Dr. Sireen El Zaatari
Function: Junior Research Group Leader
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Abt. Paläoanthropologie
Rümelinstr. 23
D-72070 Tübingen
Room 514, Hauptgebäude, 2. OG
+49-(0)7071-29-76554
+49-(0)7071-29-5717
sireen.el-zaatari@uni-tuebingen.de
Consulting hours:
by arrangement
About
Sireen El Zaatari is a senior academic researcher/lecturer at the Paleoanthropology Workgroup. Her research focuses on dental anthropology, within which she applies several approaches for the taxonomic classification, dietary reconstruction, and life history documentation of hominins. Her main interest is directed towards the Paleolithic Period, specifically towards the better understanding of the effects of climatic change and variability on the subsistence patterns and life histories of Paleolithic hominins. Aside from dental anthropology, she is also interested more generally in human osteology and bioarchaeology. She is active in archaeological fieldwork and has directed and participated in several excavations. She is currently leading the ERC funded “REVIVE” archaeological project which focuses on the Paleolithic of Lebanon.
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Academic and Professional Trajectory
2022
Habilitation
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2022
Senior Academic Researcher/Lecturer
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2019
Akademic Researcher/Lecturer
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2013
Junior Research Group Leader
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2012 - 2013
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship (The Wenner-Gren Foundation)
2012
Research Fellow
Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2011
Lecturer
Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut
2009 - 2010
J. Lawrence Angel Fellowship in Human Skeletal Studies
Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2007 - 2009
Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2007
Ph. D. in Physical Anthropology
Stony Brook University
2002
M.A. in Physical Anthropology
Stony Brook University
1998
B.A. in Archaeology
American University of Beirut
Awards, grants & scholarships
2021 - 2026
Consolidator Grant (€1,999,875)
European Research Council
2017 - 2021
Research Grant (€338,000)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2014
Synthesys Grant
2012 - 2013
Hunt Post-doctoral Fellowship ($40,000)
The Wenner Gren Foundation
2012
Research Fellowship
Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2009 - 2010
J. Lawrence Angel Fellowship in Human Skeletal Studies ($25,200)
Wiener Laboratory, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
2005
Dissertation Improvement Grant ($12,000)
The National Science Foundation (USA)
2005
Grant for Anthropological Research ($4,500)
The Leakey Foundation
2005
Ruggles-Gates Fun for Biological Research ($1870)
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
2003
Research Award ($500)
Stony Brook University
2000 - 2007
Tuition/Research/Teaching Scholarships
Stony Brook University
Selected Publications
McGrath, K, Limmer, LS, Lockey, AL, Guatelli-Steinberg, D, Reid, DJ, Witzel, C, Bocaege, E, McFarlin, SC, El Zaatari, S. 2021. 3D enamel profilometry reveals faster growth but similar stress severity in Neanderthal versus Homo sapiens teeth. Scientific Reports 11, 522. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80148-w
El Zaatari, S. 2018. The central Levantine corridor: the Paleolithic of Lebanon. Quaternary International 466:33-47.
Sahle, Y, El Zaatari, S, White, TD. 2017. Hominid butchers and biting crocodiles in the African Plio-Pleistocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 114:13164-13169. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716317114
El Zaatari, S, Grine, FE, Ungar, PS, Hublin, J-J. 2016. Neandertal versus modern human dietary responses to climatic fluctuations. PLOS ONE 11:e0153277. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153277
El Zaatari, S, Grine, FE, Ungar, PS, Hublin, J-J. 2011. Ecogeographic variation in Neandertal dietary habits: evidence from occlusal microwear texture analysis. Journal of Human Evolution 61: 411-424.