March 9, 2009

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB Assistant Professor Sarah Parcak, Ph.D., has been selected to participate in the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) National Lecture Program for 2009-2010.

The AIA is North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to archaeology. The AIA brings important developments in archaeology to the general public through a series of lectures presented by scholars to each of the 105 AIA societies in the United States and Canada. Parcak was selected from several hundred nominees nationwide.

Parcak is an archaeologist and Egyptologist in the UAB Department of Anthropology and Social Work. She is renowned for using satellite imagery in Egyptology, and her work has led to the location of more than 100 previously unknown ancient sites in Egypt. Parcak also directs the UAB Laboratory for Global Health Observation (LGHO), the first satellite remote sensing laboratory in North America with the primary focus of medical and health-based research.

Parcak has published articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and her work has been supported through grants from NASA and National Science Foundation (NSF) Advance. Her latest book is "Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology" (Routledge 2009).

Parcak earned her doctorate from Cambridge University in 2005. She has been a member of the UAB faculty since 2006.