Full name Mathew James Collins
Full name and address of institutions
University of Copenhagen, The Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical
Sciences, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 København K, Denmark
University
of Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2.8 Henry
Wellcome Building, Fitzwilliam St, Cambridge CB2, UK
Education, positions and
recent affiliations
Matthew James Collins holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the
University of Glasgow and a BSc in Zoology with Marine Zoology from UCNW,
Wales, He is a professor with dual affiliations: 50% at the University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, and 50% P at the University of Cambrige, UK. His scholarly
focus spans the fields of archaeology, biogeochemistry, and palaeoproteomics.
Over the years, he has initiated and led various international research
projects. For more than a decade he has turned his head to the study of
parchment, as an extension of his interest in ancient proteins and in livestock
management.
Publications
Viñas-Caron
LC, Rodríguez Palomo I, Fazlic N, Vnouček J, Driscoll M, Fiddyment S, et
al. A biological reading of a palimpsest. iScience. 2023;26: 106786.
Bethencourt JH, Palomo IR, Hickinbotham S, Nair B, Soncin S, Dieu M, et al.
Data From “A Biocodicological Analysis of the Medieval Library and Archive From
Orval Abbey, Belgium.” Journal of Open Archaeology Data. 2022;10.
doi:10.5334/joad.89
Nair B, Palomo IR, Markussen B, Wiuf C, Fiddyment S, Collins MJ. Parchment
Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels
in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data. Peer Community
J. 2023;3: 2022.03.13.483627.
Doherty SP, Collins MJ, Harris AJT, Sistiaga A, Newton J, Alexander MM. A
modern baseline for the paired isotopic analysis of skin and bone in
terrestrial mammals. Royal Society Open Science. 2022;9: 211587.
Fiddyment S, Teasdale MD, Vnouček J, Lévêque É, Binois A, Collins MJ. So you want to do biocodicology? A field guide to the biological analysis of parchment. Heritage Science. 2019;7: 35.