Melania Ioannidou
Function: PhD student and research assistant at the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen
Address:
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Abt. Paläoanthropologie
Rümelinstr. 23
D-72070 Tübingen
Office: Room 519, Hauptbäude, 2. OG
Tel.: +49-(0)7071-29-
E-Mail: melania.ioannidou@uni-tuebingen.de
Consulting hours:
by arrangement
Education
| 2016-today | University of Tübingen Ph.D in Paleoanthropology Dissertation: Reevaluation of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis paradigm, using virtual anthropology and geometric morphometrics Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati and Prof. George Koufos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) |
| 2013-2016 | University of Tübingen M.Sc in Scientific Archaeology with specialization in Paleoanthropology Thesis: Virtual reconstruction and comparative analysis of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, from the late Miocene deposits of Central Macedonia, Greece Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati and Prof. George Koufos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) |
| 2009-2013 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki B.Sc in Geology with specialization in Structural Geology and Stratigraphy Thesis: Eruption sequence in the dentition of Mesopithecus delsoni/pentelicus from Axios valley (Macedonia, Greece) Supervisor: Prof. George Koufos |
Honors-Awards
| August 2018 | Grant by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, for the academic year 2018-2019 |
| August 2017 | Grant by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, for the academic year 2017-2018 |
| August 2016 | Grant by the A.G. Leventis Foundation, for the academic year 2016-2017 |
| October 2013 – July 2015 | Scholarship by DAAD for a Master Program |
| March 2013 | Grant by IKY, for the highest grade among all students for the academic year 2010-2011 |
| March 2012 | Grant by IKY, for the highest grade among all students for the academic year 2009-2010 |
Publications
| 2019 | Ioannidou, M., Falcucci, A., Röding, C., & Kandel, A. W. (2019). Eighth Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 28(2), 52-54. |
Ioannidou, M., Koufos, G. D., de Bonis, L., & Harvati, K. (2019). A new three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece). American journal of physical anthropology, 170(2), 295-307. |
Related Experience
Internship
| July - August 2012 | Practical study in the Natural History Museum of Creta, Greece Main activities: Fossil cataloging and identification |
Field work
| June 2017 | Paleontological excavations in Tsotra Vryssi (Thessaloniki, Greece), organized by PaGE |
| June 2016 | Paleontological excavations in Tsotra Vryssi (Thessaloniki, Greece), organized by PaGE |
| June 2015 | Paleontological excavations in Tsotra Vryssi (Thessaloniki, Greece), organized by PaGE |
| August 2014 | Archaeological excavations in Abric Romani (Capellades, Spain), organized by IPHES |
| August 2012 | Paleontological excavations in Nea Mesimvria (Thessaloniki, Greece), organized by AUTH |
Teaching Experience
| Summer Semester 2018 | Archaeobiology, University of Tübingen |
| Summer Semester 2017 | Osteology II: Sex and aging, University of Tübingen |
| Winter Semester 2016-2017 | Practical Session Instructor, Archaeobiology, University of Tübingen |
Talks
| July 2019 | Analysis of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium and mandible: a 3D approach Paleobiology Seminar, University of Tübingen |
| June 2016 | Virtual reconstruction and comparative analysis of a Miocene hominoid (Ouranopithecus macedoniensis) from Central Macedonia, Greece Paleobiology Seminar, University of Tübingen |
| March 2016 | Virtual reconstruction and comparative analysis of a Miocene hominoid (Ouranopithecus macedoniensis) State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Scientific talks |
Conferences
| September 2017 | Poster: Virtual reconstruction of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece) ESHE Meeting, Leiden |
| September 2017 | Podium: A new three dimensional analysis of the O. macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece) RCMNS 15th Congress, Athens |
| December 2016 | Podium: A new three dimensional analysis of the O. macedoniensis cranium (Late Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece) Closing Symposium of the ERC Starting project ’’PaGE’’ |
| November 2016 | Poster: Virtual reconstruction of the Ouranopithecus macedoniensis cranium (Miocene, Central Macedonia, Greece) StEvE Meeting, University of Tübingen |
Memberships
European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE)