Prof. Cvikel is a researcher at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Maritime Civilizations, at the University of Haifa. She is the active director of the Ma‘agan Mikhael replica project. Her areas of research and teaching are maritime history based on underwater archaeology, seamanship and ship-handling, and ancient ship construction 

E-mail: dcvikel@research.haifa.ac.il