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Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Xiaowei Mao
Beijing Jiaotong University
2
Jérémy Choin
Harvard University
3
Chungwa Mohamed
Egerton University
4
Alexander G. Ioannidis
University of California, Santa Cruz
5
Sinkiyian Kepue Mercy
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
6
Jingyin Yu
Xihu Institute of Electronic Research
7
Gludhug A. Purnomo
The University of Adelaide
8
Yusif Abubakar
Unknown
9
Emmanuelle Casanova
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Sandra Oliveira
University of Bern

Rising Stars Papers

1
The genetic origins and impacts of historical Papuan migrations into Wallacea
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
46 cit.
2
HyperFast: Instant Classification for Tabular Data
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence|2024
11 cit.
3
Phylogenomic and super‐pangenome analyses unveil the genetic landscape of tomato evolution and domestication
Plant Biotechnology Journal|2025
9 cit.
4
Assessing the limits of local ancestry inference from small reference panels
Molecular Ecology Resources|2024
6 cit.
5
Radiocarbon dating of lipids preserved in pottery vessels: guidelines for best-practice in compound-specific <sup>14</sup> C analyses
Radiocarbon|2024
3 cit.
6
Unravelling the function of funerary pottery vessels of the 2nd-1st millennia BC in the Dailaman Province (Iran) through typology, petrography, and organic residue analyses
PLoS ONE|2024
1 cit.
7
Compressive Meta-Learning
Unknown Journal|2025
1 cit.
8
Isolation and binary fusion of taro (Colocasia esculeneta (L) Schott.) protoplast: Towards developing somatic hybridization protocol as an alternative to sexual hybridization
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY|2024
0 cit.
9
Unveiling the function of long-spouted ceramics at Sialk, Iran: Insights from organic residue analysis
Archaeological Research in Asia|2024
0 cit.
10
Benchmarking Imputed Low Coverage Genomes in a Human Population Genetics Context
Molecular Ecology Resources|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Lasse Vinner
University of Copenhagen
2
Fernando Racimo
Integra (United States)
3
Qiaomei Fu
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
4
Kai Wei
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Gino Miceli
Google (United States)
6
Adhi Agus Oktaviana
Griffith University
7
Adam Powell
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
8
Xiujia Huan
Chinese Academy of Sciences
9
Fulai Xing
Institute of Archaeology
10
Guilherme G. Mazzochini
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Bronze and Iron Age population movements underlie Xinjiang population history
Science|2022
107 cit.
2
Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years
Science Advances|2023
96 cit.
3
Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago
Nature|2024
72 cit.
4
Evolving ancient DNA techniques and the future of human history
Cell|2022
53 cit.
5
Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the &gt;146,000-year-old Harbin cranium
Cell|2025
40 cit.
6
The biospheric emergency calls for scientists to change tactics
eLife|2022
37 cit.
7
The Emergence of Rice and Millet Farming in the Zang-Yi Corridor of Southwest China Dates Back to 5000 Years Ago
Frontiers in Earth Science|2022
36 cit.
8
Bronze Age cheese reveals human-Lactobacillus interactions over evolutionary history
Cell|2024
31 cit.
9
Prehistoric genomes from Yunnan reveal ancestry related to Tibetans and Austroasiatic speakers
Science|2025
29 cit.
10
The proteome of the late Middle Pleistocene Harbin individual
Science|2025
24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Dorian Q. Fuller
Northwest University
2
Michael P. Richards
Simon Fraser University
3
Mark Stoneking
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
4
Richard P. Evershed
University of Bristol
5
Dolores R. Piperno
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
6
Robert G. Clark
Environment and Climate Change Canada
7
Fahu Chen
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
8
Martin K. Jones
University of Cambridge
9
Houyuan Lü
Chinese Academy of Sciences
10
Patrick Vinton Kirch
University of California, Berkeley

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|1985
1.2k cit.
2
Holocene moisture evolution in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with Asian monsoon history
Quaternary Science Reviews|2008
1.2k cit.
3
Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes I: Turnover of<sup>13</sup>C in Tissues
Ornithological Applications|1992
1.2k cit.
4
East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation
Scientific Reports|2015
967 cit.
5
Stable-Nitrogen Isotope Enrichment in Avian Tissues Due to Fasting and Nutritional Stress: Implications for Isotopic Analyses of Diet
Ornithological Applications|1993
888 cit.
6
Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2014
877 cit.
7
Assessing Avian Diets Using Stable Isotopes II: Factors Influencing Diet-Tissue Fractionation
Ornithological Applications|1992
859 cit.
8
Earliest domestication of common millet ( <i>Panicum miliaceum</i> ) in East Asia extended to 10,000 years ago
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2009
859 cit.
9
Stable Isotope Evidence for Similarities in the Types of Marine Foods Used by Late Mesolithic Humans at Sites Along the Atlantic Coast of Europe
Journal of Archaeological Science|1999
754 cit.
10
The Earliest Horse Harnessing and Milking
Science|2009
723 cit.

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