Professional Summary
I studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Slavic Literature and Classical Philology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating magna cum laude. My undergraduate dissertation compared the Athenian potters’ quarter (the Kerameikos) with the Roman Argiletum. My comprehensive exam focused on hymns in ancient Greek literature.
I subsequently joined the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where I completed my Master’s studies with highest honours and obtained the Diplôme de l’École Normale Supérieure (DENS). My first Master’s thesis examined botanical folk classifications from Homer to Theophrastus and their wider Mediterranean context. My second Master’s thesis investigated the origins of the archaic kantharos in Boeotia.
I then pursued an MPhil at the University of Cambridge, where my research focused on the Mycenaean calendar at Knossos and the geographic territory of Pylos, combining Linear B evidence with archaeological data.
Alongside my academic studies, I have participated in archaeological fieldwork in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean. I took part in study seasons at Kirrha in Phocis, working with pottery, and in the pottery team of the Keros-Dhaskalio project in the Cyclades, where I also participated in excavations. I have excavated at Amathous in Cyprus, Lachish in Israel, and Malia and Sissi in Crete.
My current research interests centre on the transitional period between the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.