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Dr. Dorit Sivan February 2009

CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

I. Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Name: Dorit Sivan

Place and date of birth: Rome, Italy, 17 July 1950

Date of immigration: 1952

Military service: 1968-1970

Marital Status: Married + 3

Citizenship: Israeli, ID No: 3096031/4

Permanent Address: Haklaim St. 4, Kefar Biyalik, Israel

Home phone: 972-4-8713879

Mobile phone: 972-054-8196192

Office Address and Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa

Office phone: 972-4-8240246. fax: 972-4-8240493

e-mail:

Higher Education

1970-1972: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studies towards BA in Physical

Geography and Jewish History.

1972-1973: The University of Haifa. BA in Physical Geography and Jewish History.

1974-1982: The University of Haifa, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Maritime

Civilizations, MA Title of Thesis: “Paleogeography of the Akko area in the

Holocene period"

1987-1989: Supplementary studies for the PhD in the Faculty of Science, Institute of

Earth Science, Department of Geology, the Hebrew University of

Jerusalem.

1990-1995: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Faculty of Science, Institute of Earth

Sciences, Department of Geology, studies towards PhD degree

1996: Doctor of Philosophy, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutions of Higher Education

1992-1995: University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Instructor

1996-1998: University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Instructor - Doctor

1998-1999: University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Acting Lecturer

1999-2004; University of Haifa, Department of Maritime Civilizations, Lecturer

1.10.2004: Sabbatical, most of the time in Israel with two working periods abroad: October-November in the Geography Department of Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, and April-May in the Geography Department of the University of Durham, England

24.11.2005: Appointed to Senior Lecturer in the Department of Maritime Civilizations (including permanency).

4. Offices in University Academic Administration

1998-2002: Co-coordinator of the Mediterranean Civilizations project

2003-2004: Member of the council of the Faculty of Humanities.

2006-2009: Head of the Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa.

II. PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

“Paleogeography of the Galilee coastal plain during the Quaternary”. Hebrew (with six pages of English abstract), 213 pp.

The supervisors were

Prof. G. Gvirtzman. The Geological Survey, Israel (GSI), now at Bar-Ilan University, Department of Geography.

Prof. E. Sass. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences, Geology.

The dissertation has been published as a Monograph of the Geological Survey (see section B).

Published: see B1 and C2

BOOKS

Authored Book

B.1. Sivan, D., 1996. “Paleogeography of the Galilee Coastal Plain during the Quaternary”. Monograph of the Geological Survey, Israel, GSI/18/96. The Geological Survey, Jerusalem, 214 pp. (In Hebrew, English abstract)

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

PUBLISHED

C.1. Inbar, M., and Sivan, D., 1984. “Paleo-urban Development and Late Quaternary Environmental Change in the Akko Area”. Paléorient, V 9/2, pp. 85-91.

C.2. Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., Sass, E. 1999. “Quaternary Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the Galilee Coastal Plain, Israel”. Quaternary Research, 51: 280-294

C.3. Sivan, D. and Galili, E. 1999. “Holocene Tectonic Activity in the Coastal and Shallow Shelf of the Western Galilee, Israel, a Geological and Archaeological Study”

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 48: 47-61

*C.4. Sivan, D., Wdowinski, S., Lamback, K., Galili, E., and Raban, A. 2001. “Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, based on archaeological observations and Numerical model”. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 167:101-117 Elsevier, Amsterdam

*C.5. Sivan, D., Eliyahu, D., Raban, A. 2004. “Late Pleistocene to Holocene wetlands now covered by sand, along the Carmel coast, Israel, and their relation to Human settlement: an example from the coastal site of Dor” Journal of Coastal Research 20: 97-110

*C.6. Sivan, D., Lambeck, K., Toueg, R., Raban, A., Porat, Y., Shirman, B. 2004 .“Ancient coastal wells of Caesarea Maritima, Israel, an indicator for sea level changes during the last 2000 years”. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ESPL,) 222: 315-330, Elsevier, Amsterdam

*C.7. Sivan, D. and Porat, N. 2004. “Late Pleistocene contemporaneous formation of calcareous aeolianite (kurkar) and paleosol (hamra) in the Carmel coast, Israel”. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Palaeo3), Elsevier, Amsterdam

*C.8. Kadosh, D., Sivan, D., Kutiel, H., Evron-Weinstein, M . 2004. “Late Quaternary

environmental changes based on stratigraphy and palynological data obtained from Dor, Carmel Coast ,Israel”. Palynology, 28: 143-157

(I am one of the supervisors of the MA Thesis)

*C.9. Cohen – Seffer, R., Greenbaum, N., Sivan, D., Barmeir, E., Croitoru, S., Inbar, M. 2005. “Late Pleistocene - Holocene marsh episodes along the Carmel coast, Israel”. Quaternary International. 140-141: 103-120

(I am one of the supervisors of the PhD Thesis)

*C.10. Sivan D., Potasman M.., Almogi-Labin A., Bar-Yosef Mayer D.E., Spanier E., Boaretto E. 2006."The Glycymeris query along the coasts and shallow shelf of Israel, south east Mediterranean" Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Palaeo3), 233: 134-148

(I am one of the supervisors of the MA Thesis)

**C11. Zviely, D. , Sivan, D. , Ecker, A. , Bakler, N. , Rohrlich, V. , Galili ‚ E. , Boaretto, , E., Klein, M. , Kit. E. , 2006. "The Holocene evolution of the Haifa Bay area, Israel, and its influence on ancient human settlements".The Holocene 16 (6):849-861

**C12 . Hyams-Kaphzan, O.,Almogi-Labin, A.,Sivan, D.,Benjamini, C., 2008. Benthic foraminifera assemblage change along the southeastern Mediterranean inner shelf due to fall-off of Nile-derived siliciclastics. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, Volume 248,Number 3, June pp. 315-344(30), E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers

**C13 . Porat, N., Sivan, D., Zviely, D. 2008. Late Holocene embayment and sedimentological infill processes in Haifa Bay, SE Mediterranean. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 57: 21-31

ARTICLES OR CHAPTERS IN BOOKS WHICH ARE NOT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

PUBLISHED

D.1 Sivan, D., 1986. “Paleo-shorelines in Akko Area in the Holocene”. In: Antiquities of the Western Galilee (M.Yedaaya, ed), Israel Defence Ministry, Publishing House, pp. 113-123 (In Hebrew)

ACCEPTED

*D.2 Cohen Seffer, R., Sivan, D.,Greenbaum, N., Almogi-Labin, A.,Rosenfeld, A., Inbar, M., (in press.). The marsh landscape of the Carmel Coastal plain during the Holocene, Atiqot,(In Hebrew, English abstract).

ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

ACCEPTED

*E.1 Lambeck. K., Sivan, D., and Purcell, T. (in press). Timing of the Black Sea – Mediterranean connection from isostatic sea level models constrained by regional sea level data. In: V.Yanko-Hombach, A. Gilbert, and N. Panin, (eds) "The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate, and Human Settlement" NATO Science Series IV – Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kluwer Academic Press, UK-USA

Te paper has been reviewed by two referees.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Abstracts:

F.1 Bakler, N., and Sivan, D., 1977. "The Upper Pleistocene geomorphology and geology of Haifa Bay and Akko Plain". The Geological Survey, 6 pp.)Internal report in Hebrew)

F.2 Sivan, D., 1986. "Paleogeography of the Akko area in the Holocene period". In: Cities on the Sea - Past and Present. First International Symposium on Harbours, Port Cities and Coastal Topography. Haifa, Israel. 22-29.9.1986, pp 175-176. (Abstract)

F.3 Sivan, D., and Gvirtzman, G., 1991. "The Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Galilee coastal plain". Field trips guidebook. Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Akko, pp 17-29 (Field trips guidebook in Hebrew)

F.4 Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., and Sass E., 1992. "Distinction between marine and eolian kurkar: an example from the Galilee shore". Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Askqelon, pp 143. (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.5 Sivan D., and Gvirtzman, G., 1992. "Petrographic analysis by means of cathodoluminescence: first results from coastal calcareous sandstones of Galilee". Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Askqelon, pp.142. (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.6 Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., Kaufman, A., and Sass E., 1994. "The Yasaf member: A Strombus-bearing unit on the coast of Galilee representing the Tyrrhenian event in the Mediterranean". Israel Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Ginosar, pp. 106. (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.7 Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., and Sass E., 1995. "The Quaternary stratigraphy of the Galilee coastal plain". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Zikhron Ya`aqov, pp. 112. (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.8 Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., and Sass E., 1995. "High resolution stratigraphy of the Late Quaternary of the Galilee coastal plain, Israel". International Union for Quaternary Research. 9th International Congress, 3-10.8.1995. Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany. (Abstract)

F.9 Sivan, D., Gvirtzman, G., and Sass, E., 1996. "Upper Pleistocene coastlines in the Galilee coastal plain, Israel, with an emphasis on stage 7.1 and 5.5 phases". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Eilat, pp. 89. (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.10 Sivan D., 1996. "Dating archaeological sites along the Israeli coast, using geological methods, an example from Evron site, Galilee coastal plain, Israel". Before Modern Humans, 400-200 Ka. International Congress. 3-9.9.1996. University of Haifa. (Abstract)

F.11 Sivan, D., and Gvirtzman, G., 1997. "Evidence of young tectonic activity in the Galilee coastal plain". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Kefar Gil`adi, Field trips guidebook, pp. 47-51. (Field trips guidebook in Hebrew)

F.12 Sivan, D. 1997. "Holocene environmental conditions in the Galilee coastal plain. Israel" Society for Ecology: The 28th Annual Meeting, University of Haifa, (Abstract in Hebrew)

F.13 Sivan, D., Wdowinski, S., Raban, A., and Lambeck, K., 1988. "Archaeological evidence for Holocene sea level changes from the Mediterranean coast of Israel". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Mizpe Ramon, p 100 (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.14 Eliyahu, D., Beck, A., Sivan, D., and Raban, A., 1998. "Geophysical survey, using the seismic refraction method for subsurface mapping on the coast of Dor, Israel". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Mizpe Ramon, p 23 (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.15 Galili, E., and Sivan, D., 1988. "Young tectonic activity in the Galilee coasts - the rate of vertical displacement according to underwater and coastal geological and archaeological finds". Geological Society, Annual Meeting. Mizpe Ramon, p 32 (English and Hebrew Abstract)

F.16 Evron, M., and Sivan, D., 1998. “Environmental changes and their influence on human populations in the Mediterranean”. The conference on the Mediterranean as a Regio, the Mediterranean Civilizations Project, University of Haifa, Haifa, pp 29-30

F.17 Sivan, D., Wdowinski, S., Lambeck, K., Galili, E., Raban, A., 1999. “Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, archaeological observations versus isostatic model”. IUGG99 Congress, Birmingham, UK p 1 (Abstract)

F.18 Sivan, D., Wdowinski, S., Lambeck, K., Galili, E., Raban, A., 1999. “Holocene sea-level changes along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, based on archaeological data and a numerical model”. XV INQUA Congress, Durban, South Africa p 1 (Abstract)

*F.19 Cohen-Sefer, R., Sivan, D., Bar-Meir, E., Grinbaum, N., Inbar, M. 2000. "Core stratigraphy, analysis using X-ray radiography, from Kabara marshes and Maagan-Michael coastline". Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Ma’alot. p 7

*F.20 Sivan, D., Raban, A., Eliyahu, D., 2000. "Late Pleistocene to Holocene paleogeography of the lagoon of Dor, northern coast, Israel". The Mediterranean continental margin of Israel, the 12th Annual Meeting, Haifa

*F.21 Barmeir, E., Croitoru, S., Cohen-Sefer, R., Greenbaum, N., Inbar, M., Sivan, D., 2000. "Radiographic and 3-D computed tomography (CT) of sedimentologic sample cores from the Kabara marshes and Ma’agan-Michael coastline for analysis of prehistoric periods". The Radiology Congress, Eilat

*F.22 Sivan, D. 2001. "Environmental conditions along the northern coastal plain, Israel, during the last 20,000 years and their affinity to human settlement". Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Eilat, p 116

*F.23 Kadosh, D., Weinstein-Evron, M., Sivan, D., and Kutiel, H. 2002. "A new paleoenvironmental record of the Late Pleistocene Early Holocene from Dor, Carmel coastal plain, Israel". Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Ma’agan, p 55

*F. 24 Sivan, D., and Lambeck, K. 2003. The sea level curve of the Israeli coast over the last 8000 years. Puglia, Italy, IGCP 437 – Quaternary coastal morphology and sea level changes

*F.25 Sivan, D., Toueg, R., Raban, A., Porath, Y., Shirman, B., Lambeck, K. 2003. Sea level changes during the last 2000 years based on ancient coastal wells of Caesarea Maritima, Israel. Athens, Greece, IAG – Working Group on Geoarchaeology. Sea level changes in Eastern Mediterranean during Holocene, indications and human impact

*F.26 Sivan, D. 2003. The Holocene sea level curve of the Israeli coast. Santorini, Greece, CIESM Workshop on Man's record of recent geological evolution in the Mediterranean Basin

*F.27 Lambeck, K., Sivan, D. 2003. Early Holocene sea level curve of the coast of Israel, East Mediterranean. Seattle, USA, GSA (Geological Society of America) Annual Meeting.

*F. 28 Cohen-Sefer, R., Greenbaum, N., Sivan, D., Inbar, M. 2004. The stratigraphy of the southern Carmel coast wetlands – Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The Annual Meeting of the Israel Geological Society, Hagoshrim, Israel

*F. 29. Kadosh, D., Sivan, D., Kutiel, H., Weinstein-Evron, M. 2004. Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Dor, the Carmel coast, Israel. IPC: International Palynological Congress, Granada, Spain

*F. 30 Cohen-Sefer, R., Greenbaum, N., Sivan, D., almogi-Labin, A., Rosenfeld, A., Inbar, M. 2004. The Holocene marshes of the Carmel coast. The Annual Meeting of the Geographical Society, Haifa, Israel

*F.31 Sivan, D. 2004. Environmental changes in the Carmel coast and their affinity to human settlement during the last 10,000 years. The Planet Day, IGS, Weitzman Institute of Science (in Hebrew)

*F. 32 Shmueli, A., Sivan, D., Spanier, E., Morhange, C., Breitstein, S., Yurman, A. 2005. Dendropoma petraeum as a biological indicator of relative sea level. The annual meeting of the Israeli Marine Sciences Association (Hebrew and English abstracts)

*F. 33 Sivan, D and Zvieli, D. 2005. Late Pleistocene – Holocene geological history of Haifa Bay, Israel, and its influence on human settlement. DUNKERQUE 2005. A joint INQUA – IGCP 495 Meeting on Late Quaternary Coastal Change Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts

*F. 34 Almogi-Labin, A., Tapiero, I., Katab, S., Shriki, D., Schilman, B., Siman-Tov, R., Bar-Matthews, M., Ayalon, A., Sivan, D., Benjamini, C., Matthews, A., and Patern,M. 2005. Foraminiferal assemblages as sensitive records of climate variability in the eastern Mediterranean during the Quaternary. The G.M. Friedman seminar on Paleoclimate and Paleoceanography , The Institute of Earth sciences, faculty of science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

*F.35 Boaretto, E., Mienis, H., Sivan, D. 2005. Reservoir ages based on shells from different depth along the coast of Israel. !0th International Accelarator Mass Sprctrometry Conference, San Francisco,

*F.36 Gruber L., Almogi-Labin, A., Sivan, D., Herut, B. 2005. Life Cycle of two symbiont-bearing foraminifera – new arrivers on the Israeli shelf, SE Mediterranean Sea. Symbiosis Wien, Austria