He is a member of the Archaeometry Task-force Unit at the Institute of Archaeology of the Humanities Faculty of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
His major research interest is in discovering the place of manufacture of pottery and parchment through the use of neutron activation analysis and synchrotron radiation.
He has been particularly interested in finding the place of origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls[1] and the jars that contained them in Gunneweg and Balla 2003,2006,2010 & 2012 in.
[2] Other interests include research into the ancient preparation of parchment and ink as used in the Dead Sea scrolls.
Also, the origin of Nabatean and Eastern Terra Sigillata pottery have been studied and published[3] At present, Gunneweg is particularly interested in promoting the protection of Cultural Heritage in which he lectured at the ESRF in Grenoble, SESAME at Allan, ELETTRA, Trieste, Daresbury and the CLS at Saskatoon to lay the foundations of a collaboration between Science and Humanities and Social Sciences, which he has dubbed Trans-disciplinary an approach that transcendents the borders/limits of any discipline.