EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/11/2025 – CURRENT Ferrara, Italy

PHD IN HUMAN SCIENCES (JOINT SUPERVISION - COTUTELLE) University of Ferrara (Italy) & University of Tübingen (Germany)

Field of study: Paleoenvironmental Studies through Stable Isotopes 

30/09/2022 – 31/08/2024 Tomar, Portugal

INTERNATIONAL ERASMUS MUNDUS JOINT MASTER IN QUATERNARY AND PREHISTORY (IMQP)

Polytechnic Institute of Tomar (IPT) & University of Ferrara (UNIFE)

Thesis: Isotopic insight into the ecology of red deer from Riparo Tagliente (Italian pre-Alps) during the Late Epigravettian

09/2017 – 06/2022 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN OIL AND GAS ENGINEERING International Oil & Gas University

Thesis Defining and analysing the technological parameters of the development of the sulfur-containing gas-condensate field G-4 and selecting the application sequence of gas-cycling
 

Work experience:

• RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - ROCK ART ANALYSIS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (RA3I) – INSTITUTO TERRA E MEMÓRIA – 15/01/2025 – 31/10/2025 – MAÇÃO, PORTUGAL
• INTERNSHIP – BIOGEOLOGY LABORATORY, GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENT, TÜBINGEN UNIVERSITY – 02/2024 – 03/2024 – TÜBINGEN , GERMAN
• HUMAN ORIGINS HERITAGE (HOH) - INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING – MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE AND UNIVERSITAS KRISTEN SATYA WACANA – 01/05/2023 – 20/05/2023 – SALATIGA-SANGIRAN-BUMIAYU, INDONESIA

• FIELD DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – “MARYGAZCHYKARYSH” MANAGEMENT OF “TURKMENGAS” STATE CONCERN – 08/2022 – 09/2022 – MARY, TURKMENISTAN

Honours & Awards:

• 2026 — Italian Ministerial Doctoral Fellowship, Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), University of Ferrara
• 2022 — Erasmus Mundus (EMJMD) Scholarship, European Commission, International Master in Quaternary and Prehistory (IMQP)
• 2022 — Diploma for Research Article, 26th International Scientific Symposium "Problems of Geology and Subsurface Development", Tomsk Polytechnic University
• 2022 — Diploma of Third Prize and Medal, International Internet Olympiad in Mechanics of Materials, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
• 2021 — Diploma of Third Prize, State Olympiad in Mechanics of Materials, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
• 2021 — Diploma of Third Prize, Online Olympiad in English for Specific Purposes, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
• 2021 — Diploma of Second Prize and Medal, International Internet Olympiad in Mechanics of Materials, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

Memberships:

• Since 2025 — Student Member, UISPP – International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences
• Since 2026 — Student Member, Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS)

2026

• Amanova, M., Drucker, D. G. & Fontana, F. (2026). Insights into Red Deer Ecology during the Late Epigravettian: New isotopic evidence from Riparo Tagliente (Italian Prealps). Journal of Quaternary Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70069
• Amanova, M. (2026). Prehistoric Sites in Turkmenistan: A GIS-Based Overview of Spatial and Temporal Patterns. Archeometriai Műhely [under review]
• Garcês, S., Jardim, S., Collado, H., Gomes, H., Mota, C., Danelatos, D., Priego, N., Amanova, M. & Oosterbeek, L. (2026). Feature Engineering and Machine Learning for the Objective Validation of Rock Art Chronologies. CAA 2026 [Conference abstractt]

2025

• Amanova, M., Drucker, D. & Fontana, F. (2025). Recolonizing the Italian Alps after the LGM: seasonal isotopic insights from red deer at Riparo Tagliente. ESHE Conference [Conference abstract]
• Amanova, M. (2025). Prehistoric Sites in Turkmenistan: A GIS-Based Overview of Spatial and Temporal Patterns. Young Researchers in Archaeometry (YRA) Workshop [Conference abstract]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17506742
• Amanova, M., Drucker, D. & Fontana, F. (2025). Sequential Stable Isotopes in Red Deer Tooth Enamel for Reconstructing Past Seasonality. UISPP [Conference abstract]
• Garcês, S., Oosterbeek, L., Collado, H., Gomes, H., Jardim, S., Mora, C., Ribeiro, B., Danelatos, D., Priego, N. & Amanova, M. (2025). The RA3I project: Rock Art and Artificial Intelligence. UISPP [Conference abstract]
• Fontana, F., Visentin, D., Fasser, N., Amanova, M., Bertola, S. et al. (2025). Tracing 3,000 Years of Persistent Epigravettian Occupation at Riparo Tagliente. Forager Use of "Persistent Places" During the Epigravettian [Symposium abstract]

2024

• Drucker, D., Amanova, M. & Fontana, F. (2024). Isotopic tracking of the ecology of red deer during the Late Glacial in the south-eastern Alps: evidence from Riparo Tagliente. 4th Conference World of Gravettian Hunters [Conference abstract]

2022

• Amanova, M. & Bakshayev, V. N. (2022). Искусственное воспроизведение минералов [Artificial Reproduction of Minerals]. Problems of Geology and Subsurface Development, Tomsk Polytechnic University

2019

• Amanova, M. M. (2019). Логистика Газопроводов [Gas Pipeline Logistics]. Market and Productive Efficiency-16 Conference Proceedings
• Mahmudov, R. B., Amanova, M. M. & Tamashaeva, B. K. (2019). Диверсификация экспорта природного газа Туркменистана [Diversification of Natural Gas Exports from Turkmenistan]. Innovations. Education. Energy Efficiency. Conference Proceedings
• Mahmudov, R. B., Amanova, M. M. & Tamashayeva, B. H. (2019). Производство бензина из природного газа [Production of Gasoline from Natural Gas]. Innovations. Education. Energy Efficiency. Conference Proceedings

2026

• Ferrara, Italy — 67th Conference of the Hugo Obermaier Society, University of Ferrara (Apr 7–11) [Poster Presentation]
• Vienna, Austria — Computer Applications in Archaeology (CAA) 2026 [Conference Abstract]

2025

• Paris, France — 15th Annual ESHE Conference, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Sep 24–28) [Poster Presentation]
• Budapest, Hungary — Young Researchers in Archaeometry (YRA) Workshop 2025, Eötvös Loránd University (Oct 14–17) [Oral Presentation]
• Salatiga/Sangiran/Yogyakarta, Indonesia — UISPP Inter-Congress Conference APT2025: Asian Prehistory Today (Oct 27–Nov 6) [Oral Presentation]
• Ferrara, Italy — "Forager Use of Persistent Places During the Epigravettian in the Circum-Adriatic Regions" Symposium [Symposium Abstract]

2024

• Kraków, Poland — 4th Conference World of Gravettian Hunters, ISEA PAS [Abstract]