Personal profile
Biography
Jessica received a BA in Anthropology and Ancient History and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2010. In 2015 she was awarded her PhD from the University of York, where she explored the application of ancient protein analysis to understanding ancient diets and disease. Following her PhD, she then took up a postdoctoral research associate position at York, applying genomics and proteomics to understand pathogen exposure and food consumption practices in 19th century Britain. In 2016 Jessica became a postdoctoral researcher and then group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Jessica became a Lecturer in Palaeoproteomics in the Department of Archaeology in July 2019.
External positions
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena 07745, Germany.
1 Oct 2018 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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An extensive archaeological dental calculus dataset spanning 5000 years for ancient human oral microbiome research
Standeven, F. J., Dahlquist-Axe, G., Hendy, J., Fiddyment, S., Holst, M., McGrath, K., Collins, M., Mundorff, A., Radini, A., Wagner, J., Meehan, C. J., Tedder, A. & Speller, C. F., 1 Aug 2025, In: Data in Brief. 61, 22 p., 111770.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An unclean slate, discrepancies between food input and recovered protein signal from experimental foodcrusts
Dekker, J. A. A., Hagan, R., Collins, M. & Hendy, J., 22 Aug 2025, In: PLOS ONE. 20, 27 p., e0330195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid proteomic amelogenin sex estimation of human and cattle remains using untargeted Evosep-timsTOF mass spectrometry
Blacka, C., Dowle, A., Lisowski, M., Alexander, M. M., Hendy, J. R., Penkman, K. E. H. & Mosely, J., 15 Apr 2025, In: Rapid communications in mass spectrometry . 39, 11, e10022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Where The Wild Things Were: How The Rise Of Farming Changed Human-wildlife Relationships
HENDY, J. R. (Principal investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/30
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Bioarch-HS
CRAIG, O. E. (Principal investigator), ALEXANDER, M. M. (Co-investigator), HENDY, J. R. (Co-investigator), PENKMAN, K. E. H. (Co-investigator) & WALES, N. A. (Co-investigator)
30/09/24 → 31/03/31
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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[MSCA-IF-2020] CATCOW: Corded-Ware cattle ( Lizzie Wright)
CRAIG, O. E. (Principal investigator), HENDY, J. R. (Co-investigator), ORTON, D. C. (Co-investigator) & WALES, N. A. (Co-investigator)
1/05/22 → 19/06/26
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Journal of archaeological science (Journal)
HENDY, J. R. (Reviewer)
18 Nov 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer review
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Cell (Journal)
HENDY, J. R. (Reviewer)
27 Oct 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer review
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Journal of Proteome Research (Journal)
Hendy, J. R. (Reviewer)
29 Oct 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer review
Datasets
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Fasta file of custom dairy database associated with publication "Dairy pastoralism sustained Eastern Eurasian steppe populations for 5000 years"
Hendy, J. R. (Creator), University of York, 1 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.15124/589742eb-287a-4576-a00a-30df33d9f52c
Dataset
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ZooMS analysis of bone fragments within palaeofaeces
Runge, A. K. W. (Creator), Hendy, J. (Creator), Richter, K. K. (Creator), Masson-MacLean, E. (Creator), Britton, K. (Creator), Mackie, M. (Creator), McGrath, K. (Creator), Collins, M. (Creator), Cappellini, E. (Creator) & Speller, C. (Creator), Zenodo, 25 Nov 2020
Dataset
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Denmark's Not-So-Oldest Sheep: An Update on Domestic Animals from the Femern Project
Groß, D. (Creator), Presslee, S. (Creator), Schmölcke, U. (Creator), Nikulina, E. (Creator) & Hendy, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 13 Aug 2024
Dataset
Prizes
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General Anthropology Division Prize for Exemplary Cross-Field Scholarship
Hendy, J. R. (Recipient), Rest, M. (Recipient), Aldenderfer, M. (Recipient) & Warinner, C. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Winner (Arts & Humanities) HRC PhD Poster Competition
Hendy, J. R. (Recipient), 13 Apr 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Humanities Research Centre Doctoral Fellowship
Hendy, J. R. (Recipient), 6 Jul 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively