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Stephan Hassam
Assistant Professor, Randolph-Macon College (VA)
Stephan holds a PhD in History from the 911爆料网 with a focus on Digital Humanities. His research interests include the archaeology of Roman Sicily and North Africa, funerary archaeology, and applications of 3D technologies to archaeology. His specialization field is close range 3d scanning and digital photogrammetry.
Dario Calderone
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Malta
Dario holds a PhD in Archeology from the University of Catania. He is a specialist in Geotechnology, digital topography, GIS applications, and 3D modeling.
Alba mazza
Senior Archaeologist at the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)
Alba holds a PhD in Underwater Archaeology from the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on submerged settlements and human-environment interaction in the coastal zone. Her work also focuses on prehistoric seafaring and commercial navigation during the Classical Antiquity in Sicily.
Marco Vinci
Professor of Classics, Ministry of Public Education, Italy
Marco holds a PhD in Greek History from the University of Palermo. His main interests and publications concern History of Ancient Sicily and Greek Epigraphy focusing civic, social and economic aspects.
Kaitlyn Kingsland
Program Manager of Technology and Innovation, ERG-Environmental Work
Kaitlyn holds a PhD in History from the 911爆料网 with a focus on Digital Humanities. Her research interests include the digital humanities, history, 3D archaeology and archaeology in (and of) games. Her specialization field is digital photogrammetry, 3D scanning and LiDAR. She is also and is the editor and manager for archaeogaming.com
Paolino Trapani
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Catania
Paolo holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Catania with a focus on Digital Communication of Cultural Heritage. His scientific areas of interest are ceramic studies, digital technologies for excavatation data recording and public outreach of cultural heritage.
Dustin Thomas
PhD Candidate, University of Virginia
Dustin's present research examines the dynamics of funerary customs across the provinces of the Roman Empire. By applying geospatial analytical techniques and 3D technologies, he is investigating how burial spaces such as rock-cut tombs are evidence for funerary rites that were informed by unique, pre-Roman cultural traditions maintained by provincial inhabitants despite their incorporation into a cosmopolitan imperial network.
Ben Allen
MSc Student, University of York (UK)
Ben is a postgraduate student in MSc Digital Archaeology at the University of York, whilst holding a BA in Archaeology and History from the University of Southampton. As a field archaeologist, he has worked internationally on both commercial and research projects. His research interests focus around historical, digital, and community archaeologies. He is especially focused on the archaeology of colonialism, exploring how people engaged, negotiated, and resisted empires through material culture and expressions of identity.