Vranich, Alexei, 1968-

Alexei Vranich ( VRAN-itch; born July 15, 1968) is an American archaeologist specializing in the pre-Columbian South America. His current position as a professor at the University of Warsaw. He is currently based at the Center for Andean Studies at the University of Warsaw. The project focuses on the origins and composition of the Inca Empire. His previous positions include visiting professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland (2021–22), Lecturer at the Department of Material Sciences at MIT (2021–22), Research Associate, and Assistant Dean at Bowles Hall Residential College (2016–18) at the University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor (2009–2015) at UCLA, and a Lecturer and Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2004. Summer Field Instructor at Harvard University from 2003 to 2006. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990 and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. He is a Fulbright Scholar and Dumbarton Oaks Harvard Fellow.