Dr. Lieven Verdonck
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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im ZIM-Projekt "Entwicklung eines Tel.
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Lebenslauf
1986-1992: Humanistisches Gymnasium St. Barbara, Gent (Belgien)
1992-1997: Jurastudium, Universität Gent
1997-2000: Bachelorstudium in der Archäologie, Universität Gent
2002-2002: Masterstudium in der Archäologie, Universität Gent. Titel der Masterarbeit: Roman rural settlement in the Marche region (Italy)
2007-2008: Masterstudium (MPhil) in Geophysik angewandt auf die Archäologie, Universität von Bradford (Vereinigtes Königreich). Titel der Masterarbeit: Cross-correlation of electrical resistance and GPR data as a method for depth estimation in archaeology
2008-2012: Promotion in der Archäologie, Universität Gent. Titel der Doktorarbeit: High-resolution ground-penetrating radar prospection with a modular configuration. Potential for the detailed imaging of buried archaeological remains.
2012-2013: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Gent, Fachbereich Archäologie.
2013-2019: Postdoktorandenstipendium am Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Belgien.
2021-2022: Postdoktoraler Mitarbeiter, Universität Gent, Fachbereich Archäologie.
2022-2023: Postdoktorandenstipendium im Rahmen des ‘Paris Region Fellowship Programme’ (EU Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions COFUND Projekt), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris.
2023-2025: EU Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions Postdoktorandenstipendium (umgewandelt in ein ‘UK Research and Innovation Postdoctoral fellowship’), Universität Cambridge (Vereinigtes Königreich).
Seit September 2025: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im ZIM-Projekt "Entwicklung eines Bodenradars und KI-Auswertungsverfahrens mit 3D-Visualisierung zur Archäologieprospektion (ArchoRad)" der Abteilung für Klassische Archäologie an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Forschungsschwerpunkte
Geophysik angewandt auf die Archäologie (mit dem Schwerpunkt auf Bodenradar)
Archäologische Prospektion
Römische Urbanistik
Künstliche Intelligenz (insbesondere die semantische Segmentierung von Datensätzen der archäologischen Geophysik)
3D-Visualisierung von Bodenradardaten
Robotik und Automatisierung in der archäologischen Geophysik
Publikationen
Monographien
M. Millett – A. Launaro – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Falerii Novi. The ground-penetrating radar survey of the Roman town, McDonald Institute Monographs (Cambridge 2025).
Aufsätze
L. Verdonck – M. Dabas – M. Bui, Interactive, shallow machine learning based semantic segmentation of 2D and 3D geophysical data from archaeological sites, Remote Sensing 17, 2025, 3092. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17173092
L. Verdonck – M. Dabas – M. Bui, 3D Semantic segmentation of GPR data by means of shallow machine learning, ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 561–566. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/21448
M. Dabas – J. Ollivier – L. Verdonck, Is it possible to produce a 3D stratigraphic interpretation without digging using Archaeogeophysics? The revisited case of the ancient rural settlement of Plantades in Salviac (Lot, France), ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 19–22. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/14622
M. Dabas – L. Callegarin – L. Verdonck – A. Grout – G. Senechal – D. Rousset – B. Pace, Pushing too far? Use of 5 non-destructive methods for studying Roman towns: example of Elusa (Eauze, France), ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 109–112. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/16099
G. Ceraudo – V. Ferrari – F. Vermeulen – L. Verdonck – C. Felici – W. de Neef – F. Pericci, Investigations into the Forma Urbis of the Roman city of Aquinum (Lazio, Italy): integrating non-invasive prospection methods and excavations, ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 83–86. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/15515
G. Mainet – D. Caterina – P. De Smedt – T. Debouny – M. Delmetz – C. Devillers – J. Juncker – F. Nguyen – F. Salomon – L. Verdonck – J. Verhegge – F. Vermeulen – T. Morard, A multidisciplinary approach to the urban history of Ostia (Italy): the Early Ostia Revisited project, ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 79–82. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/15400
F. Vermeulen – L. Verdonck – J. Verhegge – P. De Smedt – M. Turci – G. Mainet – T. Morard, FDEM and GPR prospections at the Roman town of Ostia within the Early Ostia Revisited project, ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 299–302. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/18245
L. Claeys – C. Conneller – P. Crombé – K. Deforce – N. Jordanova – M. Moucheron – J. Pollard – J. Verhegge – L. Verdonck – G. Warren – P. De Smedt, MesoMag: Geophysical Prospection for Mesolithic Land Use in Challenging Soil Environments, ArcheoSciences 49.1, 2025, 409–412. https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/19892
J. Verhegge – Ph. De Smedt – E. Meylemans – D. Bosquet – L. Verdonck – W. De Clercq, The Application of Geophysical Survey in Archaeological Research in Belgium: Current State and Future Perspectives, in: C. Cuenca-Garcia – A. Asăndulesei – K. M. Lowe (Hrsg.), World Archaeo-Geophysics: Integrated minimally invasive approaches using country-based examples (Cham 2024) 27–61. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-57900-4_2
F. Vermeulen – L. Verdonck, Discovery of a large suburban villa near the south gate of Falerii Novi. Confronting aerial photography and ground-penetrating radar prospection, Archeologia Aerea 17, 2024, 37–44
L. Verdonck – M. Dabas, Test with ImpulseRadar Raptor GPR array at Gisacum (Vieil-Evreux, France), and comparison with MALA MIRA, in: T. Wunderlich – H. Hadler – R. Blankenfeldt (Hrsg.), Advances in on- and offshore archaeological prospection: proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Kiel, 28 March – 1 April 2023 (Kiel 2023) 281–285. https://doi.org/10.38072/978-3-928794-83-1/p57
G. Ceraudo – F. Vermeulen – L. Verdonck – F. Pericci, Aquinum, la riscoperta di una città invisibile: indagini non-invasive integrate per la ricostruzione della Forma Urbis, Atti della Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia (Serie III) - Rendiconti 95, 2023, 365–400
A. Launaro – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Ground-penetrating radar survey as the linchpin of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of two Roman cities in Lazio, in: I.P. Haynes et al. (Hrsg.), Non-intrusive methodologies for large area urban research (Oxford 2023) 74–80. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/download/9781803274461
L. Verdonck – A. Launaro and M. Millett, The urban survey: methodology, in: A. Launaro – M. Millett (Hrsg.), Interamna Lirenas. A Roman town in Central Italy revealed (Cambridge 2023) 19–37. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.99667
L. Verdonck – M. Praet – R. Docter – R. Laffineur – A. De Wulf – C. Stal, Geophysical, topographical, and remote sensing investigations on the Velatouri Hill at Thorikos (2006-2014), in: R. Docter – M. Webster (Hrsg.), Thorikos: Reports and Studies XII. (Leuven 2021) 81–98
L. Verdonck, ArchGeoRobot: Automated Archaeo-Geophysical Data Acquisition Using an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, ArcheoSciences 45.1, 2021, 219–221. https://doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.9718
L. Verdonck – A. Launaro – F. Vermeulen – M. Millett, Ground-penetrating radar survey at Falerii Novi: a new approach to the study of Roman cities, Antiquity 94, 2020, 705–723. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2020.82
L. Verdonck – W. De Neef – A. Hoffelinck – F. Vermeulen, The geophysical survey carried out by a team of the Department of Archaeology of Ghent University (Belgium), Fasti Online Documents & Research 482, 2020, 17–19. http://www.fastionline.org/docs/FOLDER-it-2020-482.pdf
L. Verdonck – Ph. De Smedt – J. Verhegge, Making Sense of Anomalies: Practices and Challenges in the Archaeological Interpretation of Geophysical Data, in: R. Persico – S. Piro – N. Linford (Hrsg.), Innovation in Near-surface Geophysics: Instrumentation, Application, and Data Processing Methods (Amsterdam 2019) 151–194
G.R. Bellini – A. Launaro – N. Leone – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Interamna Lirenas and its territory (Comune di Pignataro Interamna, Provincia di Frosinone, Regione Lazio). Papers of the British School at Rome 86, 2018, 303–306
G.R. Bellini – A. Launaro – N. Leone – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Interamna Lirenas and its territory (Comune di Pignataro Interamna, Provincia di Frosinone, Regione Lazio), Papers of the British School at Rome 85, 2017, 321–324
D. Van Limbergen – F. Vermeulen – G. Verhoeven – L. Verdonck, Methodological Approach, in: F. Vermeulen et al. (Hrsg.), The Potenza Valley Survey (Marche, Italy): Settlement Dynamics and Changing Material Culture in an Adriatic Valley Between Iron Age and Late Antiquity. Vol. 1 (Rome 2017) 10–41
A. Launaro – N. Leone – M. Millett – L Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Falerii Novi (Comune di Fabrica di Roma, Provincia di Viterbo, Regione Lazio), Papers of the British School at Rome 85, 2017, 320–321
G. Verhoeven – F. Vermeulen – D. Taelman – L. Verdonck, Taking vegetation marks into the next dimension. Mapping the hilltop settlement of Montarice (central Adriatic Italy) by a multi-dimensional analysis of aerial imagery, Archeologia Aerea 11, 2017, 79–84
N. Vella – A. Bonanno – M. Anastasi – B. Bechtold – R. Farrugia – K. Fenech – D. Mizzi – L. Verdonck – A. Zammit, A View from the Countryside. The Nature of the Late Punic and Early Roman Activity at the Zejtun Villa Site, Malta, Rivista di Studi Fenici, 2017, 109–143
L. Verdonck, Detection of Buried Roman Wall Remains in Ground-penetrating Radar Data Using Template Matching, Archeological Prospection 23.4, 2016, 257–272
T. Mac Thi – Cosmin Copot – L. Verdonck – Robin De Keyser, Speed Control Strategy of Geophysical Measurement Platform for Archaeological Prospection: Conceptual Study, in: 2016 IEEE International Conference on systems, man, and cybernetics (2016) 3748–3753
R. Ballantyne – G.R. Bellini – J. Hales – A. Launaro – N. Leone – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Interamna Lirenas and its Territory (Comune Di Pignataro Interamna, Provincia Di Frosinone, Regione Lazio), Papers of the British School at Rome 84, 2016, 322–325
L. Wallace – A. Mullen – P. Johnson – L. Verdonck, Archaeological investigations of Bourne Park, Bishopsbourne, 2011–2014, Archaeologia Cantiana 137, 2016, 251-279
L. Verdonck – D. Taelman – F. Vermeulen – R. Docter, The Impact of Spatial Sampling and Migration on the Interpretation of Complex Archaeological Ground-penetrating Radar Data, Archeological Prospection 22.2, 2015, 91–103
P. Johnson – A. Mullen – L. Verdonck – L. Wallace, The Canterbury Hinterland Project: Understanding Dynamic Rural Landscapes Through the Semi-automated Interpretation of Geophysical Survey Results, Archaeologia Polona 53, 2015, 559–563
T. Saey – S. Delefortrie – L. Verdonck – Ph. De Smedt – M. Van Meirvenne, Integrating EMI and GPR Data to Enhance the Three-dimensional Reconstruction of a Circular Ditch System, Journal of Applied Geophysics 101, 2014, 42–50
L. Verdonck – E. Haerinck – B. Overlaet, GPR Survey to Explore Social Stratification in a pre-Islamic Burial Area at Mleiha, Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), in: S Lambot et al. (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 2014 15th International Conference on ground penetrating radar (2014) 2–7
L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen – R. Docter – C. Meyer – R. Kniess, 2D and 3D Ground-penetrating Radar Surveys with a Modular System: Data Processing Strategies and Results from Archaeological Field Tests, Near Surface Geophysics 11.2, 2013, 239–252
L. Verdonck, Fluxgate Gradiometer and GPR Survey to Locate and Characterize the Perimeter, Early Imperial Centre and Street Network of the Roman Town Mariana (Corsica), in: P. Johnson – M. Millett (Hrsg.), Archaeological Survey and the City. Vol. 2 (Oxford 2013) 241–260
F. Vermeulen – C. Corsi – C. Meyer – P.S. Johnson – B. Slapsak – L. Verdonck et al., Geophysical Prospection: Strategies and Planning, in: C. Corsi – F. Vermeulen (Hrsg.), Ammaia I: the Survey: a Romano-Lusitanian Townscape Revealed. Vol. 8 (Gent 2013) 47–50
L. Verdonck – D. Taelman, Ground Penetrating Radar Survey at Ammaia, in: C. Corsi – F. Vermeulen (Hrsg.), Ammaia I: the Survey: a Romano-Lusitanian Townscape Revealed. Vol. 8 (Gent 2013) 69–81
L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen – C. Corsi – R. Docter, Ground-penetrating Radar Survey at the Roman Town of Mariana (Corsica), Complemented with Fluxgate Gradiometer Data and Old and Recent Excavation Results. Near Surface Geophysics 10.1, 2012, 35–45
R. Docter – N. Vella – N. Cutajar – A. Bonanno – A. Pace – M. Anastasi – B. Bechtold – M. De Dapper – A. De Wulf – G. Dierkens – S. Garsallah – R. Goossens – B. M. Telmini – J. Nacef – T. Nuttens – X. Ruiz i Cano – M. Spiteri – C. Stal – W. van de Put – C. Vella – L. Verdonck – J. Wood – R. Zerafa, Rural Malta: First Results of the Joint Belgo-Maltese Survey Project, BABESCH. Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 87, 2012, 107–149
L. Verdonck – D. Simpson – W. Cornelis – A. Plyson – J. Bourgeois – R. Docter – M. Van Meirvenne, Ground-penetrating Radar Survey over Bronze Age Circular Monuments on a Sandy Soil, Complemented with Electromagnetic Induction and Fluxgate Gradiometer Data, Archeological Prospection 16.3, 2009, 193–202
L. Verdonck – G. Verhoeven – F. Vermeulen – H. Verreyke, Een Digitaal Verleden. Het Gebruik Van ICT in Archeologisch Onderzoek, in: B. De Nil – J. Walterus (Hrsg.), Erfgoed 2.0. Nieuwe Perspectieven Voor Digitaal Erfgoed (Brussel 2009) 177–192
D. Simpson – A. Lehouck – L. Verdonck – H. Vermeersch – M. Van Meirvenne – J. Bourgeois – E. Thoen – R. Docter, Comparison Between Electromagnetic Induction and Fluxgate Gradiometer Measurements on the Buried Remains of a 17th Century Castle, Journal of Applied Geophysics 68.2, 2009, 294–300
F. Vermeulen – M. De Dapper – B. Music – P. Monsieur – H. Verreyke – F. Carboni – S. Dralans – G. Verhoeven – L. Verdonck – S. Hay – M. Sterry – P. De Paepe – S. De Seranno, Investigating the Impact of Roman Urbanisation on the Landscape of the Potenza Valley. A Report on Fieldwork in 2007, BABESCH. Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 84, 2009, 85–110
L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, GPR Survey at the Roman Town of Mariana (Corsica), ArcheoSciences 33 (suppl), 2009, 241–243
F. Vermeulen – H. Verreyke – G. Verhoeven – C. Boullart – P. Monsieur – D. Van Den Bergh – S. Dralans – L. Verdonck, Catalogazione Dei Siti Archeologici, in: I Siti Archeologici Della Vallata Del Potenza. Conoscenza e Tutela (2006) 101–220
R. Docter, F. Chelbi – B. Maraoui Telmini – B. Bechtold – H. Ben Romdhane – V. Declercq – T. De Schacht – E. Deweirdt – A. De Wulf – L. Fersi – S. Frey-Kupper – S. Garsallah – I. Joosten – H. Koens – J. Mabrouk – T. Redissi – S. Roudesli Chebbi – K. Ryckbosch – K. Schmidt – B. Taverniers – J. Van Kerckhove – L. Verdonck, Carthage Bir Massouda: Second Preliminary Report on the Bilateral Excavations of Ghent University and the Institut National Du Patrimoine (2003-2004), BABESCH. Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 81, 2006, 37–89
L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, A Contribution to the Study of Roman Rural Settlement in Marche. Picus 24, 2004, 161–229
Rezensionen
L. Verdonck, Book review: Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology (3rd Edn) Lawrence B. Conyers, Series Editors: Lawrence B. Conyers and Kenneth L. Kvamme, Geophysical Methods for Archaeology No. 4, AltaMira Press, Lanham, MD, 2013, xv + 241 pp., £22.95, ISBN 978-0-7591-2349-6, Archaeological Prospection 23, 2015, 71–72
Populärwissenschaftliche Beiträge
G.R. Bellini – A. Launaro – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Hidden histories of Roman towns. Seeing beneath the surface of Falerii Novi and Interamna Lirenas, Current World Archaeology 90, 2018, 24–29
L. Verdonck – F. Roelens – C. Landsheere, Op zoek naar de verdwenen geschiedenis van het Sint-Jansplein, Musea Brugge Magazine 40, Dezember 2020, 16–17.
G.R. Bellini – A. Launaro – M. Millett – L. Verdonck – F. Vermeulen, Vivere tra i fiumi, Archaeo 405, 2018, 42–51