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CURRENT POSITION
2019–2021: Post-doctorate Fellowship, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa studying the effects of climate change and the dynamics of human settlement on storage patterns.

2015–Present: Co-Director of the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin with Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor

2007–Present: Senior Area Supervisor, Tel Hazor Excavations

2007–Present: Research fellow in the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin: Final publication of the results of the renewed excavations in the acropolis and lower city of Tel Hazor.

RESEARCH FOCUS
• Human resilience and response to climate change
• Dynamics of human settlements and their environmental effects
• Cultural, political and material connections between the southern and northern Levant in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE
• Hazor and the Hula Valley in the Bronze and Iron Ages

EDUCATION
2013–2018: PhD in the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Effects of Political Changes on Material Culture: The Middle Bronze Age-Late Bronze Age Transition in Northern Canaan as a Test Case. Written under the supervision of Dr. Sharon Zuckerman (z”l) and Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

2007–2012: M.A. degree in the Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Contributions of the Renewed Excavations at Hazor to the Study of the Intermediate Bronze Age: Architecture, Pottery and the "Megiddo Ware" Family. Written under the supervision of Dr. Sharon Zuckerman

2003–2007: L.L.B in Law - Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
B.A. in Archaeology - Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011–2012 and 2018: Teaching Instructor, Archaeology Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: in the course "Canaan in the 2nd Millenium" taught by Dr. Sharon Zuckerman 2011, 2012 and Dr. Na’ama Yahalom-Mack, 2018.

2017–2018: Teaching Instructor, Archaeology Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: in the course "Canaan in the 9th-4th Millennia" taught by Prof. Yosef Garfinkel

2006–2007: Assistant Curator, Collections of the Archaeology Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Fixing and dismantling a traveling exhibition ("Treasures of the Holy Land"); Preparing the finds of the permanent museum at Masada; Preparing catalogues for various exhibitions.

2005–2007: Research assistant to Prof. Joseph Patrich, Archaeology Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Translation of articles and preparation of various materials for publication of articles.

2005–2007: Area Supervisor in a "Community Excavation" - Givat Sher

FELLOWSHIPS
2022–2023: (received letter of acceptance)
Minerva post-doctorate fellowship, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich:
Host: Dr. Philipp Stockhammer
Project: A Mediterranean Entanglement: The Impact of Aegean-type Vessels on Southern Levantine Assemblages

2019–2021:
Post-doctorate Fellowship, Haifa Center for Mediterranean History, University of Haifa: Hosts: Prof. Assaf Yasur-Landau and Dr. Nimrod Marom
Project: Coping with Climate Change in the Bronze Age

2018–2019:
Post-doctorate Research Fellowship, the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: Host: Prof. David Schloen
Post-doctorate Minerva Research Fellowship, University of Tubingen:
Host: Dr. Virginia Hermann
Project: Middle Bronze Age Palatial Ties

2018:
Minerva short-research fellowship, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich:
Host: Dr. Philipp Stockhammer
Project: The Destruction of Hazor, the Aegean Pottery

2015:
International Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Maryland:
Host – Prof. Mark Leone

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
MA DEGREE
2012: Prize from the Mediterranean Archaeology Trust
2011/2012: Scholarship of the David Gita and Michael Hoffman Fund
2010/2011: Scholarship of the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology
2007/8 - 2008/2009: The Institute of Archaeology Scholarship

PHD DEGREE
2017/2018: * Minerva Short-term Research Grant for a visit in Munich to conduct research with Dr. Philipp Stockhammer
2016/2017: * Scholarship of the David Gita and Michael Hoffman Fund
* Travel scholarship from Biblical Archaeology Review
* Scholarship of the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology
2015/2016: * Hecht Fellowship of the American School of Oriental Research
* Yad Ben-Zvi scholarship for participating in a discussion group of graduate students
* The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Annual Meeting Scholarship
* “Chevruta” Scholarship for initiation and management of a research group of graduate students on ‘Applying Critical Approaches in the Study of Material Culture: Between Archaeology and Anthropology’ Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Lior Chen)
* Scholarship of the David Gita and Michael Hoffman Fund
* Ruth Amiran Fund for Archaeological Research in Eretz-Israel of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University
* Sean Dever Prize for best article (Bechar 2015)
2014/2015: * Scholarship of the David Gita and Michael Hoffman Fund
* Hebrew University’s Rector’s Office scholarship
2014: Prize from the Joseph Aviram Fund
2013/2014: Scholarship of the David Gita and Michael Hoffman Fund

RESEARCH GRANTS
2015-present: * “Hazor’s Fish and Chips” from the Stevan B. Dana Archaeology Fund
2020–2021: * Yad Hanadiv Fund for the publication of the forthcoming Hazor VIII volume
2009/2010: * Ruth Amiran Fund for Archaeological Research in Eretz-Israel of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University

ORGANIZER OF SESSIONS AND CONFERENCES
2021: * “Economy and Exchange in the Intermediate Bronze Age: with Dr. Karen Covello-Paran and Helena Roth, hosted by HCMH, Haifa University
2020: * “Chronological Anchors of the Intermediate Bronze Age” with Dr. Karen Covello-Paran and Helena Roth, hosted by Tel Aviv University
2015: * “Remembering Sharon Zuckerman” - Annual ASOR session, Atlanta, Georgia
* “Things Remembered” - A two day international conference in memory of Dr. Sharon Zuckerman, hosted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem