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

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

Prof. Christophe Morhange

Harbor Geoarchaeology in the Mediterranean and the Black sea; RSL Bio-indicators; Sedimentology; Geomorphology

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. Paula Zajac

Hellenistic and Roman Harbors; Trade Patterns; Consumption Behavior