Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. His research combines the use of geoarchaeology, experimental archaeology and traditional archaeological methods for the study of formation processes, especially construction and destruction, in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant.

Areas of Interest: Archaeology of the Bronze Age and Iron Age in the Land of Israel, ancient construction materials and techniques, architecture, urban planning, destruction by fire, the seam between archaeology and text-based disciplines

Projects: Director of the Tel Hazor Excavations Project (together with Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor), scientific consultant in the Tell Beir Mirsim Excavations