I am Professor in the Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta, from where I graduated in 1994. I work on Mediterranean history and archaeology. I read for a research doctorate at the University of Bristol, UK, in Phoenician archaeology (1994/98), and was Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome (1998/99). I joined the University of Malta in autumn 1999. I spent part of the spring term in 2006 as Research Associate of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and was Visiting Scholar at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California, in the spring of 2007. I headed the Department of Classics and Archaeology for two terms between 2011/19 and was a member of the Faculty of Arts Doctoral Committee for many years. I have also directed the University's Doctoral School since its foundation in 2017.

When I am not teaching and supervising graduate work or contributing to various university committees, I pursue my research interests which include the history of archaeological thought and practice, the archaeology of landscapes, and Phoenician ritual practices.

I am actively involved in archaeological fieldwork including the student training excavation at Bidnija (Malta), and co-direct the research dig at Latnija (Mellieħa, Malta).