil Chirakkal

Academic interests

• Anthropology
• Environmental archaeology
• Lipid biomarkers
• Organic geochemistry
• Sedimentary geochemistry
• Stable isotopes in soil and sediments
• Paleoecology

I am a doctoral research fellow in paleoenvironmental biomarkers under the supervision of Dr. David Keith Wright and Dr. Jonathan Jago Birk at the University of Oslo. I am interested in the reconstruction of pre-historic human land use, settlements, and fire occurrences. I currently investigate the past human occupation and associated vegetation changes of Central Asia from loess deposits in Tajikistan using faecal biomarkers coupled with n-alkanes, stable isotopes, and PAHs.

Background

• 2022 - Doctoral Research Fellow at University of Oslo.
• 2016 - 2021: Bachelors and Masters degree (BS-MS dual degree) major in Chemistry with a minor in Earth Sciences from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, India, with the dissertation "Response of natural and anthropogenic impacts on aquatic systems: A case study from Garur Lake, Central Himalayas."