Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (INRAP – FR)

Amala Marx is an archaeologist who has been working at the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research for over 10 years. In charge of international projects, she is involved in setting up and coordinating the Institute’s international and European projects. As part of her duties, she is also developing the transfer of skills in preventive archaeology at the International level. She coordinates the AUTOMATA’ activities for Inrap.

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Holder of a M.A. in archeology from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, Kai Salas Rossenbach has over 20 years of experience in the heritage sector. As a field archaeologist, he has participated in many research and training assignments in South America, in Arabian Peninsula and across Europe. Since 2011, he is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research. In this position, he has developed the policy on international scientific relations of the Institute and carried out assignments in over 30 countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and coordinated many EU-funded projects and archaeological operations worldwide.

Théophane Nicolas is an archaeologist, pottery expert and a specialist in the Bronze Age of Western Europe at French national Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap). He is also a member of the joint research unit Trajectories. His research focuses on developing new approaches and tools for archaeology based on medical imaging (CT-scan) and eXtended Reality.