Chris Dobbs – NAS Vice President

Chris has been heavily involved with the NAS ever since attending the first meeting of the NAS Steering Committee in 1980. He was an archaeological Supervisor on the Mary Rose during the excavations from 1979 to 1982. He lectures on maritime archaeology and museology at a number of universities in the UK as well as internationally.

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Robert Yorke – NAS Vice President

Bob was one of the founder members of the Society undertaking the conversion of the Nautical Archaeology Trust into the NAS, and was then its treasurer, then Chairman from 1987 to 1991. He was one of the founders of the Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee in 1988 of which he has been chairman since 1995.

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Dr Stella Demesticha – NAS Vice President

Stella is an Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus. She specializes in maritime archaeology, with a focus on shipwrecks, maritime transport containers, ancient seaborne trade routes and economy in the eastern Mediterranean. In 2011 she created the Maritime Archaeological Research Laboratory (MARELab) at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus, through which she conducts her fieldwork. She currently directs two ongoing underwater excavation projects at the Mazotos and the Nissia Shipwreck sites.

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Dr Paula Martin - NAS Vice President 

Paula  is a freelance archaeologist, historian and editor, based in Fife and Morvern in Scotland. She has worked on two Spanish Armada shipwrecks, La Trinidad Valencera in Kinnagoe Bay, Donegal, and El Gran Grifon on Fair Isle, and on two small 17th-century warships in the Sound of Mull.  Paula and her husband Colin are engaged in a long-term study of the maritime landscapes of Scotland’s western  seaboard. For ten years Paula edited the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, and was the Book Reviews Editor before recently handing over the reins. Paula remains actively involved with the NAS, sitting on our Publications Sub-Committee and is a judge for the Keith Muckelroy Memorial Award.

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Dr Toby Jones - NAS Vice President 

Dr. Toby Jones is a nautical archaeologist and the curator of the Newport Medieval Ship, a 15th Century clinker built merchant vessel found in the River Usk in Newport, South Wales, in 2002. He has worked on many other projects around the world, including the Marsala Punic Wreck in Sicily, the Red River Wreck in Oklahoma, the Aber Wrac’h I wreck in Brittany and the Mica shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico.

Toby has also participated in shipwreck surveys along the southern coast of Cyprus and in the Algarve in Portugal. He has also advised the Doel Kogge and Yenikapi projects. Toby is a graduate of Oregon State University (BA-History) and Texas A&M University (MA-Anthropology – Nautical Archaeology), and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (PhD in Archaeology). He has previously been an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and an External Expert at the University of Bradford. He is a Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA) and a Fellow of the  Society of Antiquaries (FSA).

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Amer Khan - NAS Vice President

Amer Bazl Khan is the founder and director of MaritimEA Research. He is a maritime archaeologist with 20 years experience working in Pakistan and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Amer has worked extensively on underwater archaeological site investigations, cultural heritage management, maritime heritage protection policy, marine protected area management, and regional capacity development initiatives. 

Amer is an expert member of the International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICUCH), an international scientific committee for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) that advises the UNESCO Secretariat in matters related to the 2001 UNESCO Convention for the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. He is also a member of the ICOMOS Pakistan National Committee. Amer has served on the Executive Council and as Vice President of the Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology and is the South Asian regional representative for the Ocean Decade Heritage Network, a recognised partner of the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. He is also a member of the Maritime Archaeology Committee of the International Congress of Maritime Museums. Amer is an active scuba diver and enjoys exploring shipwrecks in his free time.