Directory

For a list of all members of the Amheida team since 2004 click here

Directors

Director
David M. Ratzan (New York University)
david.ratzan@nyu.edu

Director emeritus
(Director, 2004–2022)
Roger S. Bagnall (New York University)
roger.bagnall@nyu.edu

Archaeological Field Director
Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University in St. Louis)
nicola.aravecchia@wustl.edu 

Archaeological Field Director emerita
(Archaeological Field Director, 2005–2022)
Paola Davoli (Università del Salento)
paola.davoli@unisalento.it

Associate Director for Egyptology
Olaf E. Kaper (Universiteit Leiden)
o.e.kaper@let.leidenuniv.nl

Associate Director, Pottery Laboratory
Clementina Caputo (Politecnico Milano)
clementina.caputo@polimi.it

Assistant to the Director
Ashraf Barakat (Mansoura)
hsmashraf4@yahoo.com

House Manager
Gaber Murad (Dakhla)
gabermur1970@yahoo.com 

Archaeologists

Stefania Alfarano (Institute of Ancient History, University of Basel)
Deputy Field Director
stefania.alfarano@unibas.ch

Roberta Casagrande-Kim (New York University)
Assistant Field Director, 2021–2023
rck3@nyu.edu

Dorota Dzierbicka (University of Warsaw)
d.dzierbicka@gmail.com

Archaeological Illustrators and Artists
Martin Hense
m.hense@egypt-archaeology.com

Dorothea Schulz
dorothea.schulz@gmail.com

Architect
Nicholas Warner (American Research Center in Egypt)
njwarner@aucegypt.edu

Art Historians
Elizabeth Bolman (Case Western Reserve University)
esbolman@gmail.com

Susanna McFadden (Hong Kong University)
sumcfadden@fordham.edu

Delphine Renaut Lauritzen (Università di Bologna)
delphinelauritzen@gmail.com

Bioarchaeologists
Tosha Dupras (Texas Tech University)
Tosha.Dupras@ttu.edu

Archaeobotanist
Valentina Caracuta (Weizmann Institute)
valentina.caracuta@weizmann.ac.il

Faunal Remains
Pamela Crabtree (New York University)
pc4@nyu.edu

Salima Ikram (American University in Cairo)
salima@aucegypt.edu

Topographer
Leonardo Davighi (Milan)
leonardodavighi@libero.it

Ceramics

Clementina Caputo (Politecnico Milano)
clementina.caputo@polimi.it

Vicente Barba Colmenero (Chief Coordinator of Historical Heritage of the Department of Culture, Tourism, Festivities and Cultural Heritage of the City of Jaén, Spain)
vicenbarba@gmail.com

Irene Soto Marín
Harvard University
irenesotomarin@fas.harvard.edu

Conservation

Mahmoud Samir Hussein (Ministry of Antiquities)
mahmoudsamir.arch@gmail.com

Tamer Ramadan (Dakhla)
tamerramadan2@hotmail.com

Mohammed Ahmed Sayed (Dakhla)
moh_ahmd@yahoo.com

Emiliano Ricchi (Rome)
emilianoricchi@hotmail.it

Alberto Sucato (Rome)
albertosucato@gmail.com

Egyptology

Olaf E. Kaper (Universiteit Leiden)
o.e.kaper@let.leidenuniv.nl

Maud Slingenberg (University of Leiden)
m.j.slingenberg@hotmail.nl

Small finds disciplines

Numismatists
Thomas Faucher (Université de Bordeaux Montaigne)
thomas.faucher@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr

David M. Ratzan (New York University)
david.ratzan@nyu.edu

Irene Soto Marín
Harvard University
irenesotomarin@fas.harvard.edu

Papyrologists/Epigraphists
Rodney Ast (University of Heidelberg)
ast@uni-heidelberg.de

Raffaella Cribiore (New York University)
rc119@nyu.edu

Mohamed G. El-Maghrabi (University of Alexandria)
mgelmaghrabi@edu.alexu.edu.eg

Registrar
Marina Nuovo (Università di Roma)
nuanda45@hotmail.com

Jennifer Thum (Harvard University Art Museums)
jennifer_thum@harvard.edu

Staff

Database management and computer operations
Bruno Bazzani
bruno.bazzani@tin.it

Librarian
Karen Green (Columbia University)
klg19@columbia.edu

Photographer
Christopher Kleihege (Chicago)
ckleihege@me.com