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Director

Michael Harrower, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Lab Manager

John Shannon, PhD Student, Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Research Associates

  • Valentina A. Grasso, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Semitics, The Catholic University of America
  • Ioana A. Dumitru, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet), School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Joseph Lehner, PhD, Australian Research Council, DECRA Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Archaeology, University of Sydney
  • Daniel Viete, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
  • Ken Livi, PhD, Operations Director, Materials Characterization and Processing, Johns Hopkins University
  • Douglas C. Comer, PhD, Principal, Cultural Site Research and Management (Baltimore, MD)
  • Elaine A. Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor, History Department, University of California – Santa Cruz
  • Benjamin Zaitchik, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
  • Martha Anderson, PhD, Research Physical Scientist, US Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory

Current and Former Graduate Student Researchers

  • John L. Shannon, PhD Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Paige E. Paulsen, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Frances Wiig, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales
  • Ioana A. Dumitru, PhD 2019, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Joseph C. Mazzariello, MA 2017, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Smith Nathan, PhD 2017, Dept. of Anthropology, New York University
  • Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, PhD 2015, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Sarah Yukich, PhD 2013, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Current and Former Undergraduate Student Researchers

  • Hamza Woodson, BA 2024, Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Williams College
  • Sye Kidane, BA 2022, Sociology, Spelman College
  • Anson Lee, BA 2021, Biology and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Michael Tritsch, BA 2020, Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Luc Renaux, BA 2020, History and Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Alexander Sivitskis, BA 2015, Earth Sciences and Classics, Johns Hopkins University
  • Wolfgang Alders, BA 2013, Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Clara Hickman, BFA 2013, Animation and Environmental Design, Maryland Institute College of Art