Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati-Papatheodorou

Nominated by

• European Research Council (ERC)
• German Research Foundation (DFG)
• AcademiaNet member since 13.06.2012
• AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria

Employed by

• Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen

Academic Discipline/Fields

• Arts and humanities
• Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Field

Humanities, Archaeology, Environment

Area of specialisation

Palaeoanthropology, Human Evolution, Neanderthals, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Morphometry and 3D Visualization

Research interests

• Neanderthal evolution, modern human origins and the application of 3-D geometric morphometric methods to paleoanthropology,

• primate and human evolution, evolutionary theory, evolution of primate and human life-history, the relationship of morphological variability to population history and the environment, Paleolithic archaeology

Distinctions and Awards

• Hellenes abroad award – Woman of the year 2009, Europe

• TIME Magazine top ten scientific discoveries of 2007

• Presentation Prize, 150 Years of Neanderthal Conference, 2006

• City University of New York Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2000 – 2001

• American Museum of Natural History Doctoral Fellowship, 1998 – 2000

• Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, 1997 – 1999

• E. A. Hooton Student Prize, American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1998

• Research Fellowship, City University of New York / NYCEP, 1994 – 1997

• Stigler Fund Award, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, 1993

• ?BK, Rabi Scholar's Society, Columbia University, 1993

Doctorate

• 2001

PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

• 2009: The Paleoanthropology of Neanderthals