Yuval Goren

Prof. Yuval Goren specializes in microarchaeology including archaeological micromorphology and site formation processes, and the study of archaeological materials (ceramics, plasters, metals) using mineralogical and other analytical methods. Currently he holds over 200 scientific publications in these topics. After completing his PhD (1991) and working as a head of the Petrographic Laboratory at the Israel Antiquities Authority, Goren joined Tel Aviv University as senior lecturer (1996), associate professor (2000) and full professor (since 2005). There he established the Laboratory for Comparative Microarchaeology, was the originator and chair of the MA Program in Archaeology and Archaeomaterials, served as chairman of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. Since 2014 he is an Honorary Professor of Archaeology at the University College London. In 2016 he was invited to join the Ben Gurion University of the Negev to establish the postgraduate Track in Archaeomaterials and Conservation Sciences. This program is based on the advanced training of archeology students in research methods from the natural and material sciences and their application in the study of archaeological finds. It is now part of the Marie Skłodowska Curie Action Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) European Joint Doctorate in Archaeological and Cultural Heritage MATerials Science (ED-ARCHMAT) and the Erasmus Mundus ARCHMAT consortium. Goren is the WG 4 Deputy Leader of COST Action SAGA.