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Director (PI)\u2014Dr.\u00a0Tiffany Earley-Spadoni<\/a> (UCF)<\/p>\n

Scientific Advisor (Co-PI)\u2014Dr. Glenn Schwartz<\/a> (Johns Hopkins)<\/p>\n

Geophysics \u2013 Dr. Andrew Creekmore<\/a> (University of Northern Colorado)<\/p>\n

Ceramicist \u2013 Dr. Valentina Oselini<\/a> (Universit\u00e0 di Milano)<\/p>\n

Archaeobotanist \u2013 Dr. Lorenzo Castellano<\/a> (UCLA)<\/p>\n

Zooarchaeologist \u2013 Dr. Jill Weber<\/a> (Penn)<\/p>\n

Isotope Analysis\u2014Dr. Emily Zavodny<\/a> (UCF)<\/p>\n

Epigrapher\u2014Dr. Paul Delnero<\/a> (Johns Hopkins)<\/p>\n

Art Historian\u2014Dr. Marian Feldman<\/a> (Johns Hopkins)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director (PI)\u2014Dr.\u00a0Tiffany Earley-Spadoni (UCF) Scientific Advisor (Co-PI)\u2014Dr. Glenn Schwartz (Johns Hopkins) Geophysics \u2013 Dr. Andrew Creekmore (University of Northern Colorado) Ceramicist \u2013 Dr. Valentina Oselini (Universit\u00e0 di Milano) Archaeobotanist \u2013 Dr. Lorenzo Castellano (UCLA) Zooarchaeologist \u2013 Dr. Jill Weber (Penn) Isotope Analysis\u2014Dr. Emily Zavodny (UCF) Epigrapher\u2014Dr. Paul Delnero (Johns Hopkins) Art Historian\u2014Dr. Marian Feldman (Johns…","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":56,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSenior Researchers - Kurd Qaburstan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/senior-researchers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senior Researchers - 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