Tom Levy is Dis­tin­guished Pro­fes­sor and inau­gur­al hold­er of the Nor­ma Ker­shaw Chair in the Archae­ol­o­gy of Ancient Israel and Neigh­bor­ing Lands at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, San Diego. Levy focus­es on under­wa­ter archae­ol­o­gy and pale­oen­vi­ron­men­tal change dur­ing the Neolith­ic to Clas­si­cal peri­ods off the Carmel coast in Israel with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Haifa where he is a research associate.