Curriculum Vitae
Short Biography
Positions and Education
- Since 1.11. 2019 Research Fellow at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology, LMU Munich.
- 2013– 2019 Bursar, Distant Worlds: Munich Graduate School for Ancient Studies.
- 2011 – 2012 Research Associate for the Project ‚Tall Bazi, Syria’ at the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Johannes Gutengberg-University of Mainz.
- 2009 – 2010 Managing Director of the Department of Ancient and Modern Cultures, LMU Munich.
- 2000 – 2008 Research Associate for the Project ‚ Tall Bazi, Syria, at the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology, LMU Munich.
- 1995 – 1999 Research Fellow of the German Archaeological Institute.
- 1990 – 1994 Research Associate for Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology at the German Archaeological Institute in Damascus (Syria).
- 1995 Ph.D. at LMU Munich.
- 1987 Magister (M.A.) at LMU Munich.
1981-1987 Studies of Near Eastern Archaeology, Assyriology and Ancient History at LMU Munich.
Archaeological Fieldwork
- Since 2016 Co-Director of the Fara Regional Survey project (FARSUP).
- 2015/16 Co-Director of the excavations at Gird-i Kazhaw (Iraqi Kurdistan).
- 1993–2010 Director (together with Dr. Adelheid Otto) of the Archaeological mission at Tall Bazi (North Syria).
- 1991, 1992 Director of the Archaeological Survey of the Western Jazira (North Syria).
- 1991, 1992 Field Supervisor at the excavations in Rusafa and the topographical survey of Sura (Syria; Director Prof. Dr. T. Ulbert).
- 1989 Field Supervisor at the excavations in the islamic city of Raqqa (Syria; Director Prof. Dr. M. Meinecke).
- 1983 – 1990 Field Supervisor at the excavations at Tall Bi'a (Syria; Director: Dr. E. Strommenger).
Foci of Interest
Settlement archaeology of Mesopotamia and Syria, historical geography, digital archaeological methods, GIS, archaeometry, beer brewing in the Ancient Near East, Bronze Age pottery.