Academic Faculty - Department of Maritime Civilizations

Prof. Assaf Yasur-Landau

Research Areas: The ties between the Aegean and the Levant, maritime trade, coastal survey and Canaanite and Phoenician culture
Laboratory: The Laboratory of Coastal Archaeology and Underwater Survey
Phone: +972-4-78249934   
Office: 106, Multipurpose Building
Email: assafyasur@hotmail.com

Prof. Nimrod Marom

Head of Department     

Research Areas: Archaeozoology
Laboratory: Laboratory of Mediterranean Archeozoology (MAR)
Phone: +972-4-6647902
Office: 112, Multipurpose Building
Email: nmarom@marsci.haifa.ac.il

Prof. Gil Gambash

Research Areas: Ancient Mediterranean societies, synthesizing aspects of imperialism, economy, culture, and environment.
Office: 110, Multipurpose Building
Email: ggambash@univ.haifa.ac.il

Prof. Deborah Cvikel

Research Areas: shipwrecks and shipbuilding of the Ottoman period (1516–1918), and contemporary maritime history of the region
Laboratory: Laboratory of Ancient Ship Construction
Phone: +972-4-8240475  
Office: 110, Multipurpose Building
Email: dcvikel@research.haifa.ac.il

Prof. Dror Angel

Research Areas: Pelagic and benthic invertebrates, interactions between man and the marine environment and in finding practical (and sustainable) solutions to problems in the marine environment..
Laboratory: The Applied Marine Biology and Ecology Research (AMBER)
Phone: +972-4-8288130
Office: 6, Multipurpose Building
Email: dangel@univ.haifa.ac.il

Prof. David E. Friesem


Head of the International Program

Research Areas: Mediterranean Environmental History, Geoarchaeology, Anthropology
Laboratory: The Laboratory for Environmental Micro-History
Office: 111, Multipurpose building
Email: dfriesem@univ.haifa.ac.il

Prof. Emmanuel Nantet

Research Areas: Maritime archaeology, specialization in ancient ships
Laboratory: Laboratory for Nautical Archaeology and History
Phone: +972-4-6146252
Office: 9, Multipurpose Building
Email: enantet@univ.haifa.ac.il

Prof. Ruth Shahack-Gross

Research Areas: Understanding natural and anthropogenic processes that result in the formation of archaeological sites
Laboratory: Laboratory for Sedimentary Archaeology
Phone: +972-54-760-8637   
Office: 116, Multipurpose Building
Email: rgross@univ.haifa.ac.il