Vera Tiesler is a bioarchaeologist, and a full research professor in the department of Anthroprological Sciences at the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mexico.
[1] In 1985, she completed an honours undergraduate degree in one year, at the age of 19, from the Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
[1] Following her degree, Tiesler spent two weeks in Mexico City before returning to Germany to start medical school.
[1][2] Tiesler has been a part of multiple archaeology expeditions, including the 1999-2006 examination of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal of Palenque and his companion, the Red Queen (Tomb of The Red Queen), and the excavation of Ukit Kan Le’k Tok of Ek' Balam.
[4][5] She directed an excavation in the Mexican port city of Campeche, where upon analysis of strontium isotopes in teeth, researchers identified what may be the earliest African Diaspora individuals in the Americas.