Our Staff
Researchers and Experts by Technique
Stratigraphy
Adam J. Aja, Chief Stratigrapher
Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Director, Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon
Assistant Curator, Harvard Semitic Museum
Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Stratigrapher
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary
Osteology
Rachel Kalisher, Osteologist
Ph.D., Brown University
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New York University
Zooarchaeology
Deirdre Fulton, Zooarchaeologist
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Baylor University
Archaeobotany &
Plant Ecology
John M. Marston, Archaeobotanist and Plant Ecologist
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University
Kathleen M. Forste, Archaeobotanist and Plant Ecologist
Ph.D., Boston University
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology, Brown University
First Millennium BCE
Semitic Epigraphy
David Vanderhooft, First Millennium BCE Semitic Epigrapher
Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor of Theology, Boston College
Geographic Information Systems
George Pierce, Geographic Information Systems Architect
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University
Geology
Stephen Moshier, Geologist
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Professor of Geology Emeritus, Wheaton College
Radiocarbon and Microachaeology
Elisabetta Boaretto, Radiocarbon and Microachaeologist
Ph.D., Hebrew University
Weizmann Institute of Science
OCHRE Database Management
Andrew Wright (pictured), Sandra Schloen, and Miller Prosser, Database Management, OCHRE
University of Chicago
Registrar
Krystal V. L. Pierce, Registrar
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University