Dr. Ioannis Kontopoulos
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow
Room S549
Hölderlinstr. 12
72074 Tübingen
Germany
ioannis.kontopoulos@mnf.uni-tuebingen.de
Fields of Interest
My current level of expertise lies in biomolecular archaeology, with a multidisciplinary skill-set comprising many advanced research techniques (e.g. light microscopy, SEM-EDS, AFM, FTIR-ATR, stable isotope analysis) and a special focus on bone and tooth diagenesis to better understand inter- and intra-site/individual/sample/lab variabilities.
Curriculum vitae
| 03.2023 - present | Humboldt postdoctoral fellow. Project title: Isotopic signals in dental tissues and inner ear bone: methodological advancements and applications (IDEA2). Supervisor: Prof. Hervé Bocherens. Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany. |
| 04.2022 - 11.2022 | Postdoctoral researcher. Section for GeoGenetics, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Globe Institute, Kobenhavns Universitet, Denmark. |
| 04.2020 - 03.2022 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow. Project title: DNA, environment, mineral association: reaction kinetics (DENMARK). Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Karina Sand. Section for GeoGenetics, Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Globe Institute, Kobenhavns Universitet, Denmark; Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lunds Universitet, Sweden. |
| 01.2019 - 03.2020 | Postdoctoral researcher. Project: Cremations, urns, and mobility: ancient population dynamics in Belgium (CRUMBEL). Supervisor: Prof. Christophe Snoeck. Brussels Bioarchaeology (BB) lab, Department of History, Archaeology, Arts and Philosophy (HARP), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. |
| 04.2015 - 02.2019 | PhD Archaeology. BioArch, Department of Archaeology, University of York, United Kingdom. Thesis title: Bone diagenesis: the mysteries of the petrous pyramid. Supervisors: Prof. Matthew J. Collins and Prof. Kirsty Penkman. |
| 09.2013 - 09.2014 | MSc Human Osteology and Funerary Archaeology (Distinction). Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Dissertation title: Experimental histotaphonomy: decoding diagenetic alterations in bone. Supervisor: Dr. Pia Nystrom. |
| 10.2008 - 10.2009 | MSc Archaeological Science. Research Lab for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA), University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Dissertation title: Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis: reconstructing diet in prehistoric Euboea, Greece. Supervisor: Prof. Robert. E. M. Hedges. |
| 09.2004 - 06.2008 | BA Archaeology (First-class Honours). Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, Greece. Dissertation title: Archaeogeophysical survey at the acropolis of Rhodes. Supervisor: Prof. Ioannis Liritzis. |
Publications
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