Centre for Maritime Archaeology

Our people

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

For admissions enquiries and programme coordinator please contact Dr Helen Farr [email protected]

Miss Abigail Darville

Research interests

  • Community Archaeology and Heritage Management 
  • Underwater and Maritime Cultural Heritage Manamgent in The Bahamas  
  • Capacity Development 
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Dr Ash Smith

Database Technician
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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

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Dr 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
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Professor Fraser Sturt

Deputy Director SMMI

Research interests

  • Maritme Archaeology
  • Geomatics
  • Evaluation methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Georgia Andreou

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Eastern Mediterranean
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Dr Helen Farr

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Seafaring
  • Submerged Palaeo Landscapes
  • Maritime Heritage

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jack Pink

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Maritime archaeology, primarily focused in the study of ships and shipwrecks.
  • Developing theoretical concepts and methodological tools 
  • Application of archaeological process, including approaches to data collection and excavation
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Professor Jonathan Adams BA DPhil MIfA FSA FRSA

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • the chronology and impact of environmental change on later prehistoric human populations in the Black Sea region
  • maritime connectivity in the Black Sea
  • ships as tools of Early Modern state-building
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Miss Julianne Pyron

Research interests

  • Roman Adriatic
  • Coastal and Landscape Archaeology
  • Social Life and Connectivity in the Mediterranean
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