Alexandra W. Busch

Busch was born in Neuss[1] in 1975. She began to study archaeology of the Roman Provinces, Ancient History and Prehistoric and Protohistoric at the University of Cologne in 1995. She went on to study further there and she received her doctorate in 2004. Her dissertation was on "Urban Culture in the Roman Empire".[2]

In 2005/06 she received a grant from the German Archaeological Institute and in 2006 was a scientific trainee at the LVR Archaeological Park Xanten where she was promoted to research assistant by 2008. She then worked at the German Archaeological Institute, Rome Department, first as a general consultant, then as head of the photo library until 2014. In 2011 she published "Militär in Rom" which describes the military forces stationed within Imperial Rome. From the reign of Augustus there was 10–40,000 soldiers barracked in Rome and her book records their history.[3] In 2013 she became a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.[2]

In 2014, Busch became the Director of Collections, Library, Archives and IT, as well as Head of Roman Archeology at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) in Mainz. In October 2018 she became the Director General of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum.[2] Vusch replaced Prof. dr. Falko Daim who had retired the year before.[1] Busch has announced plans to create a new building at the museum by 2020.[4]

Busch is a professor of archeology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.[1]