Research Associates
Dr. Ehud Arkin-Shalev
Coastal and Harbor Architecture; Digital Humanities; Shallow Water Survey and Excavation; Deep-Sea Archaeology
Dr. Yuval Baruch
Jerusalem; Temple Mount; Historical geography of southern Judea; The Jewish population in Rome
Dr. Moshe Bram
Mechanical Engineering; Ancient Shipbuilding’
Dr. Maayan Cohen
Maritime Archaeology; Late Antiquity to Post-Medieval Ship Construction; Archaeometallurgy; Shallow water Excavation; Waterlogged Archaeological Conservation
Dr. Andrea Di Rosa
Methodologies and Techniques of Archaeological Research; Landscape Archaeology; Architectural Techniques of the Greco-Roman World; Archeology of Ancient Italy; Archeology of the Mediterranean Sea
Dr. Dor Edelist
Marine Macro Ecology
Dr. Meir Edrey
Phoenician Studies; Archaeology; Ancient Religion and Cult; Mediterranean Cultures and History
Dr. Joseph Eliav
Mediterranean Maritime History and Ships; Early-Modern Galleys (Engineering, Economical, Operational, Military, Political, Cultural and Social Aspects)
Dr. Shira Freeman
Human activities and the natural environment; Marine ecosystems
Dr. Matthieu Giaime
Geomorphology and chronostratigraphy of ancient harbors in deltaic environments; Morphosedimentary of coastal areas; Sea-level changes; Chronostratigraphic signature of Holocene risks and hazards
Dr. David Gal
Sailing mobility; Seamanship in antiquity
Dr. Ehud Galili
Submerged Neolithic villages; Shipwrecks and cargoes; Ports and anchorages; Salt production; Sea-level changes and coastal tectonics; Anchors; Fishing gear; Instruments and cultic objects used by mariners; Metal trade and metal cargoes
Dr. Oz Gofman
Marine Biology and Animal Behavior
Dr. Shira Gur-Arie
Microarchaeology
Dr. Nathan Helfman
Nautical archaeology; Maritime archaeology; Shell-first, Frame based, Finite element analysis (FEA), Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Digital reconstruction
Dr. Dan Kerem
Marine Mammals; Marine Biology and Ecology in the Mediterranean and Red Sea; Comparative Diving Physiology
Dr. Sina C. Lehnig
Roman, Late Antiquity, Ancient Agriculture, Early Christianity, Desert Environment, Excavation, Bioarchaeology
Prof. Thomas E. Levy
Archaeology; Maritime archaeology
Dr. Ezra S. Marcus
Bronze Age Coastal Archaeology; Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Trade; the Middle Bronze Age; Middle Bronze Age Egyptian-Levantine relations; Ceramics; C14
Mr. Zeev Margalit
Heritage Conservation; Landscape Planning
Prof. Christophe Morhange
Harbor Geoarchaeology in the Mediterranean and the Black sea; RSL Bio-indicators; Sedimentology; Geomorphology
Dr. Issac Ogloblin Ramirez
Coastal and underwater archaeology; Submerged prehistory; Shipwrecks; Coastal installations; Geoarchaeology; Sea-level changes
Dr. Lee Perry-Gal
Zooarchaeology; Classical and Late Antiquity Economy and Cultural Complexity; Avian zooarchaeology
Dr. Galia Pasternak
Marine Pollution; Waste Monitoring and Reduction
Dr. Mia Roditi-Elasar
Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology; Marine Mammals
Dr. Alexandra Ratzlaff
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology; Maritime Archaeology; Trade in Late Antiquity; Ceramics of the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Periods; Digital Humanities; Archaeological Ethics and Theory; Roman Army.
Dr. Inbal Samet
Archaeology; Middle Bronze Age pottery
Prof. Patricia Sibella
Underwater Archaeology; Amphoras and Ceramics; Ballast stones; Ancient Ship Construction
Dr. Yigal Sitry
Ancient woodworking
Dr. Edna J. Stern
Crusader Archaeology; Islamic Archaeology; Maritime Archaeology; Ceramics of the Crusader and Islamic periods; Pottery Production, Use and Distribution; The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem; Acre/’Akko; Food in the Crusader Period; Sugar Production Archaeology
Dr. Federico Ugolini
Ancient Harbor Archaeology; Adriatic; Shipwrecks and Seafaring
Dr. Paula Zajac
Hellenistic and Roman Harbors; Trade Patterns; Consumption Behavior