Experience

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI)

• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scientific Director of the Orient Department

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Emmy Noether Junior Group Leader

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2021

  Research group: "Flight - Migration - Interaction. Artifact-related diversity in Ancient Near Eastern contexts of the 3rd and 2nd millennium B.C." The project “Flight – Migration – Interaction. Artifact-related diversity in Ancient Near Eastern contexts of the 2nd and 3rd millennium B.C.” investigates issues of cultural influence, changes in material culture and the diversity of ancient oriental cultures in a multidisciplinary research association. It focuses on models of refugee and… Show more Research group: "Flight - Migration - Interaction. Artifact-related diversity in Ancient Near Eastern contexts of the 3rd and 2nd millennium B.C." The project “Flight – Migration – Interaction. Artifact-related diversity in Ancient Near Eastern contexts of the 2nd and 3rd millennium B.C.” investigates issues of cultural influence, changes in material culture and the diversity of ancient oriental cultures in a multidisciplinary research association. It focuses on models of refugee and migration movements which are explained through abrupt changes in cultural material (e.g. ceramics) in archaeological contexts. Explorations at the ancient settlement mound Gird-i Shamlu in the Shahrizor plain, which lies near the Iraqi-Iranian border in southern Kurdistan shall serve as a case study, which can shed light on a possible refugee movement, which took place in the region about 3,500 years ago. The project also includes the study of the ancient landscape of flight, which can be made visible by archaeological and archaeomagnetic prospections in order to explore the phenomenon in the urban environment of contemporary settlements.

• Assistant Professor

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2016

  Teaching BA and graduate classes, administration, research

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2015

  Archaeological investigation of the Shahrizor Plain in Iraqi Kurdistan (DFG Project). Teaching GIS courses and field school classes



Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

• Department for Near Eastern Archaeology

• Assistant

  • Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

  Teaching seminars on remote sensing, the archaeology of the trans Tigris area as well as commodities of trade in the Ancient Near East Teaching seminars on remote sensing, the archaeology of the trans Tigris area as well as commodities of trade in the Ancient Near East



University of Heidelberg

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher

  • Oct 2007 - Dec 2011

  Workshop for Students: "Pixels and Vectors - Image Editing for Archaeologists" (together with Prof. Dr. P.A. Miglus)

• PhD

  • May 2007 - Jun 2011

  Eastern Tigris Area Project: "Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Tigris Area. From the Neolithic to the Neo-Assyrian Period"



UNESCO

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Specialist for pottery for the UNESCO Sulaymaniyah Museum refurbishment project

  • 2011 - 2011



Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg

• Heidelberg Area, Germany

• Science Assistant - editorial staff

  • Jan 2005 - Apr 2009

  Photo editing, database development, statistics. Photo editing, database development, statistics.



The University of Sheffield

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database developer - Near East

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2008

  Database development for archaeological sites in the Near East involving GIS and remote sensing. Database development for archaeological sites in the Near East involving GIS and remote sensing.



University of Heidelberg

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Science Assistant

  • Feb 2001 - Dec 2006

  supervision of the institutes library and slide collection, database management

• Teacher

  • Aug 2006 - Sep 2006

  Workshop for GIS applications in Archaeology



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Database Developer - Near East

  • Aug 2005 - Oct 2005

  Database development for archaeological sites in the Near East involving GIS and remote sensing. Database development for archaeological sites in the Near East involving GIS and remote sensing.



Uruk-Warka collection, Heidelberg

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2004 - Jan 2005

  Database development for collection's inventory. Inventory of archaeological finds. Preparation of exhibitions. Database development for collection's inventory. Inventory of archaeological finds. Preparation of exhibitions.



University of Halle

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2003 - Aug 2003

  Assur project (Prof. Dr. P.A. Miglus): database development Assur project (Prof. Dr. P.A. Miglus): database development