Lars Ole Boldreel has a PhD in applied geophysics and works as an associate professor in basin-related geophysics at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). He is engaged in research, teaching and administration, as Head of Study as well as Head of the External Censor Group Denmark. He has through many years worked for the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland in the NE-Atlantic, off-shore Vietnam as well as with deep geothermal mapping of on-shore Denmark, for a period serving as head of its Faroe Island section. He is specialised in and has acquired extensive experience with acquisition and interpretation of reflection seismic data off- and on-shore as well as in lakes. His research interests are: high-
resolution seismic investigation of knapped flint areas, sub-bottom shipwrecks and submerged landscapes, geological evolution of basins off-shore the Faroe Islands and Vietnam as well as on-shore geothermal reservoirs in Denmark investigated by use of reflection seismic methods. He has published 78 peer reviewed papers, a large number of presentations and reports.
Morgan F. Smith has nine years of experience in underwater and terrestrial archaeology. Morgan has directed multiple full-scale geoarchaeological excavations of underwater prehistoric sites as well as phase I and phase II surveys of terrestrial and submerged lands. Morgan’s research has included efforts to develop methods and models to more accurately and reliably locate underwater prehistoric sites, with an emphasis on mobile forager societies. Morgan has applied his geoarchaeological and anthropological skills sets to projects in ten states and three countries.
Shawn Joy has 10 years of experience in historic, maritime, pre-contact, and submerged pre-contact archaeological fieldwork and research. Shawn received his Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his Master’s degree from Florida State University. His research focuses on geoarchaeology and submerged Paleoindian sites off of Florida’s Gulf Coast. He has been involved in numerous phase III submerged prehistoric excavations including Page-Ladson, Guest Mammoth, Manasota Key, and Sloth Hole. He has conducted surveys for federal, state, and private archaeological projects throughout the Mid-West and Eastern United States and has conducted desktop analyses and submerged paleolandscape reconstructions for both utility and research projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Coast. He has worked for the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources where he assisted in developing the reporting guidelines for maritime archaeological reports and advanced an extensive New England shipwreck database. As an underwater archaeologist Mr. Joy has logged hundreds of hours of scientific diving.
Rostand Tayong Boumda is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire (United Kingdom). His present research work is focused on the numerical and analytical characterisation of multi-layered systems using ultrasound techniques. His main area of research deals with developing acoustic methods for the detection and characterisation of features across composites-like environment. Prior to this position, he worked at the University of Bristol as a Research Associate. Between 2012 and 2015, he joined the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) where he worked with Prof Jean-Pierre Hermand as an invited researcher and lecturer where he started the work on the acoustic detection and localisation of Stone Age materials buried in sediment environment. Rostand Tayong’s research experience encompasses different fields such as Geo-acoustic, Mechanical Engineering and Dynamics Control.
Andreas Mäder is head of the section 'Underwater Archaeology and Dendroarchaeology' of Zurich since 2010. As an archaeologist he has before directed numerous rescue and research excavations in the Canton of Zurich for 20 years. He is involved in projects for the preservation of prehistoric lake dwellings in situ.
Bo Madsen is an archaeologist specialising in the Stone Age and in flint knapping. He presently works for the East Jutland Museum in Randers (Denmark). He has worked as an archaeologist, curator, research associate and director for Danish Museums and has carried out research and field work in Northern Greenland, Scandinavia, France, Poland, Oman, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Egypt. His primary research interests are excavation and survey methodology, wetland archaeology, cognitive studies, early man studies (especially the history of technology), and experimental archaeology with a special focus on lithic technology, experimental stone tool manufacture, and Palaeolithic settlement patterns.
Deborah Cvikel is a researcher at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Maritime Civilizations, both at the University of Haifa (Israel). Her areas of research and teaching are maritime history based on underwater archaeology, seamanship and ship-handling, and ancient ship building. Since 2002, she has been excavating shipwrecks and directing underwater surveys along the Israeli coast (Akko, Atlit, Dor/Tantura, Ma‘agan Mikhael). She is the Head of the Ancient Ships and Seamanship Research Laboratory, and directs the Ma‘agan Mikhael II replica ship project, initiated and earlier headed by Prof. Y. Kahanov.
Björn Nilsson is a researcher at the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, Sweden. He currently has a special focus on prehistoric submerged landscapes, wetland sites and seascape heritage assessment. Since 2018 he is a fellow of LINXS (Lund Institute of advanced Neutron and X-Ray Science), where he is coordinating geoarchaeological research at the big science facilities at Lund university; MAXIV (a synchrotron source) and ESS (a Neutron spallation source). He has a long experience in the academic field as well as in contracting archaeology. The last ten years he has been leader of several research projects in the Baltic Sea. The last years his research group has been collaborating with colleagues in Chile in order to explore the submerged landscapes in southernmost Tierra del Fuego.
Arne Sjöström is an archaeologist with a strong focus on Stone Age culture and Underwater archaeology. Responsible for the extensive investigations of Mesolithic sites with surprisingly good preservation of organic materials from the Rönneholms peat bog at Ringsjön. He is also as a diver heavily engaged in the investigation of the submerged Mesolithic settlement of Southern Sweden.
Ehud Galili is a Marine Archaeologist, PhD, Research Fellow and lecturer at the University of Haifa (Israel). He directed the project of the submerged Neolithic settlements off the Carmel coast (1984-2019) and the underwater archaeological surveys off the Israeli coast since 1965. His activity focuses on the study of man and sea relations and the rescue of the cultural heritage. Galili stablished the marine unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority and directed it in 1990-2004. As a member of the
National Committee for the Protection of the Coastal Environment (2004-2019), he produced policy documents and risk assessment surveys, aimed at managing and protecting the underwater and coastal cultural heritage. His research interests include submerged prehistoric settlements, sea level changes, ancient seafaring, shipwrecks, fishing instruments, salt industry and preservation of the underwater cultural heritage.
Egon Nørmark is a geophysicist with a PhD in seismic processing and modelling. He is part of the staff at the Department of Earth Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark. He has been involved in many marine seismic surveys, both 2D and 3D. Most surveys are shallow reflections seismic surveys in Danish waters. He has also carried many minor shallow seismic surveys on land mainly by use of Vibroseismics. Moreover, he has also been involved in several seismic surveys on Greenland.
Qunyan Q. Y. Ren is a professor at the Institute of acoustics Chinese Academy of Sciences. He does research in Acoustic Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Oceanography. He is currently involved in the project '[AWA] Ecosystem Approach to the management of fisheries and the marine environment in West African waters'. He was involved in the first Finite Element modellings of the acoustic response from man-knapped pieces of lithics from the Stone Age and is engaged in the development of acoustic maritime archaeological survey methods.
Philippe Blondel is a sonar specialist with several decades of experience working in all oceans (except the Antarctic). He is co-founder and Deputy Director of the Centre for Space, Atmosphere and Ocean Science at the University of Bath (UK). Fellow of the Institute of Acoustics, Philippe is also a Chartered Geologist. His research uses active acoustics (mapping of mid-ocean ridges, marine habitats and toxic waste, de-risking of Marine Renewable Energies) and passive acoustics (marine soundscapes, human impacts). He develops innovative sonar approaches (e.g. multistatic sonars). He is actively involved in standardising acoustic practices with the British Standards Institution, and co-chairs the International Quiet Ocean Experiment working group on “Arctic Acoustic Environments”. The
impact of his research is expanded with technology transfer to different marine industries, from seismic surveying to new sensors and sub-seabed profiling.
Xing GAO, research professor at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. He received doctoral degree from Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona in 2000. He served as Deputy Director of the IVPP for 9 years and now holds the position of Director for Zhoukoudian Paleoanthropological Research Center, Chairman of Chinese Paleolithic Society, Honorary President of Asian Paleolithic Association, and Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Acta Anthropologica Sinica. His major research interest includes Paleolithic archaeology, human evolution, and modern human origins. He has published more than 100 papers in major academic journals, such as Science, Nature, Journal of Human Evolution, Current Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Science, Quaternary International, etc.
Antonio Dell’Anno is full professor in Ecology and vice-Director of the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences at Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona, Italy). Chair of Marine Conservation Biology and of Environmental Sustainability. Member of the scientific committee of the National Technological Cluster Blue Italian Growth and of the Inter-University Consortium High-Tech Recycling. His research activity is mainly focused on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and on issues dealing with environmental pollution and sustainability. He participated to several national and international projects and is author of more than 140 publications in peer-reviewed international journals.
