Curriculum Vitae
APPOINTMENTS
2022- Feodor Lynen-Minerva Stiftung Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-University: Munich
2020-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
EDUCATION
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
2021 Ph.D., Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
Dissertation: “Religious and Socioeconomic Diversity of Ancient Jerusalem and its Hinterland during the 8th through 2nd centuries BCE - A View from the Faunal Remains.”
2015 M.A., Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures – magna cum laude
Thesis: “Dietary Habits and Identity of Early Roman Jerusalem as Reflected in the Kidron Valley Landfill Assemblage”
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
2011 B.A., Anthropology and Religious Studies
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
2020 Archaeology of Animal Bones: Introduction to Zooarchaeology – Tel Aviv University
2019-21 Field Course – Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition, Israel
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2019- 2021 Tel Moẓa Excavation, Zooarchaeologist and Area Supervisor (Area B)
2016- Present Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition, In-Field Zooarchaeologist and Area Supervisor (Area W1)
2016-2019 Swiss National Fund Sinergia (CRSII1 160785/1): The History of the Pentateuch, Collaborator Subproject C
2014-2017 Exploring Ancient Jerusalem: Excavations in Area D3, Zooarchaeologist
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022-24 Feodor Lynen-Minerva Stiftung Fellowship – Ludwig Maximilians University: Munich (ca. €60000)
2020-21 Council for Higher Education in Israel (VATAT) Fellowship – Steinhardt Museum of Natural History (ca. ₪68400)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ASOR American Schools of Overseas Research
ICAZ International Council for Archaeozoology
SBL Society of Biblical Literature