Selected Publications and Conference Papers

 *indicates Wesleyan student co-author

• Birney, K. 2024. Rethinking Pliny’s ‘Sicilian Crocus’: Ecophysiology, Environment, and Classical Texts. Economic Botany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-024-09600-6 
• Werner, K.*, Roberts, A., and Birney, K. 2024. Computational Biochemistry and Classical texts: modeling the pharmacodynamics of Iris in ancient Lung and Respiratory Therapies. Research poster for the Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, Chicago IL.
• Kunney, C.*, A. Roberts, K. Birney. 2023. Customizable Chelates: Approaching a Viable Method for Total Flavonoid Content Quantification in Iris pallida. College of the Integrated Sciences Summer Research Conference, Wesleyan University 7/2023.
• Rha, D.*, Schwartz, S.*, Roberts, A., Birney, K. 2023. Novel Procedure for the Analysis of Ionic Sodium in Soil using Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF). College of the Integrated Sciences Summer Research Conference, Wesleyan University 7/2023.
• Werner, K., Roberts, A., Birney, K. 2023. A Study of the Biochemical Mechanism of the Iris pallid-derived Isoflavonoid Irigenin in Fibronectin Extra-domain A induced Lung Cancer Metastasis. College of the Integrated Sciences Summer Research Conference, Wesleyan University 7/2023.
• Bowman, N.*, Roberts, A., Birney, K. 2022. L. Reconstruction Environments of Medicinal Crocus sativus in the Mediterranean. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Archaeology, San Francisco, CA. 1/5/2022.
• Bowman, N.* 2021. Medicinal Plants of the Ancient Mediterranean and their Palaeoenvironments: Iris and Saffron. College of the Integrated Sciences Summer Research Conference, Wesleyan University, 7/29/21.
• Birney, K. 2021. Iris in Dioscorides: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Research Institute of Classical Studies, University of Rethymno, Crete. 4/1/21.
• Rogers, A.* 2021. Going back to the Roots: A Phytochemical Investigation of the Use of Iris in the Ancient Mediterranean. Thesis, Wesleyan University.
• Rogers, A.*, A. Roberts, and K. Birney. 2020. Phytochemical Basis of Ancient Uses of Iris (I. germanica). Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Archaeology, 1/11/20.
• Rogers, A.*, A. Roberts, and K. Birney. 2019. The Phytochemical Basis of Ancient Perspectives on Bioactive Plants: Biochemistry meets Archaeology. College of the Environment Research Conference, Wesleyan University, 8/11/20
• Koh, A., K. Birney. 2019. Ancient Organic Residues as Cultural and Environmental Proxies: The Value of Legacy Artifacts Sustainability 11 (3).656 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/3/656
• Birney, K., W. Gilstrap. 2019. Hellenistic Unguentaria from Ashkelon: Insight from combined materials and Residue Analysis. Conference Paper, Technology in Archaeology: Recent Work in the Archaeological Sciences, ASOR, San Diego, CA, 11/19/19.
• Birney, K., A. Koh. 2018. Adventures in Storax (with A. Koh). Full Spectrum 1  [Link]
• Aroujo, J.*, Ramirez, V.*, Koh, A., and Birney, K.. 2018. The Degradation and Esterification of Oleic Acid to Date. Advanced Integrated Lab Session, Wesleyan Dept of Chemistry, 5/6/18.
• Koh, A., K. Birney. 2017. Organic Compounds and Cultural Continuity: The Penn Museum Late Minoan IIIC Jar from Tourloti. Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry 17.2: 19-33[Link]
• Birney, K. 2017. The Value of Legacy ORA Data and Objects: Case Studies. Integrating Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology Session, ASOR 11/20/17.