As the Tree-Ring Lab’s first official curator, Dr. Creasman serves as the primary interface between the Collections and LTRR faculty, staff, students, and other individuals or groups. The primary goals of this work are to facilitate and expand appropriate internal and external use of the Collection, preserve the Collection for future applications and investigations, and promote the educational, scientific, and cultural benefits of the Collection.

In addition to serving as Curator, Dr. Creasman is an Assistant Research Professor of Dendrochronology. In this capacity, and with a background in maritime archaeology, he primarily studies ships and shipwrecks in an effort to better understand human/environment interactions, especially in the ancient Mediterranean. Currently, Dr. Creasman’s primary research question is: What can the wood from ships and boats tell us about the people and cultures who built them?

Dr. Creasman also serves as Director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedtion, which has conducted archaeological excavations in Egypt for more than 20 years.

For more information, see Dr. Creasman's personal web page: http://creasman.imrd.org