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Maël Crepy is a CNRS Research Fellow at the HiSoMA Laboratory within the Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée (MOM) in Lyon, France, a position he has held since 2023. He concurrently serves as Co-manager of the Ifao NOMADES program and Co-manager of strategic axis 2 of MOM since 2023, and as Director of the French Archaeological Mission of the Eastern Desert (MAFDO) since 2022, having previously been Deputy Director (2021-2022) and Scientific Member of the Ifao (2021-2023).
His research centers on geoarchaeological and environmental dynamics in arid regions, specializing in long-term human-environment interactions across desert margins. Key focus areas include paleoenvironmental reconstruction in Mediterranean and Egyptian landscapes, systemic analysis of oasis ecosystems, wind dynamics' anthropogenic impacts, and sediment/water resource exploitation over 5,000 years. His work integrates geoarchaeology, geohistory, and geomorphology to examine ancient hydraulic engineering's environmental and social consequences.
Dr. Crepy directs extensive international fieldwork across Egypt (Ouadi Sannour, Kôm Abou Billou, Hatnoub quarries), Jordan (Khirbat al-Dūsaq), Uzbekistan (Kayrit oasis), and previously in Greece, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. His methodological approach combines archaeological survey with environmental science to study societal resilience in desert contexts.
He leads major collaborative initiatives including the ANR "TransOxus" project on Central Asian protohistoric societies (2021-2025), ERC "Desert Networks" on Egypt's Eastern Desert (2017-2022), and co-directs the Ifao "NOMADS" program on Saharan nomadism and "Vitiorient" on Mediterranean viticulture. His research is supported by French National Research Agency (ANR) and European Research Council (ERC) funding.
