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Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 2002-2007 | Ph. D., Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, |
| 1999-2002 | M.A., Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| 1995-1998 | B.A., Archaeology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
Teaching Experience
| Fall 2011 | Lecture, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Spring 2003 | Laboratory Instructor for Human Evolution, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| Fall 2003 | Laboratory Instructor for Human Anatomy, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| Spring 2002 | Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Department |
| Fall 2002 | Laboratory Instructor for Human Anatomy, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY |
| Spring 2001 | Teaching Assistant for Peoples of the World, Department of Anthropology, |
Employment
| 2012- present | Associated Scientist, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2012-present | Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship (The Wenner Gren Foundation) |
| Spring 2012 | Research Fellow, Wiener Laboratory, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece |
| Fall 2011 | Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2009- 2010 | The J. Lawrence Angel Fellowship in Human Skeletal Studies, Wiener Laboratory, The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece |
| 2007-2009 | Post-doctoral fellowship, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2004-2005 | Translator of Archaeological Material (English/Arabic), USAID-Iraq HEAD--Stony Brook University Program, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Data Collector/Supervisor, Center for Survey Research, Stony Brook |
Field Experience
| August 2010 | Analysis of Middle Bronze Age human remains from burials recovered from the site of Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon. Directors: Hermann Genz and Helen Sader, American University of Beirut |
| June 2008 | Excavation and analysis of a Middle Bronze Age burial, Tell Fadous-Kfarabida, Lebanon. Directors: Hermann Genz and Helen Sader, American University of Beirut |
| July 2007 | Excavation of a Medieval burial site in Giecz, Poland. Director: Dr. Marek Polcyn, Slavia Foundation |
| June-July 2002 | Analysis of human remains from the site of BEY 018 Iron Age cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon. Director: Prof. Hans Curvers, University of Amesterdam. |
| April 1998 | Tyre and its hinterland archaeological survey, Tyre, Lebanon. Director: Dr. Kevin Butcher, American University of Beirut. |
| Aug.-Sept. 1997 | Rescue excavations of the Iron Age Phoenician fortifications in Beirut Central District (BEY 020), Beirut, Lebanon. Directors: Prof. Uwe Finkbeiner, Tübingen University and Prof. Helen Sader, American University of Beirut. |
Scholarships/Grants
| 2012-2013 | The Wenner Gren Foundation Hunt Post-doctoral Fellowship |
| 2000-2007 | Stony Brook University, Full tuition scholarship |
| 2005 | The National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant |
| 2005 | The Leakey Foundation Grant for Anthropological Research |
| 2005 | The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, The |