Staff Profiles
Dr. Michael Storozum is a NUAcT Fellow at Newcastle University. He received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 and since then has held post-doctoral research fellowships at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Fudan University, the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Michael is an anthropological geoarchaeologist who is interested in using geoarchaeological research to extend scientific and policy perspectives on environmental issues relevant to changing climatic regimes and natural hazards. Recent work of his includes geoarchaeological analyses of human-caused environmental transformations in China that often led to large-scale disasters, such as the mega-flood that destroyed Kaifeng in 1642 CE. Michael aims to place modern environmental challenges within a deep time perspective through his geoarchaeological research.
Ongoing projects
- Exploring the Geoarchaeology of Slow Violence: Erosion and Land Use on China’s Loess Plateau
- Examining the correlations among Yellow River floods, climate change, and collapse in dynastic China
- Searching for East African soil nutrient hotspots
- Understanding the diversity of ancient anthrosols and their potential to restore soil health
- Quantifying ancient pollution indicators at archaeological sites
- Xin J, Zhao DS, Storozum MJ, Shi HW, Bai GZ, Liu Z, Hu ZJ, Sun LQ, Wang Q, Li HM. The “2.8 ka BP cold event” indirectly influenced the agricultural exploitation during the Late Zhou Dynasty in the coastal areas of the Jianghuai Region. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022, 13, 902534.
- Li Y, Jia X, Liu Z, Zhao L, Sheng P, Storozum MJ. The potential impact of rising sea levels on China's coastal cultural heritage: a GIS risk assessment. Antiquity 2022, 96(386), 406-421.
- Sheng P, Shang X, Zhou X, Storozum M, Yang L, Guo X, Zhang P, Sun Z, Hu S, Sun Z, Hu Y. Feeding Shimao: Archaeobotanical and Isotopic Investigation into Early Urbanism (4200-3000 BP) on the Northern Loess Plateau, China. Environmental Archaeology 2021, Epub ahead of print.