Aram Yardumian (PhD, Anthropology 2015) is Assistant Professor at Bryn Athyn College and a Visiting Scholar at the Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology in the Penn Museum. Among the various projects on which he is working, in collaboration with colleagues at Penn and abroad, is a large-scale genetic survey of Georgia (Caucasus). To this end, he is currently engaged in collecting human DNA samples from individuals in western Georgia (Samegrelo, Svaneti, Guria, Adjara, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Imereti) for use in analysis of mtDNA, Y-chromosome, and autosomal variation. His primary interest is in providing a clearer diachronic perspective on the population histories of this complex region, specifically the impact of Epipaleolithic and Neolithic settlers, as well as the interactions between Caucasus populations and those of Anatolia, Iran, and the Mediterranean region. Results to date have been published this data in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (Yardumian et al. 2017) and in the Penn Museum's in-house magazine, Expedition (59:1, 2017). He is also a collaborator on analysis of ancient DNA from Armenia, Uzbekistan, and the Caribbean.