Dr. Martin is the Co-director of the Megiddo Expedition of Tel Aviv University and the Tel Shimron Excavations of Tel Aviv University and Wheaton College, Chicago. Martin, a distinguished field archaeologist, completed his doctorate work at the University of Vienna with Professor Manfred Bietak. His extensive field experience includes his long-time work at the Austrian Archaeological Institute’s expedition to Tell el-Dab‘a, Egypt, and twenty years of excavations at Megiddo, Israel. Martin has published numerous articles and a monography on Egyptian pottery and is co-editor of the Megiddo publication series. His principle field of research are Egypto-Canaanite relations, Bronze Age pottery and ceramic petrography.