Organizing Committee

Sonia Elizabeth Guillén Oneeglio (Mallqui Center)

Honorary President

Sonia Guillén is an archaeologist graduated from UNMSM. D. in bioanthropology (U. of Michigan). Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. She focused her studies on mummies and cultural management works in Moquegua and Amazonas. She was Director of MNAAHP, Directorate General of Museums and Minister of Culture. She coordinated forensic studies of the CVR. She was in charge of the 9th World Congress on Mummy Studies. She directed the Master in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarcheology at PUCP. She is Director of the Mallqui Center and the Leymebamba Community Museum in Amazonas.

Elsa Lucila Tomasto Cagigao

Chairman

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú PUCP)

D. in Archaeology with a major in Andean Studies and a Masters in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology. She was part of the organizing committee of the 9th WCMS. She has been Head of the Department of Physical Anthropology of the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru. His research in Bioarchaeology covers from the early stages of the settlement of the Andes to the viceroyalty period. She is currently a professor in the Department of Humanities and Director of the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Research Group at the PUCP.

Guido Paolo Lombardi Almonacin

Vice President

MD, UPCH 1992. Thesis: Autopsy of Nasca Mummy (Tejada Award 1993). M.A. Thesis: Egyptian Mummies at Tulane U: Anthropological Study, 1999. Author: Atherosclerosis across 4000 years (Lancet, 2013); Chapters: Encyclopedia of Public Health (Springer, 2008), Yearbook of Mummy Studies (Springer, 2021), Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death (2024). Scientific Director, Patronato del Patrimonio de la Salud (2015), VP Sociedad Peruana de Cactáceas y Suculentas (2021), Professor Extraordinary UPCH (2022). VP 9 World Congress on Mummy Studies (Lima, 2016).

Marcela Soledad Urízar Vergara

Secretary

Master in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology and PhD in Andean Studies with mention in Archaeology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She works in the Department of Basic Education of the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of Atacama in Chile. She has been director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Education and has participated in the Ethics Committee and the Research Committee at the University of Atacama, and has experience in research on heritage and indigenous peoples, collaborating with governmental institutions in these areas.

María del Carmen Vega Dulanto (PUCP)

Academic Coordinator

D. in Bioarchaeology (UWO) and Master in Bioarchaeology and Forensic AnthropologyPUCP). She was in charge of the Physical Anthropology Collection of the MNAAHP. She has been a forensic consultant for the EPAF, the ICRC and the Directorate for the Search for Disappeared Persons (MINJUSDH), with whom she participated in the investigation of different cases of human rights violations and in the design and implementation of forensic anthropology workshops for different countries. She is currently an associate professor in the Department of HumanitiesPUCP) and collaborates with various bioarchaeological investigations.

Carlos Augusto Herz Saenz

Regional Coordinator in Cusco

PhD in Andean Studies with mention in AnthropologyPUCP). Master in Bioarchaeology and Forensic AnthropologyPUCP). PhD student in bioarchaeology at the University of Salamanca (USAL). He is part of the Laboratory of Archaeozoology of USAL. Researcher in territorial governance, environmental management, human rights and socio-environmental conflicts. University lecturer in public policies and management of development projects. Currently works as an independent consultant on issues such as climate change, cultural heritage, territorial development.

Evelyn Karin Guevara Torres

International Coordinator

Archaeogeneticist with expertise in human population genomics and ancient pathogenomics. Her specialization includes the application of Sanger and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) laboratory techniques, the use of computational tools for the analysis of genomic data in the framework of population genetics, and the interpretation of this information in the light of evidence from other disciplines such as archaeology and ethnohistory. He has led several scientific projects from their conception to the production of scientific articles.

Mellisa Giovanna Lund Valle

Coordinator of related events:

Archaeologist, specialized in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology. She is currently a professor in the Department of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a founding member of the Research Group in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology (PUCP). She has a master's degree in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology from the PUCP and is currently completing her doctorate in the Andean Studies program at the PUCP. With more than 20 years of experience in the fields of Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology and specialized publications. She was a forensic consultant for the ICRC.