Curriculum vitae

Harvard University, Ph.D. in Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology titled: "The environmental origins of plant and herbivores in the southern Levant: an isotopic approach."

George Washington University, Doctoral student in Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel M.A., Department of Archaeology Magna cum laude titled: "Morphology, ecology, and taphonomy of the freshwater turtle Mauremys caspica rivulata in the Jordan Valley today and 780 thousand years ago in the site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov."

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel B.A., Department of Archaeology Cum laude.

Minerva Postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Visiting researcher at the faculty of Humanities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Minerva Stiftung, post doctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology for the research project titled "Obligatory carnivores? Reconstructing Eastern Mediterranean Neanderthal diet and environment using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes."

Cora Du Bois Dissertation Writing Grant for the research titled "Carbon and nitrogen isotope signature recorded in animals – geographic and paleoenvironmental proxies in the southern Levant" ($20,000).

NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant #06453645 for the research titled "Carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures recorded in animals - geographic and paleoenvironmental proxies in the southern Levant" ($12,000).

Awarded distinction in teaching for the course, QR34 "Counting People", Harvard University.

Awarded distinction in teaching for the course, SB50 "Dinosaurs and their Relatives," Harvard University.

Presidential Merit Fellow in Hominid Paleobiology, awarded by the George Washington University.

Grant awarded by The Explorers Club, Washington Group, Inc. For the research "What bone diagenesis can tell us about the early emergence of modern human behavior in Africa? – site formation processes in Katanda (Zaire)" ($1,000).

Scholarship awarded by the National Center for Cooperation between Science and Archaeology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. For the Research "Identification of seasonality in prehistoric sites as indicated by bone analysis of the spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)" ($2,000).

"The isotopic spacing between plant and body tissue in desert environment", department seminars, Evolution Systematics and Ecology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

"Does diet or animal physiology explain elevated δ15N of herbivores in hot and arid environments?", Archaeology seminar, University of Connecticut, Department of Anthropology.

"Introduction to stable isotope research in Archaeology", Scientific methods in Archaeology seminar, Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, Israel.

"Structure and composition of reptilian bone and its use for seasonal and paleoenvironmental reconstructions", Prehistory seminar series, Deparment of Archaeology, Haifa University, Israel.

Teaching Fellow, QR34 "Counting People."

Teaching Fellow, SB50 "Dinosaurs and their Relatives."

Teaching Fellow, Anthro1420 "Human Anatomy."

Teaching Fellow, OEB121a "Advanced Structure and Physiology of Vertebrates."