Patricia Murrieta-Flores

Patricia Murrieta-Flores is Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico, and Chair of Digital Humanities at Lancaster University in the UK. A historical archaeologist, her work centers on the development of computational methods for the study of early Colonial Mexican history. She has led multiple internationally funded projects, including Digging into Early Colonial Mexico, Unlocking the Colonial Archive, and the current Fleets of New Spain.

Her research also explores Indigenous perspectives on colonial knowledge of health and disease, particularly in relation to the epidemics of the 16th century. She has published widely in scientific journals and edited volumes, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society as well as the Centre for Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Studies at the University of Heidelberg.