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Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Miss Abigail Darville

Research interests

Community Archaeology and Heritage Management
Underwater and Maritime Cultural Heritage Manamgent in The Bahamas
Capacity Development

Email: aad1n19@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +447575043242

Address: B65b, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Crystal El Safadi

Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology

Research interests

Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring
Maritime Cultural Heritage
Geospatial Data and Mapping

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.el-safadi@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

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Mr Felix Pedrotti

SMMI-CMMI Marine and Maritime SRA

Research interests

Development of new techniques in recording underwater environments
Combining terrestrial and underwater datasets
Visualisation of digital datasets

Email: f.pedrotti@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Fraser Sturt

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

Maritme Archaeology
Geomatics
Evaluation methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: f.sturt@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Georgia Andreou

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

Landscape Archaeology
Maritime Archaeology
Eastern Mediterranean

Email: g.m.andreou@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Helen Farr

Associate Professor

Research interests

Seafaring
Submerged Palaeo Landscapes
Maritime Heritage

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: r.h.farr@soton.ac.uk

Address: B65a, Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, SO17 1BF (View in Google Maps)

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Dr Jack Pink

Research Fellow

Research interests

I am a Maritime Archaeologist primarily interested in the study of ships and shipwrecks. My research interests primarily concern ways we can better understand the shipwreck sites we are dealing with. Particularly theoretical concepts and methodological tools that allow us to better understand people in the past. These include: the adoption and development of maritime technology, post-medieval seafaring and shipbuilding, the role of non-human and natural objects and forces in archaeological assemblages, discussions of the Anthropocene, and the use of archival resources.
I am also interested in the application of remote sensing systems, and their integration into archaeological methodologies. I am curious about other approaches to data collection and excavation and enjoy learning new processes and techniques—or variations on skills and systems I already use. Through my PhD research I developed a keen interest in the interoperability of data and exploring the integration of static digital archives with archaeological datasets and other data sources. This has developed into my current focus of implementing AI and ML-based systems to facilitate the study of maritime heritage data. In all these questions my focus is on how these techniques and systems can expand our knowledge of people in the past and how they experienced the world.

Email: j.w.f.pink@soton.ac.uk

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