Curriculum Vitae
Academic qualifications
| 2005 | Ph.D. | University of Tübingen | Germany | Quaternary Ecology
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| 1994 | Dames & Moore | California, USA | Certified Professional Geologist |
| 1985 | University of Washington | Seattle, USA | Oceanography |
| 1983 | B.A. | University of Rochester | New York, USA | Geology cum laude |
Project Experience
2012-present | Project Co-Director (with Ron Shimelmitz), Sefunim Cave Excavation Project, Mount Carmel, Israel (Leakey Foundation, Irene Levi Sala Care Archaeological Foundation, ROCEEH) |
2008-present | Project Co-Director (with Boris Gasparyan), Tübingen-Armenian Paleolithic Project, Vorotan Basin, Armenia (ROCEEH) |
2001 | Lithic Analyst, Giza Plateau Mapping Project, Cairo, Egypt |
1999- 2010 | Field Coordinator, Tübingen-Damaskus Ausgrabungs- (Excavation) und Survey Project (TDASP), Damascus Province, Syria |
1998-2008 | Field Coordinator, Geelbek Anyskop Ausgrabungs- (Excavation) und Survey Project (GAASP), Western Cape, South Africa (DFG, Co 226-5/1-6) |
1996-2001 | Field Technician, Climatically Coupled Processes of Mesozoic & Cenozoic Geo-Ecosystems: Survey and Prospection in Southern Germany (DFG–SFB 275-C7) |
1995 | Conference Coordinator, Culture Area Karakorum (DFG), Islamabad, Pakistan |
1986-1995 | Project Geologist, Dames & Moore, Los Angeles, USA |
Excavations
| 2013-present | Sefunim Cave, Mount Carmel (MP-UP), Israel |
2009-present | Aghitu-3 Cave (UP), Syunik Province, Armenia |
| 2013 | Jebal Faya (MP-UP), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| 2011 | Hoedjiespunt-1 (MSA), Western Cape, South Africa |
2008-2010 | Wadi Mushkuna (MP-UP), Damascus Province, Syria |
2004-2006 | Kaus Kozah Cave (MP-Natufian), Damascus Province, Syria |
2001-2002 | Hohle Fels (UP), Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
2001-2002 | Geißenklösterle (UP), Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
2001-2002 | Anyskop (ESA-MSA-LSA), Western Cape, South Africa |
1999-2004 | Baaz Rockshelter (UP-Natufian), Damascus Province, Syria |
1998-2002 | Geelbek Dunes (MSA-LSA), Western Cape, South Africa |
1997-1998 | Hohlenstein (UP), Baden-Württemberg, Germany |