Odlanyer is a doctoral candidate from Cuba with a focus on historical archaeology. His research interests include conflict and battlefield archaeology, the archaeology of contemporary past, heritage, and memory. He studied undergraduate sociocultural studies at University of Matanzas (Cuba) and anthropology at University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) before graduating from University of Florida.

He has conducted archaeological research and CRM projects in Cuba, Argentina and the United States for over two decades in urban and rural contexts, including precolonial sites, coffee and sugar plantations, fortifications, and urban and rural residences.

His publications include several papers, single-authored and edited books, the more recent: "Arqueología en Campos de Batalla: América Latina en Perspectiva" (2020), and "Fortificaciones de Matanzas, 1693-1876" (2019). He is the editor for the Cuba Arqueológica journal of archaeology.