Paläoanthropologie

Salma A. Ibrahim

Function: Doctoral Candidate


Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, Abt. Paläoanthropologie
Rümelinstr. 23
D-72070 Tübingen

 Room 707, Hauptgebäude DG

salma.ibrahimspam prevention@ifu.uni-tuebingen.de

About

Salma A. Ibrahim graduated in 2018 from the American University of Kuwait, with a B.A. in Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her bachelor program, following the four-field program of the American school of anthropology, concentrated in Cultural Anthropology. In 2023, Salma obtained her M.Sc., in Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution, specializing in Palaeoanthropology. During her time as a Master's student, Salma also worked as a laboratory assistant (HiWi) at the Palaeoproteomics Department at the University of Tübingen. Currently, she is enrolled as a Palaeoproteomics PhD candidate at the University of Tübingen as part of the ERC-funded FIRSTSTEPS project. Her research aims are to conduct ZooMS analysis for taxonomic identification using collagen peptide mass fingerprinting and to assess the faunal preservation from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic sites in Greece.

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Education

2024 - Present
Doctoral candidate in Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution

University of Tübingen, Germany

2023
M.Sc., Archaeological Sciences and Human Evolution

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Palaeoanthropology, Tübingen, Germany

Specialization: Paleoanthropology

Thesis Title: Deciduous vs. Permanent Dentition: Susceptibility to Microwear: An individual and spatio-temporal exploration of dental microwear patterns in subadults (Abusir El-Meleq, Egypt and Tauberbischofsheim, Germany)

2018
B.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences (concentration in Cultural Anthropology)

Private University Council (PUC) Scholarship awarded from Kuwait

American University of Kuwait, Kuwait

Professional Career

06/2024 - Present
PhD Candidate

FIRSTSTEPS Project, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Palaeoanthropology, Tübingen, Germany

07/2023 – 01/2024
Dental Microwear Laboratory Assistant (HiWi)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Palaeoanthropology, Tübingen, Germany

04/2022 – 12/2023
Palaeoproteomics (ZooMS) Laboratory Assistant (HiWi)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

07/2020 - 10/2021
Assistant Researcher (HiWi)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung － Tübingen, Germany

08/2020 - 08/2020
Assistant Researcher/Archaeologist at Hohle Fels (HiWi)

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

01/2020 - 02/2020
Archaeologist at Umbeli Beli

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

10/2018 - 09/2019
Senior Museum Facilitator at Natural History Museums

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre, Salmiyah, Kuwait

01/2018 - 10/2018
Museum Facilitator at Natural History Museums

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Cultural Centre, Salmiyah, Kuwait