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Permanent Team

Jan Driessen - Jan Driessen, the director of the project, is professor of Greek archaeology at the UCL where he was head of the Department of Archaeology and Art History till 2009 and vice-head of the research institute INCAL till 2015. He is also director of the Belgian School at Athens. He did his PhD at the KULeuven […]
Charlotte Langohr - Charlotte Langohr studied archaeology and art history at the UCL. As an aspirant of the FNRS she finished her PhD in 2008 focusing on the Late Minoan II-IIIB period in Crete. Since 2003, she has been involved in archaeological and study campaigns on Crete at Palaikastro, Malia and Sissi, where she is currently responsible for […]
Quentin Letesson - Quentin Letesson studied archaeology at the UCL with a dissertation on space syntax applied to Minoan architecture, which was also the topic of his DEA and PhD (From Phenotype to Genotype: Space Syntax Analysis in Minoan Architecture (MM IIIB-LM IB), which he finished in 2007 as an aspirant of the FNRS. He participated in archaeological […]
Maud Devolder - Maud Devolder is Post-doctoral Researcher of the Gerda Henkel Foundation in the AEGIS research group at UCLouvain. After completing her PhD on Neopalatial Society and Material Culture in UCLouvain in 2009, she has been holding post-doctoral research positions in Athens (FNRS and French School at Athens) and Berlin (Humboldt Research Fellow). She has participated in […]
Florence Gaignerot-Driessen - Florence Gaignerot-Driessen received her Ph.D. in Greek Archaeology from the Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and is affiliated to the CNRS (UMR 8167-Equipe Antiquité Classique et Tardive). She is an external collaborator in the Aegis research group and a member of the ARC Programme “A world in crisis” (UCLouvain). She has been excavating on Crete since […]
Simon Jusseret - After graduating in geology (ULg) and archaeology (UCL), Simon Jusseret completed a PhD in geoarchaeology supervised by J. Driessen and C. Baeteman (RISNB) (Neolithic and Bronze Age coastal landscapes in Crete: a geoarchaeological approach). He is currently F.R.S.-FNRS postdoctoral researcher at UCL and member of Aegis as well as of the ARC ‘A World in […]
Sylviane Déderix - Sylviane Déderix is currently a Humboldt postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Classical Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She studied archaeology as well as Oriental languages and literature, before completing a PhD under the supervision of Prof. J. Driessen and Dr. A. Sarris (IMS-FORTH). Her research interests include Aegean and more specifically Minoan archaeology, […]
Ilaria Caloi - I am Ilaria Caloi and I am a pottery specialist. Since 2000 I have been working on Crete, where I acquired excellent expertise in Minoan pottery during my collaboration with the Italian Archaeological School at Athens (Phaistos, Kamilari, Ayia Triada), the French School at Athens (Malia, Dreros) and the Université Catholique de Louvain (Sissi). I […]
Hannah Joris - Hannah Joris did an MFA in Jewelry & Corpus at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Stockholm, Sweden) after completing a BFA at the MAD-Faculty (Belgium). In 2013 Hannah completed her PhD in Arts, entitled “Via the body. A research on the expression of the human condition through body fragmentation – jewelry art […]
Isabelle Crevecoeur - Isabelle Crevecoeur (Ph.D. 2006, Université Bordeaux 1 and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a researcher of the CNRS in France (UMR 5199 PACEA, Université de Bordeaux). Her research interests include palaeo-anthropological and bio-archaeological studies of Late Pleistocene fossil specimens and Early Holocene populations from Europe and Africa. At Sissi, she is member of the physical anthropologist […]
Aurore Schmitt - Aurore Schmitt is « chargée de recherche » at the CNRS (UMR 7268 – ADèS) in Marseille (France). Her research focuses on the archaeology of death and biological features of Mediterranean Neolithic and Bronze Age populations. At the UMR, she also directs the research group «Archeo-anthropology of holocene populations » and teaches on archeothanatology. At […]
Nicolas Kress - Nicolas Kress (aka Léo) has an MA in archaeology (UCLouvain, Belgium). His dissertation focused on the integration of different field techniques (excavation, survey, GPR, GPS, aerial photography,…) within Geographical Information Systems (GIS). He then specialised in land-surveying at the IEPSCF-Namur (Belgium). He started as student in 2007 at Sissi and is still in the project […]
Valasia Isaakidou - Valasia Isaakidou (Univ. of Oxford) is the bioarchaeology co-ordinator and zooarchaeology specialist for the Sissi project. She studied zooarchaeology and Aegean prehistory at UCL (London) and Sheffield. Her PhD thesis (UCL 2004) explored animal consumption based on zooarchaeological analysis of a large diachronic (7000-1300 BC) assemblage from Knossos. Her research interests focus on methodological and […]
Alexandra Livarda - Alexandra Livarda (Univ. of Nottingham, UK), the archaeobotanist of the project. She is Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Alex has long experience working on many projects, mainly in Greece, Turkey and Britain. In Crete she is currently co-directing the Bronze Age excavation at Palaikastro with Prof. Carl Knappett (University of […]
Rena Veropoulidou - Rena Veropoulidou (Hellenic Ministry of Culture & Univ. of Thessaloniki) is the SArPedon Project land and marine mollusc analyst. She studied archaeology (BA, MA, PhD) at the Univ. of Thessaloniki. Her PhD (2011) explored mollusc and shell consumption in prehistoric (6700-1000 BCE) Northern Greece based on large archaeomalacological assemblages from several sites. Rena has experience […]
Christina Tsoraki - Christina Tsoraki is the ground stone specialist for the SArPedon project. She holds an MA and a PhD from the University of Sheffield (UK) where she studied lithic technology and Aegean Prehistory. Her PhD focused on the technological and contextual analysis of the large ground stone assemblage from Late Neolithic Makriyalos, Northern Greece. She is […]
Maria Anastasiadou - Maria Anastasiadou is a specialist of Aegean glyptic. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Louvain-la-Neuve she is currently employed by the University of Heidelberg where, among others, she is supervising the work at the archive of the CMS. She participated in the Sissi campaigns of 2010 and 2011 and is also a member of the Koumasa […]
Rosemarie McGuire - Rosemarie McGuire continues her role as artist in residence for the 2015 season. The London born artist who lives in Vrachasi, is a graduate of Manchester University. She has exhibited her paintings, covering the 2007-2011 season.
Gavin McGuire - Gavin McGuire is a New Zealand archaeologist and resident photographer at Sissi. Gavin has won several awards for his photographs taken during the Sissi excavations. He lives in Vrachasi, Crete.
Tristan Carter - Tristan Carter is associate professor at McMaster University in Toronto and director of the Naxos prehistoric (SNAP) project. He is the obsidian specialist of our project and is also doing the obsidian of many other excavations, including Mochlos, Azoria etc.
Chronis Papanikolopoulos - Chronis Papanikolopoulos is INSTAPEC-photographer. He has been shooting all Sissi objects since 2007.
Pepi Saridaki - Pepi Saridaki studied Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art at the Technological Institute of Athens, specialized in Conservation of Archaeological and Historic artefacts. Specifically, she’s specialized in conservation of ceramic and glassware, stone, mosaic, metal artefacts and organic materials. She has worked at several sites and participated in various projects in Crete, of the Ephorate of […]
Constantina Hadjivasili - Constantina Hadjivasili is an archaeological conservator. She completed her first degree in History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus and afterwards received a MSc degree in Conservation Practice at Cardiff University in 2012, specializing in ethnographic and archaeological objects. As a freelance conservator from 2013 she participated in a number of conservation projects throughout […]
Tia Sager - Tia Sager is an MA student at the University of Oxford and has excavated on Despotiko in the Cyclades.
Théo Terrana - Théo Terrana is an MA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain doing a dissertation on the pictorial style during the Late Bronze Age. He has worked at Kirrha and excavated at Palaikastro before.
Roxanne Dubois - BA in Antiquity Archaeology in UNamur, MA in greek and roman archaeology in UCLouvain, Master Thesis on “A functional analysis of Quartier Mu Malia (Crete)”, Interested in Minoan Arcaeology, the study of small finds (lithic, clay, bone and metal objects) and ceramic. Involved in the Sissi Archaeological Project since 2015, in the Archaeological Project of the Palace and the Pi study […]
Nikos Thanos - Nikos Thanos has obtained a degree in Archaeology and Art History from the University of Crete and holds a Master 2 in Classical Studies from Paris IV-Sorbonne with research on the Iconography of Temples A and B in Prinias. He is currently an MSc student at the University of Aegean in the “Applied Sciences in Archaeology” […]
Thérèse Claeys - Thérèse Claeys holds a master in Archaeology and Art History from the UCL and an advanced master in Conservation of Monuments and Sites from the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (KULeuven). She is currently a FRESH (F.R.S – FNRS) Research Fellow at UCL under the supervision of Prof. J. Driessen and of Dr. E.-E. […]
Evgenia Tsafou - Evgenia Tsafou studied History and Archaeology (BA) as well as Prehistoric Archaeology (MA) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has participated in various archaeological projects in Northern Greece (Toumba Thessaloniki, Paliambela, Anthemus Valley survey etc.), in Crete (Knossos-Gypsades,  Sissi) and in Cyprus (Pyla-Kokkinogremos). She is currently conducting her PhD research, entitled “The socioeconomic aspects of […]
Eleftheria Zografou - Eleftheria Zografou is an Architect Engineer and a member of the Technical chamber of Greece. She holds a MA in Social Anthropology from the University of the Aegean. She has participated in excavation and restoration projects of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Kavala – Thasos, the 20th Ephorate of Classical Antiquities of Lesvos and the […]
Ophélie Mouthuy - Ophélie Mouthuy studied Classics as well as archaeology at UCLouvain. She is currently a F.R.S.-FNRS Research Fellow under the supervision of Prof. J. Driessen (UCL) and member of Aegis and the ARC “A world in Crisis”. Her PhD dissertation focusses on a multidisciplinary approach of the Linear B deposit of the Northern Entrance Passage at […]
Laura Matilde Magno - Laura Matilde Magno is currently a PhD student at UCLouvain with a project on Intra-Site management strategies in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean (1300-1150 BC). A geoarchaeological analysis of anthrosols. She graduated in archaeology at La Sapienza, University of Rome, with a MA thesis on Micromorphology and FTIR applied to the study of Southern Italy […]
Julie-Anne Bouchard-Perron - Julie-Anne Bouchard-Perron holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of Nottingham. She has been working as an archaeobotanist and an environmental archaeologist on several projects in the Aegean, Britain, Spain, and Canada. Since 2017 she has been supervising the collection and processing of samples for environmental analysis at Sissi and studying the carbonised plant remains […]
Marie Nicole Pareja - Dr. Marie Nicole Pareja Cummings was invited to the Sissi team as the plasters specialist in 2016. She completed her Ph.D. (2015) and M.A. (2013) at Temple University with a focus on Bronze Age Aegean Art and Archaeology and published her first book, Ape and Monkey Iconography in the Bronze Age Aegean, as a SIMA […]
Maria Kayafa - Maria Kayafa has studied Education and Archaeology. Her research interests lie in the study of metal artifacts from the BA Aegean, both as typological and technological entities. Her PhD (University of Birmingham, 2000) dealt with prehistoric metallurgy in the Bronze Age Peloponnese and she has published several articles on the chemical analysis and lead isotope […]
Llorenç Picornell Gelabert - Llorenç Picornell Gelabert (University of the Balearic Islands) is postdoctoral research fellow of the ArqueoUIB Research Team. He is specialist in anthracology/charcoal analysis and ethnoarchaeology. His Master thesis (University of Barcelona 2008) focused on forest resources management among the fang of Equatorial Guinea from an ethnobotanical and ethnoarchaeological perspective, and his PhD addressed these topics […]
Agata Ulanowska - Agata Ulanowska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aegean Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Her research interests focus on the Bronze Age Aegean, textile production and technology, experimental and experience archaeology and Aegean seals and sealing practices. She holds a PhD in Aegean archaeology from the University of Warsaw. […]
Diana Wolf - Diana Wolf is currently completing her MA degree at the Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Heidelberg. She has previous experience excavating in the Bronze Age necropolis of Koumasa, Central Crete, as well as Eisenberg, Germany. Her special interest lies in social constructions of the body as well as questions of social cognition.
Iro Mathioudaki - Iro Mathioudaki is a pottery specialist. She has finished her PhD concerning pottery from the Mainland Greece (Mainland Polychrome ware) at the University of Athens. She has studied and (co-) published pottery assemblages from several places of Mainland Greece, Crete and the Cyclades of the Middle and early Late Bronze Age (1800 – 1500 BC), […]
Nikolia Kartalou - Nikolia-Sotiria Kartalou Nikolia Kartalou is an architect (TEE, ARB), researcher and educator based in Edinburgh, UK. She holds a PhD in Architecture and an MSc in Architectural Conservation from the University of Edinburgh and a Diploma in Architecture Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.   Alongside her architectural practice in Edinburgh, she is a Tutor […]

Our Sissi and Vrachasi workmen

Team 2017

Apostolos Sarris - Apostolos Sarris holds a B.A. in Astronomy & Physics and an M.A. in Physics from Boston University and a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Physics/Geophysics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is Research Director & Deputy Director of IMS-FORTH and Head of the Laboratory of Geophysical-Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab) of IMS-FORTH […]
Meropi Manataki - Meropi Manataki holds a degree in Mineral Recourses Engineering and an M.Sc in the field of Geotechnology and the Environment from the Technical University of Crete. Since November 2013, she is a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Crete in Geotechnology and Environment and at the same time is collaborating with the Laboratory of […]
Charlotte Figueroa Arriagada - Charlotte Figueroa Arriagada is a BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Antonella Coco - Antonella Coco is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Jasmine Zitelli - Jasmine Zitelli is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Roberta Riciputo - Roberta Riciputo is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily and on Crete at Eleftherna, when she was Erasmus student at Rethymnon University.
Christos Koutsaftis - Christos Koutsaftis studied Architecture Engineering (BSc, AUTh, 2010) and Protection of Monuments and Sites (MSc, KU Leuven, 2016). He has worked with architectural firms and has participated in anastylosis projects. His professional and research interests are focused on the management, digital documentation and interpretation of archaeological and architectural heritage
Marilena Pateraki - Marilena Pateraki is an architect engineer, with a master’s degree in Monuments Protection from the National Technical University of Athens, and a keen interest in Minoan archaeology. She will be contributing to the surveying of the findings in the different trenches of the site.
Killian Regnier - Killian Regnier is a bachelor student in archaeology at the UCLouvain.
Jacob Heywood - Jacob Heywood is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is currently undertaking research on the iconography of Late Minoan III larnakes, and has a broad interest in Aegean Bronze Age funerary practices. Jacob has excavated with archaeological projects in Israel and Victoria, Australia
Emilie Hayter - Emilie Hayter is completing a PhD at University College London on the production, consumption and social perception of architectural stone in Minoan Crete. She received funding from the London Arts and Humanities Research Council (LAHP). She participated in archaeological fieldwork in the UK, in Cyprus (Kissonerga Mosphilia and Kissonerga Skalia) in the Cyclades (Keros), in […]
Cedric Van Huffel - Cedric Van Huffel is a BA student in archaeology at the University of Gent.
Alizée Légendart - Alizée Légendart has a PhD in Aegean archaeology from the French Research Program UMR 7044 of Strasbourg jointly with the University Ca’Foscari Venice. Her dissertation was entitled Un Bestiaire minoen : étude iconographique des représentations animales dans le monde minoen (Supervisors : Prof. Danièla Lefèvre-Novaro and Prof. Filippo Maria Carinci). She excavated earlier in France […]
Tia Sager - Tia Sager is a PhD student at the University of Toronto where she is studying under the supervision of Carl Knappett. Her doctoral research is focused on Late Minoan architecture on Crete and she is particularly interested in space syntax theory and architectural innovation and modification during the Late Bronze Age as evidence for social […]
Maria Vlahaki - Maria Vlahaki is an undergraduate student at the University of Crete, at Rethymnon. She has worked on different Cretan excavations, including on Gavdos and at Sissi in 2015 where she supervised the flotation.
Thomas Mumelter - Thomas Mumelter in an undergraduate student at the University of Nottingham reading Archaeology and Art History. His is particularly interested in Bronze Age Aegean Art and the Archaeology of Emotions, and has previously excavated both at Sissi and Palaikastro.
Alice De Luca - Alice De Luca has a MA degree in Archaeology obtained at the University of Catania and at the University of Warsaw. She is currently doing a PhD on maintenance activity and gender relationships on Neopalatial Crete at the UCL.
Alessandro Matera - Alessandro Matera graduated in Archaeology at the University of Catania and at the University of Warsaw with a dissertation on Minoan administrative practices. He is now a PhD student at the UCL.
Siel Leemans - Siel Leemans is an MA student in Archaeology at the University of Ghent. is She has worked at Sissi in 2015 and 2016.
Violaine Bonny - Violaine Bonny has a BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Archaeology from the University Lumière Lyon 2 (which included an exchange year with the University of Western Ontario in Canada). She also has an MA in Biological Anthropology of the University of Aix-Marseille and is now employed by the Archaeological Service […]
Anastasia Mavromati - Anastasia Mavromati is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina
Sylvain Rosseel - Sylvain Rosseel is an undergraduate student in the Department of Art and Archaeology at the University of Louvain.
Nikos Athanasiadis - Nikos Athanasiadis is an undergraduate student at the Department of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Nikos participated in the Aristotle University excavation at Toumba Thessaloniki in 2016.
Stephen Jones - Stephen Jones is completing a PhD at the Freie Universität in Berlin on the function of the barbarian in Thucydides. He has participated in archaeological fieldwork at Palaikastro and in FYROM.
Bruna Tsarbopoulos - Bruna Tsarbopoulos is an undergraduate student at the University of São Paulo, Department of History. Her research interests include archaeological research methodology, prehistoric landscapes and bioarchaeology.
Nikos Tsironis - Nikos Tsironis an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Sofia Efthymoglou - Sofia Efthymoglou is an undergraduate student at the Aristotle university of Thessaloniki,department history and archaeology. She participated in the Aristotle’s university excavation at Toumpa Thessaloniki (2016, Prof. S. Andreou, S. Triantaphyllou).
Joanna Vareli - Joanna Vareli is a fourth grade student in Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Chrysafi Tegou - Chrysafi Tegou is a student at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Konstantina Tegou - Konstantina Tegou is a student at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Anna Boga - Anna Boga is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Antonia Nerantzi - Antonia Nerantzi is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Thenoni Panagiotopoulou - Thenoni Panagiotopoulou is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Efterpi Alexiadi - Efterpi Alexiadi is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Yannis Kordonoulis - Yannis Kordonoulis is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Lamprini Pantelidou - Lamprini Pantelidou is an undergraduate student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the Department of History and Archaeology.
Despina Zoupa - Despina Zoupa is an undergraduate student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2014. She has participated in the excavations of Melitzia cave (2015, 2016) and Kolominitsa cave (2015) both in the southern Peloponnesus and at Vergina (2016) with post-survey experience from all four campaigns.
Maria Georgiadou - Maria Georgiadou is an undergraduate student at the University of Ioannina, Department History-Archaeology.
Cristina Savulov - Cristina Savulov is a Master of Arts student in the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations Department at the University of Toronto, with a focus on Near Eastern Archaeology (ceramic analysis), and will be graduating this June. Her current research involves analyzing the ceramic assemblage from Tomb 7 at Tell Banat, under the supervision Dr. Anne Porter, however […]
Ekaterina Sevastakis - Ekaterina Sevastakis is a PhD student at the University of Virginia, where she focusses on zooarchaeology and the Aegean Bronze Age. She is currently interested in the rise of social complexity and the use of landscape in the Early Bronze Age.
Cecile Bouquet - Cecile Bouquet is a BA student in Classical Philology at the UCL with a minor in Archaeology.
Angeliki Pavlidaki - Angeliki Pavlidaki recently graduated from the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina. She worked as an intern in the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chios in the registration and study of Byzantine pottery and intends to pursue post-graduate studies in Museum Studies. She is also interested in the Aegean Bronze Age and Maritime […]
Alexis Axiotis - Alexis Axiotis is an undergraduate student of the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioánnina?
Konstantina (Dina) Mazaraki - Konstantina (Dina) Mazaraki is an undergraduate student at the the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Crete in Rethymnon.
Sofia Fountoukidou - Sofia Fountoukidou studies history and archaeology at the University of Ioannina and is mostly interested in prehistoric archaeology.
Tatiana Thoennes - Tatiana Thoennes is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto completing a specialisation in Fine Art History and a major in Renaissance Studies. She is also the co-vice president and social media director of the Association of Renaissance Students. She is a Human Resources Administrator for the Canadian Armed Forces-Naval Reserve Division and the […]
Drea Brake - Drea Brake is a graduate student pursuing an MA in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. She has previous experience excavating at Sikyon.
Dimitra Mahaira - Dimitra Mahaira is a 3rd year student at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina, in the Faculty of Archaeology. She already took part in excavations near Chalkidiki, the last two summers.
Audrey Crabbé - Audrey Crabbé is a 3rd year BA student at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Ghent.
Justine Monville - Justine Monville is an MA student in Archaeology at the University of Liège.
Romain Machavoine - Romain Machavoine is a graduate student in Greek Archaeology at the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne, with a master’s thesis on funerary practices and architecture in Hellenistic and Roman Crete. He excavated in France as well as in Greece (Dreros, Delphi, Anavlochos) and is a member of the Anavlochos’ team since 2012.
Sophia Kyriakidou - Sophia Kyriakidou is a 3rd year student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki studying Archaeology and History of Arts.
Diamanthi (Manto) Tsiliki - Diamanthi (Manto) Tsiliki is a BA student in Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Irini Boutsi - Irini Boutsi is a senior student at the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Lefteris Drosos - Lefteris Drosos is an undergraduate student of Archaeology at the University Of Ioannina.
Dimitra Skoulikari - Dimitra Skoulikari graduated from Idaho State University in 2016 with a BA in anthropology. She participated in excavations at Azoria (Kavousi) in 2015 and 2016, at Sissi in 2016, and at Dreros in 2016. Her main focus as an undergraduate was biological anthropology/archaeology. She wants to continue with archaeology hopefully here in Greece through a […]
Malo Vannet - Malo Vannet is a graduate student in Archaeology of the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne who excavated in France as well as on Crete (Dreros and Sissi 2015) and Delos.
Eleni Adam - Eleni Adam is an undergraduate student in Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Juliette Wilmet - Juliette Wilmet is a bachelor student in Archaeology and History of Art at the UCL.
Oriane De Meulemeester - Oriane De Meulemeester is a bachelor student in Archaeology and History of Art at the UCL.
Fani Roka - Fani Roka is an undergraduate student in Archaeology at the University of Kalamata.
Eva Millot - Eva Millot graduated from the European School of Uccle, and will join the University College of Maastricht as of September 2017.
Daniele Vendramin - Daniele Vendramin obtained a MA in archaeology at Bologna University with a dissertation in Egyptology but has now started a PhD in Minoan archaeology. He has excavated in Italy at Suasa, Ostia and Domo-Bibbiena.
Camille Brunin - Camille Brunin is a narchaeologist, gradued from the UCL, Belgium (2012, Master degree in classical archaeology) and from Università degli studi di Firenze, Italy (2015, Specialisation in classical archaeology and topography). Since 2009, she has participated in several archaeological projects in Belgium, Italy and France.
George Raphael Skoufaras - George Raphael Skoufaras is an undergraduate student of the History and Archaeology Department of the University of Crete. During his studies, he has taken part in two university excavation programs, at Eleftherna, with Prof. N. Stampolidis Nikolaos, and at Rodafnidia, Lesbos, with Prof. N. Galanidou. As an independant volunteer, he has joined the Ephorate of […]
Line Koefoed Larsen - Line Koefoed Larsen is a Bachelor student of Classical Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has participated in excavations in both Italy and Greece.
Birgit Konneman - Birgit Konneman is a professional draughtsperson who has worked on many excavations in Greece.
Irini Koutouvaki -  Irini Koutouvaki is a student at the University of Athens. She has previously worked in several excavations (Gaidouroufas, Marathon, Zakros, Kos, Andros etc.) and will assist the ceramic team at Sissi.

Team 2016

Margarita Nazou - Margarita Nazou has just received a ‘Move-in-Louvain’ incoming post-doctoral fellowship for her project: ‘Underground Mycenaeans: the archaeology of the prehistoric mining community of Thorikos (Attica, Greece)’. She is also an honorary post-doctoral fellow of Ghent University and is responsible for the study and publication of the prehistoric pottery from the Thorikos Archaeological Survey. Her PhD […]
Emiline Spérandio - Emiline Spérandio obtained an MA in Archaeology at the Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I in 2010 and then worked several years for the archaeological service in France (Fréjus, Aix-en-Provence, Martigues, Centre Archéologique du Var in Toulon). Since 2013 she is associated with the UMR 7268 Anthropologie Bioculturelle (ADES, Marseille, France) where she takes care of […]
Christos Koutsaftis - Christos Koutsaftis studied Architecture Engineering (BSc, AUTh, 2010) and Protection of Monuments and Sites (MSc, KU Leuven, 2016). He has worked with architectural firms and has participated in anastylosis projects. His professional and research interests are focused on the management, digital documentation and interpretation of archaeological and architectural heritage
Charlotte Figueroa A. - Charlotte Figueroa A. is a third grade student in archaeology at UCLouvain and already participated in the 2015 Sissi excavations.
Evangelia Fragkiadaki - Evangelia Fragkiadaki holds a degree of Conservation Technician and has participated in various projects in the Iraklion area, Athens and Epirus. She has plenty of experience in field and lab work, especially in the conservation of ceramics, glass, metal, stone, wall paintings and mosaics
Benoît Fourneau - Benoît Fourneau did an MA on Roman History (on the soldiers of Ostia and Portus) at the Université Catholique de Louvain and is now finishing a teacher’s training course in History.”
Mathilde André - Mathilde André is a student in biology at the UCL interested in starting a MA in Bioanthropology.
Richard Boulanger - Richard Boulanger is BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain
Avril Meffray - Avril Meffray studied archaeology and art history for three years and is currently finishing an MSc degree in physical and field anthropology at Aix-Marseille University.
Marilena Pateraki - Marilena Pateraki is an architect engineer, with a master’s degree in Monuments Protection from the National Technical University of Athens, and a keen interest in Minoan archaeology. She will be contributing to the surveying of the findings in the different trenches of the site.
Grace Erny - Grace Erny is a PhD student in Classical Archaeology at Stanford University. Her research interests include archaeological survey methodology, prehistoric landscapes, ancient agriculture and pastoralism, and political economies of the Bronze and Iron Age Aegean. She has previously worked at the Omrit Excavations in northern Israel, the ASCSA’s excavations at Ancient Corinth, the Basketmaker Communities […]
Sophie Barbaix - Sophie Barbaix is currently studying archaeology at the University of Gent and she is offering her skills-in-progress to the project. Her main motivation is the chance to gain some experience and learn new things.
Hali Johnson - Hali Johnson is currently working on a Master’s degree in Classics at Texas Tech University. She is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College with a Bachelor’s in Archaeology, Greek, and Latin.
Katerina Savvidou - Katerina Savvidou is an undergraduate student at the Aristotle university of Thessaloniki, department history and archaeology. She participated in the Aristotles university excavation at the ancient agora of Pella (2014, 2015) (dir. By Prof. I.Akamatis) and this summer she will be assisting Charlotte and Jenny at the apothiki.
Stavros Kalogeras - Stavros Kalogeras has been a polyvalent worker for 2 years at the Athénée Royal Verdi (Verviers, Belgium). With a dual nationality (Belgian and Greek), he is particularly attached to Greece, its history and its culture.
Hélène Deligne - Hélène Deligne graduated in Archaeology at the UCL with a dissertation on the evolution of funerary practices between the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic in Western Europe. Currently, she is training to teach or work in the educational department of a museum.
Stefan Müller - Stefan Müller studied Classical Archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Trier/Germany (2008 – 2013) where he received his MA with a. thesis dealing with the LH IIB – IIIA:1 (c. 1450 – 1375 BC) phase on the basis of selected settlements. During the following two years he did some practical courses and joined several […]
Philip Rawlinson - Philip Rawlinson, Second Year student at the University of Nottingham, UK, studying BSc (Hons) Archaeology. My main interests lay in zooarchaeological and bioarchaeological analysis handling, using isotopic and pathological data to reconstruct past environmental landscapes. He previously worked at Palaikastro.
Killian Regnier - Killian Regnier is a bachelor student in archaeology at the UCLouvain.
Emeline Chiliade - Emeline Chiliade is a BA student in archaeology at the UCLouvain.
Pierre Verstegen - Pierre Verstegen is a BA student in Archaeology at the UCLouvain
Baptiste Santucci - Baptiste Santucci first did a BA in archaeology at the University of Aix-Marseille and just obtained a Master 1 with a dissertation dealing with the relations between Crete and the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age. He excavated in the south of France and has some theoretical training in ichthyology in Aix-en-Provence.
Louis Dautais - Louis Dautais is a graduate student (BA) in Archaeology from Paul-Valéry Montpellier III University (Montpellier, France). Next September, he will be starting a MA dissertation in Egyptology on the trade relations between the Aegean and the Egyptian New Kingdom during the Bronze Age. He has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects all around France. […]
Jacob Heywood - Jacob Heywood is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is currently undertaking research on the iconography of Late Minoan III larnakes, and has a broad interest in Aegean Bronze Age funerary practices. Jacob has excavated with archaeological projects in Israel and Victoria, Australia
Madaline Harris-Schober - Madaline Harris-Schober is in her final year of Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne (Australia) with a strong research interest in the pottery iconography and connections of the Aegean and the Levant.”
Emilie Hayter - Emilie Hayter is completing a PhD at University College London on the production, consumption and social perception of architectural stone in Minoan Crete. She received funding from the London Arts and Humanities Research Council (LAHP). She participated in archaeological fieldwork in the UK, in Cyprus (Kissonerga Mosphilia and Kissonerga Skalia) in the Cyclades (Keros), in […]
Linéa Naumann - Linéa Naumann is an MA student at the Ruhr-University Bochum (Prehistory, Archaeology of Economy and Resources). She has excavated in Germany, Austria and Georgia
Elenora Van Brabant - Elenora Van Brabant is a BA student in archaeology at the University of Gent.
Cedric Van Huffel - Cedric Van Huffel is a BA student in archaeology at the University of Gent.
Vanessa Bigonzi - Vanessa Bigonzi is a student at the VUB (Brussels) and has taken part in excavations in Belgium and France.
Sharon Staub - Sharon Staub is a director of South Pacific Allied Health (SPAH) a ‘not for profit NGO’ involved in the development of third world countries. She has eight seasons experience as an archaeologist in the Middle East. She also has an extensive career in facilities management, has raised four children and lives in rural Australia on […]
Alizée Légendart - Alizée Légendart has a PhD in Aegean archaeology from the French Research Program UMR 7044 of Strasbourg jointly with the University Ca’Foscari Venice. Her dissertation was entitled Un Bestiaire minoen : étude iconographique des représentations animales dans le monde minoen (Supervisors : Prof. Danièla Lefèvre-Novaro and Prof. Filippo Maria Carinci). She excavated earlier in France […]
Benjamin Tresca - Benjamin Tresca is a BA student in archaeology at the UCLouvain

Team 2015

Afroditi Chalkidi - Afroditi Chalkidi is an architect engineer, member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. She holds a Master in Preservation and restoration of architectural monuments of the Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). She worked as Architect engineer at the 9th Ephorate (Ephoreia) of Byzantine Antiquities, Thessaloniki, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism. She […]
Nikos Liberopoulos - Nikos Liberopoulos holds a degree of Conservation Technician and has worked in various important projects like Akrotiri and Vergina and has a lot of experience.
Ann Aertssen - Ann Aertssen has an MA in Archaeology. She worked as a field laboratory supervisor on the excavations of Palaikastro, Malia and Knossos. She currently an administrator at the University of Antwerp. She was responsible for the logistics in the Sissi Apothiki during the 2007 and 2008 campaigns and is currently student counselor at the University […]
Apostolos Sarris - Apostolos Sarris holds a B.A. in Astronomy & Physics and an M.A. in Physics from Boston University and a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Physics/Geophysics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is Research Director & Deputy Director of IMS-FORTH and Head of the Laboratory of Geophysical-Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-environment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab) of IMS-FORTH […]
Meropi Manataki - Meropi Manataki holds a degree in Mineral Recourses Engineering and an M.Sc in the field of Geotechnology and the Environment from the Technical University of Crete. Since November 2013, she is a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Crete in Geotechnology and Environment and at the same time is collaborating with the Laboratory of […]
Ale Kriti - Alexandra (aka Ale) Kriti graduated in 2015 from the Department of History and Archaeology in the University of Crete. She will soon become a postgraduate student at the University of Sheffield in environmental archaeology. Since 2010, she has excavated on Gavdos island with prof. Katarina Kopaka (UoC) and in many other excavations around Crete and […]
Vasiliki Choleva - Vasiliki Choleva is a final year undergraduate at the University of Ioannina. On Crete she has worked for the Knossos-Gypsadhes Excavation Project and at Sissi she will be assisting Valasia Isaakidou (Univ. of Oxford) in the study of the mammalian faunal remains.
Sofia Avramidou - Sofia Avramidou is a final year undergraduate at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has worked on post-ex study of materials from the excavation at Bronze Age Toumba Thessalonikis (dir. by Prof. S. Andreou) and held an internship at the BSA-Fitch Laboratory, under the supervision of Drs E. Kiriatzi and S. Triantaphylou. This summer she […]
Eleanna Nikolaou - Ioanna-Eleni (Eleanna) Nikolaou is an undergraduate student at the University of Crete, department of history and archaeology, who has worked on excavations on Gavdos, Dispilio (Kastoria) and Agios Nikolaos Pallon (Athens). She is part of the bioarchaeological team at Sissi.
Aria Kopidaki - Aria Kopidaki is an undergraduate student at the University of Crete who has participated in her university’s excavations on Gavdos island (’11-’14). She is part of the environmental team at Sissi.
Irene Kritikopoulos - Irene Kritikopoulos studied Classical Civilisation and Near and Middle Easter Civilisations at the University of Toronto (Canada). She later completed her Masters of Science in the technology and analysis of archaeological materials at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London under the supervision of Prof. Ian Freestone. The topic of her dissertation was a chemical-mineralogical […]
Nicolas Cauwe - Nicolas Cauwe is curator of prehistoric and oceanic collections at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels as well as professor of prehistory at the Université Catholique de Louvain. He has excavated in many different countries (Belgium, Russia, Portugal, Syria, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Easter Island…) and brings a prehistoric touch to the excavation of […]
Arnaud Meulemeester - Arnaud Meulemeester did an MA in archaeology at the UCL before specializing in museum studies. He has excavated at Sissi in 2011.
Antoine Attout - Antoine Attout is a graduate student in Archaeology and Art History at the UCL with a master’s thesis on the development of plaster cast collections for Classical Archaeology in European universities during the 19th c. Currently he is a research student at the J. Jacobs Collegio in Bologna. He has participated in several excavations in […]
Malo Vannet - Malo Vannet is a graduate student in Archaeology of the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne who has excavated in France as well as on Crete (Dreros, Sissi) and Delos.
Charlotte Figueroa Arriagada - Charlotte Figueroa Arriagada is a BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Justine Simons - Justine Simons is a BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Justine Genevois - Justine Genevois is a BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Marie-Laure Bourgoin - Marie-Laure Bourgoin is a BA student at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
Heinz Bouillon - Heinz Bouillon is a professor for German Language at the Université catholique de Louvain. – Former director of the “Institut des Langues Vivantes” (1997-2004) and former Dean of the “Faculté de Philosophie, Arts et Lettres (2004-2009). He is member of the “Conseil Scientifique de l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie” (network of 804 universities).
Eddie Marcelis - Eddie Marcelis has a degree in archaeology and art history at the Free University of Brussels.
Giancarlo Cataldo - Giancarlo Cataldo became a secondary school teacher after having been a journalist. He has accompanied Sylviane on many of her travels and will take care of logistics during the 2015 campaign.
Antonella Coco - Antonella Coco is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Jasmine Zitelli - Jasmine Zitelli is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Roberta Riciputo - Roberta Riciputo is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily and on Crete at Eleftherna, when she was Erasmus student at Rethymnon University.
Paolo d’Angelo - Paolo d’Angelo is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. He has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily and in Greece (Oropos, Zerelia Magoula) and was an Erasmus student at Volos.
Salvatore Passanisi - Salvatore Passanisi is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. He has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Patrizia Mendola - Patrizia Mendola is a graduate student at the Università degli Studi di Catania with an MA in archaeology. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Francesca Genovese - Francesca Genovese is an MA student at the Università degli Studi di Catania. She has excavated and worked on several archaeological projects on Sicily.
Jeanne Pacco - Jeanne Pacco is a bachelor student in History and Art History & Archeology at the University of Namur. She has participated in excavations in Belgium (Evelette).
Siel Leemans - Siel Leemans is a bachelor student in archaeology at the University of Gent in Belgium.
Gwendoline Guillaume - Gwendoline Guillaume is a Bachelor student in archaeology at the Université de Paris-Panthéon Sorbonne I and has excavated at Tautavel and Arcy-sur-Cure.
Panagiotis Kaplanis - Panagiotis Kaplanis is a student in archaeology at the University of Ioannina and has excavated at Patras.
Arnaud Melin - Arnaud Melin is a civil engineer and CEO of the Enterprises Melin, a company active in the road building sector.
Caroline Heering - Caroline Heering is a postdoctoral researcher in Art History at the Université catholique de Louvain. She is working in the field of ornament and culture of spectacle in the Group of Early Modern Cultural Analysis (GEMCA).
Nikola Petritsch - Nikola Petritsch is a secondary student from Vienna.
Simon Schlapansky - Simon Schlapansky is a secondary school student from Vienna who has excavated at Carnuntum.
Sophia Karafola - Sophia Karafola is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina
Sophia Kontiza - Sophia Kontiza is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina
Antonia Koutsiofyti - Antonia Koutsiofyti is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Maria-Anastasia Kontogianni - Maria-Anastasia Kontogianni is an undergraduate student in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina.
Chrysafo Soulele - Chrysafo Soulele is an undergraduate student in the Department of Fine Arts & Sciences of Art at the University of Ioannina
Sarah Lund - Sarah Lund is entering her final year at the University of Toronto where she is specializing in Fine Art History. She intends to pursue graduate studies in Art History or Museum Studies. Her interest lies mostly in Ancient art and architecture, as well as the Renaissance. She has gained interest in this area, and specifically […]
Joe Locke - Joseph (Joe) Locke is doing a masters in Classical Archaeology at Oxford University with a dissertation on Pre- and Protopalatial Minoan burial practices. Prior to this he completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Kent in 2013.
Enrique Fernández-Palacios Rodríguez - Enrique Fernández-Palacios Rodríguez, also known as Quique, is a student in archaeology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and has excavated at the Celtiberian site of El Cerrito, Aragón and has fieldwork experience in Lanzarote on the Canary Islands.
Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías - Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías is a student in archaeology at Complutense University at Madrid and a member of IMBEAC. He acquired experience in the Monte Bernorio excavations in Spain.