Project and Research Support Manager
ORCID: 0000-0002-9635-5847
Dr Mahmoud Mardini holds the position of Project and Research Support Manager at the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE), working within the Cultural Heritage Cluster of the Department of Resilient Society. Prior to this role, he held the position of Project Manager Assistant for Cultural Heritage at ECoE, wherein he supported the implementation of EU cultural heritage projects by assisting and supporting in research publications, deliverables, and technical reports. He has been involved in the design and development of digital tools for project monitoring, data visualization, and workload forecasting. Other responsibilities involved logistics, budgeting, and organizing workshops, conferences, and training events. He also worked to co-design visual identities and outreach materials to strengthen project communication and dissemination. In his current position as Project and Research Support Manager, Dr Mardini continues to build on this foundation, expanding his contributions to the Centre and the Cultural Heritage Cluster, with a focus on enhancing project management, research support, and digital innovation. As an early-career researcher (bioarchaeologist), Dr Mardini has cultivated extensive experience in Eastern Mediterranean Bioarchaeology. He received his PhD in Science and Technology in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage from the Cyprus Institute (2024), following an MSc in Osteoarchaeology at the University of Sheffield (2017) and a BA in Archaeology (Minor in Biology, 2016) at the American University of Beirut. His research focuses on bioarchaeology in Lebanon, where he has conducted fieldwork on human and faunal assemblages from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman period. Dr Mardini has participated in excavations and surveys primarily in Lebanon but also in Cyprus and has worked with institutions such as the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities and the Cypriot Department of Antiquities. Despite many challenges during his PhD, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Lebanon’s severe economic and political crisis, Dr Mardini completed his PhD and parallelly published over 20 peer-reviewed articles. He has also co-created open-access tools (e.g. Bi(bli)oArch, Bi(bli)oArch-Italia, ZooBi(bli)oArch, SrIsoMed, MetaBioarch) and resources (e.g. Bare Bones: Our Ancestors’ bones have a lot to say) supporting archaeological sciences. His research illuminates previously unstudied biocultural aspects of Phoenicia’s (modern-day Lebanon) economy and political structure, hence substantially contributing to the subject of Mediterranean Roman bioarchaeology. He also remains committed to professional development, expanding his expertise in project management, AI-driven research tools, and technical skills to advance the intersection of cultural heritage and digital innovation.
