Llicenciat en Història per la Universitat de València en 2008, Diploma d'Estudis Avançats en 2010 i doctor en Prehistòria en 2015 amb menció internacional i Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat per la mateixa universitat. La seva tesi doctoral Caracterización tecnológica y uso del espacio en los yacimientos del Paleolítico medio de la región central del Mediterráneo Ibérico va ser dirigida pel prof. Valentín Villaverde i emmarcada dintre d’un contracte predoctoral “Atracció de Talent. Valencia International Campus of Excellence” (2011-2015) de la Universitat de València. Durant la realització d’aquesta va dur a terme diferents estades de recerca en centres internacionals com el Musée National de Préhistoire i l'INRAP (Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives) a França i a l’Institute of Archaeology de la Hebrew University of Jerusalem a Israel. Posteriorment, va gaudir dels contractes postdoctorals Juan de la Cierva-formación a l’IPHES (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) (2017-2018) i APOSTD-Generalitat Valenciana al Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga de la Universitat de València (2018-2019). Durant aquest període també va realitzar diferents estades al Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de París i a l’ITN (Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear) de Lisboa gràcies a l'obtenció d'una ajuda “José Castillejo” per a la mobilitat de joves doctors. En desembre de 2019 es va incorporar al Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga com a Professor Ajudant Doctor a l’àrea de Prehistòria, en octubre de 2023 va promocionar a Professor Permanent Laboral i en setembre de 2024 a Titular d'Universitat.

Les seves línies de treball es centren en la caracterització i sistematització de les industries lítiques del paleolític i els patrons d’ocupació del territori al llarg del Mediterrani occidental en base a la tecno-tipologia lítica i l’anàlisi de les matèries primeres. Ha participat en més d’una desena de projectes nacionals (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, programa de excel·lència PROMETEO de la Generalitat Valencia i programa AGAUR de la Generalitat Catalana) i internacionals (Ministère de la Culture de France) dels quals ha sigut IP en quatre d’ells. El primer de la Fundació BBVA dintre del programa Leonardo a Investigadores y Creadores Culturales, el segon dintre de les ajudes del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte per al desenvolupament d’un projecte a l’estranger, el tercer de la Generalitat Valenciana concedit a grups d'investigació emergents i el quart dintre del Programa de Generación de Conocimiento del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Finalment, ha co-dirigit les excavacions arqueològiques a l’Abrigo de la Quebrada (Chelva, València) (2011-2015), Cova Negra (Xàtiva, València) (2014-2017), Barranc Fondo (Benissa, Alacant) (2018), Puntal del Gat (Benirredrà, València) (2018-2019), Paratge Natural de Los Aljezares (Aspe, Alacant) (2018-2021), Cova Foradada (Oliva, València) (2022-2025) i Ratlla del Bubo (Crevillent, Alacant) (2023-2027).

[Biography, english version]

Gianni Gallello was awarded his PhD in 2014 by the University of Valencia (Spain). In his dissertation he developed innovative methodological proposals for the study of archaeological soil and human remains, employing novel sampling strategies, Rare Earth Elements (REE), major and trace element analysis and multivariate statistics. The capability to act consistently has helped to provide the support to present new methodological proposals for a set of heterogeneous and diachronic archaeological materials (from Prehistory). During the last 10 years his research activity has been focused on the chemical analysis of different archaeological materials, testing new methodological approaches to overcome some of the most significant problems facing the archaeological community in the sphere of ancient human activity fingerprinted in the soil, post-mortem bone contaminations, lithic material origins, the raw material origins of mortar, provenance of ceramics and identification of organic materials in ancient objects. Gianni has a background in analytical chemistry and a wide range of practical and analytical skills acquired working across the disciplines of Archaeology, Biology, Geology and Analytical Chemistry. Significant results from his PhD and subsequent postdoctoral research have been published in high impact journals and participates as PI or  research group member in several national and international projects.

Gallello has been a Marie Curie Research Fellow (2016-2018) at the University of York (UK) with the MATRIX project funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020). The aim of this innovative project called MATRIX has been to establish a new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodological approach for the identification of anthropogenic deposits in archaeological excavations through the analysis of REE in soil. In 2014 Gianni founded ArchaeChemis (www.uv.es/archaechemis) at the University of Valencia. ArchaeChemis was designed as a chemical analysis unit for research and technology transfer for research groups and non-academic organizations dedicated to the study of the past. Gianni has been a Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Research Fellow (2019-2025) at the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History (UVEG).

Cristina Real is a research assistant in the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, and Ancient History at the University of València in Spain. She began her research career in the field of zooarchaeology and taphonomy in 2012 with a predoctoral fellowship funded by the Atracció de Talent de VLC-CAMPUS grant. She completed her master's degree in archaeology with special honors and defended her doctoral thesis in 2017 with unanimous honors, earning an international doctorate as well as a research award from the Juan Gil Albert Institute in Alicante. Real has worked as an archaeozoological researcher at the Museum of Prehistory in Valencia and has held two postdoctoral positions through the PROMETEO and APOST-GVA programs.

Real has published in books specific to her field of research, zooarchaeology, as well as in high-quality, indexed Q1 national and international journals, such as JAS:R, JPA, QInt., JQS, and PLOS ONE, among others. She has also coordinated the co-edition of a volume dedicated to archaeozoological studies. She has also participated in prestigious national and international conferences, such as ICAZ, SAA, EAA, UISPP, and EZI, presenting on specific topics and leading interdisciplinary work.

She has spent time at renowned international research centers in different countries, such as Italy, Germany, and France. There, she has learned about other faunal assemblages of different origins and chronologies, and participated in the study of small prey assemblages, such as leporids, marmots, and carnivores.

She is a member of the PREMEDOC research group at the University of Valencia and has participated in various research projects focused on Paleolithic human groups in the Mediterranean and Cantabrian regions as a member of the working team.

Beyond these projects, he has developed his independent research skills by co-directing various archaeological excavations (Cova de les Cendres, bric de l'Hedra, Barranc Fondo) and studying faunal assemblages in Spain and Italy, including those at Cueva de Llonin, Cueva del Arco, Cova del Moro, Cueva de la Cocina, Cova Foradada, Ratlla del bubo, Riparo del Broion, Uluzzo C, Roccia de San Sebastiano.

He teaches in various university degree programs and has co-directed doctoral and master's theses. He has also been a member of the Academic Coordination Committee for the Master's Degree in Archaeology at the University of Valencia. He also participates in several Educational Innovation Projects.

In the coming years, his research will focus on understanding the subsistence models of Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, including Neanderthal and early modern human groups. This line of research includes determining the processing patterns of exploited resources (dietary or secondary) and how these resources are treated for consumption, depending on the type of prey (raw, cooked, or stored). His research aims to delve deeper into the taphonomic aspects (human and carnivore activities, as well as diagenetic alterations) that comprise faunal assemblages by applying experimental programs and conducting current studies.

Domingo C. Salazar García (born Valencia, 1981; Ph.D. Leipzig-Valencia, 2012) is a biomolecular archaeologist whose research focuses on the reconstruction of lifestyles from prehistoric and early historic time periods. Especially interested in Neanderthals, the transition to farming, and the emergence of complex societies, he is working mainly on projects in the Mediterranean, South America and Southern Africa. He tracks human diet, health and migration through biogeochemical (isotope and proteomic analysis) and microscopic techniques on a range of human and faunal tissues (bone, teeth, hair, dental calculus).

His research career has been strongly international, at institutions like the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Basque Country. He is currently CIDEGENT Research Professor at the Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History of the University of Valencia, as well as Associate Researcher at the Department of Human Evolution (MPI-EVA) and Honorary Research Affiliate at the Department of Geological Sciences (UCT).

For more information on academic background, past positions, supervision experience, projects and publications, please see below.