Wolfgang Alders | waa232@nyu.edu
Visiting Research Scholar 2024-25, ISAW
Elena Basso | elena.basso@metmuseum.org
Associate Research Scientist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Projects: Archaeological Excavations at Kınık Höyük
Annarita Bonfanti | ab11866@nyu.edu
Visiting Assistant Professor 2023-25
Projects: Study of Urartian materials at the History Museum of Armenia; Archaeological excavation at Solak-1, Armenia
Federico Carò | Federico.Caro@metmuseum.org
Research Scientist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Projects: Turquoise Mining and Exchange in Pre-Modern Central Asia
Special Skills & Interests: Inorganic materials and techniques employed in artistic production; mineralogical, petrographic, and geochemical characterization of geological materials; conservation; provenance
Emily Frank | ebf252@nyu.edu
Objects Conservator | PhD Candidate in Ancient Studies, ISAW | Adjunct Lecturer
Projects: Antefixa Project | Archaeological Exploration of Sardis
Special Skills & Interests: Image-based documentation, computational imaging, 3D modeling, multispectral imaging, basic microscopy; elemental and chemical analysis
Karen Rubinson | kr987@nyu.edu
Research Associate, ISAW
Special Skills & Interests: Archaeology of the South Caucasus; visual analysis; pottery technology
Anna Serotta | anna.serotta@metmuseum.org
Associate Conservator, Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Guest Lecturer, The Conservation Center
Projects: The Metropolitan Museum of Art excavation at Dahshur, Egypt | Northwest Bolsena Archaeological Project in Valle Gianni, Italy.
Jing Zhang | jz6676@nyu.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology
Special Skills & Interests: Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; Surveying and Mapping Engineering; 3D Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Archaeology