Professor Emad Khalil

UNESCO Chair on Underwater Cultural Heritage
Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage
Alexandria University, Egypt.

Emad Khalil is a Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the Alexandria University, Egypt. He is the founding Director of the Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology & Underwater Cultural Heritage. Professor Khalil has been involved in maritime and underwater archaeology since the early nineties. He obtained his MA and PhD degrees in Maritime Archaeology from the University of Southampton, UK in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Between 1994 and 2001 Professor Khalil was the Deputy Director of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology – Egypt, and between 2007 and 2009 he was a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK. Professor Khalil has been involved in several archaeological projects that took place in Egypt, including the Pharos Project, the Sadana Island Shipwreck Excavation, the Lake Mareotis Research Project and the Northwest Coast Shipwreck Survey.

Moreover, since 2012 Professor Khalil contributed to several research projects concerned with the use of virtual reality and digital modelling in aspects of cultural heritage education and public presentation.

Professor Khalil is the Director of the Scientific & Technical Committee of the Egyptian Diving Federation and a member of the Scientific Committee of the World Diving Federation (CMASA). He is also the former President of the ICOMOS International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH).