Michael Pietrusewsky is currently Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. Michael does research in Bioarchaeology and Biological Anthropology. His current project is 'Bioarchaeology of Taiwan (East Asia) and the Mariana Islands (Western Pacific). He also has long-term interests in the physical/biological anthropology and bioarchaeology of the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.