Hello everyone, I am currently working under a post-doctoral position at the University of Lyon involved in the PortusLimen Project. My research concerns the harbor geoarchaeology, which focuses on the study of Human-environment relationships in long-term through sedimentary archives in which measurements of multidisciplinary proxies are done. More specifically, my research is focused on geochemistry and sedimentary processes that shape the moving coastal environment of ancient settlements during the last millenia, and especially the ancient harbor basins of the Mediterranean. Of particular interest is the development of new tools in harbor geoarchaeology, especially:
- lead palaeo-pollutions trapped in ancient harbor sediments for tracking the long-term evolution of the ancient cities' water supply networks (Rome, Ostia, Naples, Ephesus, etc.);
- the major, trace and rare earth element geochemistry applied to coastal sediments for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.
