Team

Directors and Administration

Project Co-Directors: Caitlín Barrett (Cornell University), Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University), Annalisa Marzano (University of Bologna)

Field Director: Kathryn Gleason (Cornell University)

Assistant Project Director: Kaja Tally-Schumacher (Cornell University), 2022–present

 Assistant Field Director: Lee Graña (University of Reading, PhD alumnus), 2022–present

Consulting Archaeological Director: Girolamo Ferdinando De Simone (University of Bologna & Accademia delle Belle Arte di Napoli), 2018–2019

Project Manager: Kaja Tally-Schumacher (Cornell University), 2018–2019

 

Data and Records Management 

Digital Technology (iDig) Coordinator: Joseph D. Nigro (Pennsylvania State University)

Database Managers: Nils Niemeier (Concordia Seminary), 2018–2019; Kaja Tally-Schumacher, 2018–2019; Joseph D. Nigro (Pennsylvania State University), 2019–present

FileMaker Record Management: Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2022–present

Photography: Kaja Tally-Schumacher (Cornell University), 2018; Danielle Vander Horst (Cornell University), 2019; Max Meyer (Cornell University), 2022; Grace Gibson (University of Texas, Austin), 2023; Caitlín Barrett (Cornell University), 2022–present

Drone Imaging: Fawzi Doumaz (INGV di Cosenza, UNICAL, CNR ISMA), 2018–present; Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2023–present

Photogrammetry: Fawzi Doumaz (INGV di Cosenza, UNICAL, CNR ISMA), 2018–present; Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2023–present

Data and Equipment Coordinator: Lee Graña (University of Reading, PhD alumnus), 2022

 

Geoarchaeology 

Geophysicist/GPR Director: Larry Brown (Cornell University)

Geomorphology Team: Sahar Farmand (Cornell University), 2018; Houston Harris (Cornell University), 2018; Jane Suhey (Cornell University), 2019; Divya Kumar-Dumas (University of Pennsylvania), 2019

Micromorphologist: Laura Matilde Magno (Université Catholique de Louvain), 2019; Rowena Banerjea (University of Reading), 2022–present

Lead Soil Scientist: Jan Sevink (University of Amsterdam)

Soil Chemistry: Boris Jansen (University of Amsterdam), Amna Saqub (University of Amsterdam)

  

Survey and Mapping 

LiDAR Supervisors: William Krueger (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), 2018–present; Taylor Layton (Layton Echo Group LLC), 2018–2019

LiDAR TeamHannah Maier (Texas A&M University), 2018–2019; Maleeha Taqi (University of Houston), 2018–2019; Tate Kahabka (Technical Infrastructure Advisor, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), 2019

Total Station Lead Surveyors:  Juliana Van Roggen (Cornell University, MA alumna), 2019–2022; Joseph D. Nigro (Pennsylvania State University), 2019–present

Total Station Survey Support and Assistance (USA): Joseph Philip Nigro

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lead Analyst: Juliana Van Roggen (Cornell University, MA alumna), 2018–present; Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2023–present

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Support: Joseph D. Nigro (Pennsylvania State University), 2019–present

 

Environmental Analysis

Zooarchaeologist: Katie Tardio (Bucknell University) 

Lead Archaeobotanists: Jessica Feito (University of Reading), 2019–present; Jane Millar Tully (University of Texas, Austin), 2022–present

Consulting Archaeobotanist: Jennifer Ramsay (SUNY Brockport)

Archaeobotany and Flotation Team: Meredith Hood (University of Oxford), 2019; Samantha Meyer (University of Texas, Austin), 2022; Tara Morgan (Cornell University), 2023; Dalia Waller (Tel Aviv University), 2023

Palynologist: Dafna Langgut (Tel Aviv University)

Paleogeneticist and aDNA Analyst: Flavio De Angelis (California State University Northridge)

Environmental Archaeologist: Mark Robinson (Oxford University)

 

Architectural Analysis 

Landscape Architects: Michele Palmer (Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning), 2018­–2019; Yuhan Ji (Harvard University), 2022–2023; Yaniv Korman (Cornell University, MLA alumnus), 2022–present

 Ancient Architecture Specialist: Roberta Ferritto (University of Bologna, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions [MSCA] Global Research Fellow)

Architecture and Drawing TeamLi Bai (Cornell University), 2018­–2019; Michael Chang (Cornell University), 2019; Sahar Farmand (Cornell University), 2018; Houston Harris (Cornell University), 2018; Yuhan Ji (Cornell University), 2019

Consulting Architect: Thomas Noble Howe (RAS/Southwestern University)

 

Material Culture Analysis

Finds Registrar: Evan Allen (Cornell University), 2018; Diana Blumberg (University of Cumbria), 2019; Emily Lime (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2022–present

Finds Processing Team: Alana Colbert (University of Western Australia), 2022; Grace Gibson (University of Texas, Austin), 2022, 2023

Ceramicist: Vincenzo Castaldo (University of Molise), 2018–present; Joel Bellviure (Oxford University), 2023–present

Fresco and Wall Plaster Specialist: Evan Allen (Cornell University)

Ancient Pigment and pXRF Specialist: Hilary Becker (Binghamton University)

Lithic Specialist: Simon Barker (Ghent University)

Finds Conservation: Selene Zacchino

 

3D Modeling 

Virtual Modeling Lab Director: Andrea Stevenson Won (Cornell University, Virtual Embodiment Laboratory)

Virtual Modeling, Lead Programmer: Eric Wang (Cornell University), 2023

Virtual Modeling, Programming Team: Chuanrui Liu (Cornell University), 2023

Garden Plant Modeling: Susan Garry (Cornell University), 2021-2022; Erika Katsumoto (Cornell University), 2021-2022; Joice Chen (Cornell University), 2023; Shihan Gao (Cornell University), 2023; Yunoo Kim (Cornell University), 2023; Tianran Song (Cornell University), 2023; Jiayu Ruan (Cornell University), 2023–present

Architectural Modeling: Yaniv Korman (Cornell University, MLA alumnus)

 

Excavation 

Sector Supervisors: 

Evan Allen (Cornell University), 2023; Lee Graña (Cornell University), 2023; Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2023

Trench Supervisors:

Evan Allen (Cornell University), 2018, 2019, 2022; Olivia Angsten (Stanford University), 2019, 2022; Rebecca Gaborek (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2022; Lee Graña (University of Reading), 2019, 2022; Rachael Lane (University of Sydney), 2019; Kevin Lee (University of Texas, Austin), 2022, 2023; Caitlin Mostoway Parker (Trinity College, Dublin), 2023; Samuli Simelius (University of Helsinki), 2018, 2019; Emily Sharp (Cornell University), 2023; Scott Stull (SUNY Cortland), 2022; Kaja Tally-Schumacher (Cornell University), 2018, 2019; Iris Verbiesen (Utrecht University), 2023; Cole Warlick (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2022; Yajing Zhao (Peking University), 2022, 2023

Excavation Team: 

Marina Bainbridge (University of Reading), 2019; Aksel Breistrand (University of Bergen), 2019; Anna Brew (Grinnell College), 2018, 2019, 2022; Phil Cirulli (Independent Scholar), 2023; Alana Colbert (University of Western Australia), 2023; Robyn Cooper (University of Otago/South Canterbury Museum), 2019; Madeline Crawford (Cornell University), 2019; Danique Damen (University of Amsterdam), 2023; Sahar Farmand (Cornell University), 2018; Grace Gibson (University of Texas, Austin), 2019; Emma Glaser (Cornell University), 2023; Houston Harris (Cornell University), 2018; Joshua Johnson (Cornell University), 2019; Paul Oberheim (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), 2019; Kayla Peterson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), 2019; Sam Ross (University of Texas, Austin), 2019; Amanda Schjødt (Aarhus University), 2022; Jeremy Sharp (Cornell University), 2022; Iris Verbiesen (Utrecht University), 2022; Elizabeth Wickersham (New York University), 2019; Isaac Younglund (Cornell University), 2019; Dana Zentgraf (Kiel University), 2022, 2023

 

Other Consulting Specialists 

Yukiko Kawamoto (Osaka City University), 2019; Divya Kumar-Dumas (University of Pennsylvania), 2019; Amina-Aïcha Malek (CNRS), 2022; Naomi Miller (University of Pennsylvania), 2019 

 

The 2019 CRC team in Castellammare di Stabia, in front of Mt. Vesuvius (Photo: Danielle Vander Horst)
The 2019 CRC team in Castellammare di Stabia, in front of Mt. Vesuvius (Photo: Danielle Vander Horst)
The 2022 CRC team at Castellammare di Stabia (Photo: David Zarzycki)
The 2022 CRC team at Castellammare di Stabia (Photo: David Zarzycki)
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