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Meet the Team
Management Committee, Research and Training Staff, Administration
Bill Finlayson OBE
Project Director
Prof. Andrew Wilson
Principal investigator & Professor of Archaeology of Roman Empire
Prof. Graham Philip
Co-Investigator
Prof. Ruth Young
Co-Investigator & Professor of Archaeology
Dr Ahmed Buzaian
CPF Training and Project Manager
Dr William Deadman
Researcher
Salahaddin Ebrahimipour
Database Manager
Dr Michael Fradley
Researcher
Dr Kristen Hopper
Assistant Professor (Research)
Dr Mohamed Kenawi
Researcher
Dr Ahmed Mahmoud
Researcher
Dr Bijan Rouhani
Senior Researcher and Project Manager
Dr Nichole Sheldrick
Senior Researcher
Melisa Holloway
Administrator
Ahmad Mohammed
Project Co-ordinator
Affiliated Projects
Aerial Photographic Archive for the Middle East (APAAME)
Website
Dr Robert Bewley
Former Director 2015-2020
Prof. David Kennedy
Project Co-Founder
Rebecca Banks
Affiliate Researcher
Maritime Endangered Archaeology (MarEA)
Website
Dr Lucy Blue
Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton
Dr Colin Breen
School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster University
Affiliate Researchers and Consultants
Dr Mike Bishop
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Jennie Bradbury
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Neil Brodie
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Michael T. Fisher
Affiliate Researcher and Consultant
Dr Pascal Flohr
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Maria Guagnin
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Letty ten Harkel
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Thomas Huet
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Hossam Mahdy
External Consultant
Prof. David Mattingly
Emeritus Fellow & Former Co-PI (2015-2025)
Dr Sayantani Neogi
Affiliate Researcher
Hamad Rahnama
Affiliate Researcher
Dr Louise Rayne
Affiliate Researcher
Dr Ahmed Shams
External Consultant
Dr Francesca Simi
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Martin Sterry
Affiliate Research Fellow
Azadeh Vafadari
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr John B. Winterburn
Affiliate Researcher
Interns and Volunteers
Abigail Allan
Volunteer
Sarah Gyngell
Volunteer
Eileen Kerhouant
Volunteer
Megan Kirkpatrick
Volunteer
Rachel Smith
Volunteer
Danlei Zhou
Volunteer
Former Team Members
Dr Mohamed Omar Abdrbba
Training workshop tutor
Dr Abdulameer M. Al-Dafar (al-Hamdani)
Training Manager
Dr Mftah Ahmed
Training workshop tutor
Dr Amy Jane Barnes
Researcher
Mr Oscar Beighton
Affiliate Research Assistant
Dr Emma Cunliffe
Affiliate Research Fellow
Dr Ahmad Emrage
Training workshop tutor
Dr Matthew S. Hobson
Training Manager
Dr Julia Nikolaus
Researcher
Elaine Russell-Wilks
Administrator
Dana Salameen
Training workshop tutor
Dr Andrea Zerbini †
IT & GIS Officer
