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

Dr. 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

Dr. Hassan Khalilieh
Research Areas: History of Islamic maritime law, and Islamic law of the sea
Phone: +972-4-8240737
Office: 110, Multipurpose Building
Email: khalilih@research.haifa.ac.il

Dr. 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

Dr. 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

Prof. (Emeritus) Sariel Shalev
Research Areas: Archaeology of metals and metallurgy in ancient Israel and the Levant
Laboratory: Archaeomaterials Laboratory
Phone: +972-4-8288060
Email: sariel.shalev@univ.haifa.ac.il

Prof. (Emeritus) Ehud Spanier
Research Areas: Ecology, behavior and behavioral ecology of marine fish and invertebrates (especially lobsters), ecology of artificial reefs, biogeography of marine animals and biology of invasive marine organisms
Email: spanier@research.haifa.ac.il

Prof. (Emeritus) Yossi Mart
Research Areas: Various phenomena associated with oceanic subduction, with continental break-up and rifting, with the sedimentological regime in the SE Mediterranean basin during the Oligo-Miocene, and with recent and sub-recent climate changes and their subsequent sealevel variations.
Email: y.mart@research.haifa.ac.il

Prof. (Emeritus) Michal Artzy
Research Areas: coastal and underwater archaeology, especially of the Carmel Coast
Email: martzy@research.haifa.ac.il

Prof. (Emeritus) Dorit Sivan
Research Areas: Determining historical and prehistoric sea levels and how these relate to human civilizations.
Email: dsivan@research.haifa.ac.il