Centre for Maritime Archaeology
Centre for Maritime Archaeology

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

For admissions enquiries and programme coordinator please contact Dr Helen Farr r.h.farr@soton.ac.uk

Miss Abigail Darville

Research interests

  • Community Archaeology and Heritage Management 
  • Underwater and Maritime Cultural Heritage Manamgent in The Bahamas  
  • Capacity Development 
Connect with Abigail

Email: aad1n19@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +447575043242

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Dr Ash Smith

Database Technician
Connect with Ash

Email: ash.smith@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3571

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Dr Crystal El Safadi

Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology

Research interests

  • Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring
  • Maritime Cultural Heritage
  • Geospatial Data and Mapping

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Crystal

Email: C.El-Safadi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7321

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Dr Felix Pedrotti

SMMI-CMMI Marine and Maritime SRA

Research interests

  • Development of new techniques in recording underwater environments
  • Combining terrestrial and underwater datasets
  • Visualisation of digital datasets
Connect with Felix

Email: F.Pedrotti@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Fraser Sturt

Deputy Director SMMI

Research interests

  • Maritme Archaeology
  • Geomatics
  • Evaluation methods

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Fraser

Email: F.Sturt@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9422

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Dr Georgia Andreou

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Landscape Archaeology
  • Maritime Archaeology
  • Eastern Mediterranean
Connect with Georgia

Email: G.M.Andreou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3578

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Dr Helen Farr

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Seafaring
  • Submerged Palaeo Landscapes
  • Maritime Heritage

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Helen

Email: R.H.Farr@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8191

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Dr Jack Pink

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Maritime archaeology, primarily focused in the study of ships and shipwrecks.
  • Developing theoretical concepts and methodological tools 
  • Application of archaeological process, including approaches to data collection and excavation
Connect with Jack

Email: J.W.F.Pink@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Jonathan Adams BA DPhil MIfA FSA FRSA

Professor of Archaeology

Research interests

  • the chronology and impact of environmental change on later prehistoric human populations in the Black Sea region
  • maritime connectivity in the Black Sea
  • ships as tools of Early Modern state-building
Connect with Jonathan

Email: jjra@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2240

Miss Julianne Pyron

Research interests

  • Roman Adriatic
  • Coastal and Landscape Archaeology
  • Social Life and Connectivity in the Mediterranean
Connect with Julianne

Email: J.N.Pyron@soton.ac.uk