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Dr Mark Jonathan Beech\u00a0 BSc (Hons), MA, PhD<\/strong>
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\nORCID<\/b>\u00a00000-0002-8107-7071<\/a>
\nWeb of Science ResearcherID Y-9527-2019<\/a>
\nScopus Author ID <\/b><\/strong> 56277134200<\/a>
\nGoogle Scholar profile<\/a>
\nh-index 28
\ni10 index 65
\nCitations 2359<\/b><\/p>\n

Please\u00a0click here<\/a>\u00a0to download my complete CV.<\/p>\n

APPOINTMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n

2025 (15 October) – present: Acting Geoscience Section Head, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.<\/p>\n

2024 – 2025:\u00a0 Scientific Research Lead, Scientific, Curatorial, & Collections Management Section, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi\u200b, Culture Sector, Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2023 – 2024: Head of Maritime and Palaeontology Unit, Historic Environment Department, Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2021 – 2024: Curatorial & Scientific Lead – Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi (NHMAD), Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2018 – 2023: Head of Archaeology: Al Dhafra & Abu Dhabi, Historic Environment Department, Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2012 – 2018: \u00a0 Head of Coastal Heritage and Palaeontology, Historic Environment Department,\u00a0Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2006-12: \u00a0Cultural Landscapes Manager, Historic Environment Department,\u00a0Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2002-06: \u00a0Senior Resident Archaeologist, Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey\u00a0(ADIAS), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.<\/p>\n

2002 – present (- up to 20\/03\/2020): Honorary Visiting Fellow\/Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of York, U.K.<\/p>\n

1996:\u00a0 Archaeozoologist, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Research Assistant to Dr. Keith Dobney, Environmental Archaeology Unit (EAU), University of York, U.K.<\/p>\n

1995-96:\u00a0 Archaeozoologist, English Heritage Zooarchaeology Laboratory, \u00a0Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham, U.K.<\/p>\n

1991-95: \u00a0Scientific Researcher\/Archaeozoologist, Institute of Archaeology, \u00a0Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

1987-91: \u00a0Freelance Archaeologist based at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield,\u00a0U.K., working on contract basis for English Heritage, Cambridge University\u00a0Archaeological Unit, Suffolk Archaeological Unit, Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit,\u00a0British Archaeological Mission to Pakistan, and the Nicopolis-ad-Istrum (Bulgaria) project.<\/p>\n

1986:\u00a0 Archaeozoologist \/ Archaeologist, Passmore Edwards Museum, London, U.K.<\/p>\n

1985-86: \u00a0Archaeozoologist, Ancient Monuments Laboratory, English Heritage, London, U.K.<\/p>\n

EDUCATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

1997-2001: \u00a0Ph.D., Department of Archaeology \/ Department of Biology\u00a0(Environmental Archaeology Unit), University of York, U.K.\u00a0Advisor: Professor Don Brothwell.
\nTitle: In the Land of the Ichthyophagi: Modelling fish exploitation in the\u00a0Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman from the 5th<\/sup> millennium BC to the Late Islamic period.<\/p>\n

1986-87: \u00a0M.A. (with Distinction) in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy,\u00a0Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, U.K.
\nAdvisor: Dr Paul Halstead.
\nTitle: Animal Remains and Some Evidence of Animal Sacrifice on the Roman Fen-Edge:\u00a0the Animal Bones from the Romano-Celtic Shrine at Haddenham.<\/p>\n

1982-85: \u00a0BSc. (Hons) – Archaeological Science (2.1) – Institute of Archaeology,\u00a0University College London, U.K.<\/p>\n

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

2012 – present: Adumatu – member of Advisory Board.<\/p>\n

2011 – present: \u00a0Paleorient \u2013 member of Scientific Committee.<\/p>\n

2007: \u00a0Journal of Oman Studies, Volume 14 \u2013 member of editorial board.<\/p>\n

2002 – present (- up to 20\/03\/2020): \u00a0Honorary Visiting Fellow\/Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of York, U.K.<\/p>\n

2002 – 2011: \u00a0Tribulus \u2013 Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group \u2013 member of editorial board.<\/p>\n

2001 – 2015: \u00a0Seminar for Arabian Studies \u2013 committee member and on the editorial board of Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.<\/p>\n

2001 – 2015:\u00a0Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies \u2013 member of editorial committee.<\/p>\n

1998-99: \u00a0 York Archaeology Society \u2013 postgraduate representative committee member.<\/p>\n

Academic\u00a0Reviewer for International Journals: Adumatu, Antiquity, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Environmental Archaeology – the Journal of Human Palaeoecology,\u00a0Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, Journal of Oman Studies, Liwa, Paleorient, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, and Tribulus \u2013 Journal of the Emirates Natural History Group.<\/p>\n

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