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. Tali Erickson-Gini
Nabataean Material Culture; Roman Army Installations; Ceramic Typology; Archaeology of Southern Israel from the Early Bronze Age to British Mandate Periods
Dr. Shira Freeman
Human Activities and the Natural Environment; Marine Ecosystems
Dr. Matthieu Giaime
Geomorphology and Chrono-stratigraphy 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
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. 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. Mia Roditi-Elasar
Marine Sciences; Marine Ecology; Marine Mammals
Dr. Inbal Samet
Archaeology; Middle Bronze Age pottery
Dr. Joshua Schmidt
Arid Land Viticulture; Heritage Preservation; Negev Bedouins
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