C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
IOANNIS GIAOURTSAKIS
Date of birth: 8 June1975
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Citizenship: Greek
Professional address:
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Department of Geo-and Environmental Sciences
Section of Paleontology
Richard-Wagner-Str. 10
D-80333 Munich, Germany
Telephone: + (49) 89-1201 4315
Fax: + (49) 12125-1025 3401
Email: i.giaourtsakis@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Education
Since 2001 Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Geo-and Enviromental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
1999 B.Sc. in Geology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
1999 Europa Zertifikat of the EU-Erasmus class at the Johann-Wolfgang- Goethe-University, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
Professional Appointments
2000- Research associate, Department of Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
1999 Postgraduate trainee, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
1998 Undergraduate research fellow, Forschungsinstitut und Natur-museum Senckenberg Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
Research Grants
2008 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (EU-SYNTHESYS: DK-TAF-5242).
Title: Systematic studies on the craniodental anatomy and ontogenetic development of the extant rhinoceroses.
2007 Research funding from the Research of Human Origins Initiative (RHOI) to support comparative studies on fossil and extant rhinoceroses at European Museum collections.
2007 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (EU-SYNTHESYS: DK-TAF-3765).
Title: Morphometric analysis and postcranial anatomy of the five extant rhinoceros species. Evolutionary and ecological implications.
2006 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum of Paris (EUSYNTHESYS: FR-TAF-2545).
Title: Late Miocene rhinoceroses from Bou Hanifia (Algeria) and the origin of the modern African species.
2006 Research funding from the Research of Human Origins Initiative (RHOI) to support comparative studies on fossil and extant rhinoceroses at European Museum collections.
2006 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum Naturalis, Leiden, The Netherlands (EU-SYNTHESYS: NL-TAF-2513)
Title: Morphometric analysis and postcranial anatomy of the five extant rhinoceros species. Evolutionary and ecological relationships in respect to the fossil species.
2006 Research funding from the Research of Human Origins Initiative (RHOI) to support comparative studies on fossil rhinoceroses at the National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa.
2005 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum of Paris (EUSYNTHESYS: FR-TAF-1226).
Title: Systematic studies on Late Miocene Rhinocerotidae from Central Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East: paleogeographical and paleoecological implications.
2005 Research grant from the European Commission’s Research Infrastructure Action at the Natural History Museum of London (EUSYNTHESYS: GB-TAF-574).
Title: Systematic studies on Late Miocene Rhinocerotidae from Central Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East: paleogeographical and paleoecological implications.
2003 Research funding from the European Science Foundation (ESF) program on Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene (EEDEN) at the Natural History Museum of Vienna (EEDEN/2003/07).
Title: Systematic studies on Late Miocene Rhinocerotidae from Central Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East: paleogeographical and paleoecological implications.
2001-2002 Dissertation scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
2000-2001 Dissertation scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
1998 EU-Erasmus scholarship from the Greek State Foundation of Scholarships (IKY) at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University of Frankfurt.
Field research and experience
2007- Paleontological expedition to the Late Miocene locality of Höwenegg at Hegau, Germany. Directors: W. Munk, E. Heizmann, R. Bernor. Joint expedition of Staatliche Museen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe und Stuttgart.
2001-2003 Paleontological expeditions to the Pleistocene dwarf hippopotami locality of Aghia Napa on Cyprus. Directors: G. Theodorou, I. Panayides. Joint expedition of the Department of Geology, University of Athens, and the Geological
Survey of Cyprus.
2000-2001 Paleontological expeditions to the Middle Miocene locality of Sandelzhausen, Germany. Director: F. Fahlbusch. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München.
1999 Paleontological expedition to the Late Miocene locality of Eppelsheim, Germany. Director: Dr. J. Franzen, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt.
1998 Paleontological expedition to the Pleistocene locality of Megali Grava on Cofu island, Greece. Director: G. Theodorou, Department of Geology University of Athens
1997 Paleontological expedition to the Pleistocene locality of Megali Grava on Cofu island, Greece. Director: G. Theodorou, Department of Geology University of Athens.
1997 Paleontological expedition to the Pleistocene locality of dwarf elephants on Tilos island, Greece. Director: G. Theodorou, Department of Geology University of Athens.
Museum and institutional research
2008 Research visit to the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the University of Athens to study Late Miocene rhinoceroses and chalicotheres from Greek localities.
2007 Comparative study of skeletal variation in extant rhinoceroses and tapirs in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen at the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
Study of African fossil rhinoceroses from Laetoli (Tanzania), Karamoja and Kaiso (Uganda), Olduvai Gorge, Rawe, Malewa, Kanam, and Kanjera (Kenya), and Broken Hill (Zambia);
Comparative osteological studies on extant rhinoceroces and tapirs at the Natural History Museum of London.
Study of the Kohl Larsen collection from Laetoli (Tanzania), the localities of Pikermi and Samos (Greece), and the locality of Eppelsheim (Germany) at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.
Study of the Late Miocene rhinoceroses from Höwenegg at local Museums in Immendingen and Donaueschingen, Germany.
Study of Miocene rhinoceroses and chalicotheres from Höwenegg and Steinheim (Germany), Mahmutgazi (Turkey), and Samos (Greece), and comparative studies on the osteology of extant rhinoceroses at the collections of the Natural History Museums of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart.
Study of Late Miocene rhinoceroses from Greek localities at the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the University of Athens.
Study of the Late Miocene rhinoceroses and chalicotheres from the new excavations on Samos island at the Natural History Museum of Aegean, Mytilinii, Samos.
2006 Systematic studies of fossil rhinoceroses from the hominid bearing Ethiopian localities of Middle Awash, Gona, Hadar, Dikika and Omo at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.
Systematic studies on fossil rhinoceroses from Bou Hanifia and Ain Hanech (Algeria), Ain Titmellil (Morocco), Ternifine (Mauritania), Ichkeul (Tunisia), Omo (Ethiopia), Akkasdagi (Turkey), Molayan (Afghanistan), Al Jadidah (Saudi Arabia), and Marageh (Iran);
Comparative studies of skeletal variation in the extant rhinoceros species, at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Study of Miocene rhinoceroses and chalicotheres at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
Supplementary studies on fossil and extant rhinoceroses at the Natural History Museum of London.
Comparative analysis of skeletal variation in the five extant rhinoceros species and study of Pleistocene and subfossil populations from Indonesia, Java and Sumatra at the National Natural History Museum Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands.
Osteological studies on the extant rhinoceroses and tapirs, and study of late Pleistocene Coelodonta at the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Comparative study of fossil rhinoceroses from the Hungarian localities of Baltavar, Polgardi and Rudabánya, and the Greek locality of Samos at the Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet, Budapest.
2005 Systematic studies on fossil rhinoceroses from the Late Miocene Greek localities of Pikermi, Samos, and Axios valley, various synchronic Turkish localities, and the locality of Marhageh from Iran;
Comparative studies on the osteology of the extant rhinoceros species at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Comparative analysis of skeletal variation in the five extant rhinoceros species at the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of Vienna.
Study of fossil and extant rhinoceroses at the Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Wien.
Systematic studies on Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi and Samos (Greece), Marhageh (Iran), Eppelsheim (Germany) and Siwaliks (Pakistan and India);
Comparative studies on the osteology of the extant rhinoceros species at the Natural History Museum of London.
2004 Study of the fossil rhinoceroses from the Late Miocene localities of the Axios valley at the Laboratory of Geology and Palaeontology of the University of Thessaloniki.
Research visit to the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the University of Athens to study Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi, Samos, Halmyropotamos, and Kerassia.
2003 Study of fossil rhinoceroses at the Goldfuß-Museum im Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Bonn Study of Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi and Samos (Greece), Marhageh (Iran) and the Vienna Basin (Austria) and
Comparative anatomical studies on the five extant rhinoceros species at the Natural History Museum of Vienna.
Study of Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi and Samos (Greece), and Marhageh (Iran) at the Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Wien.
Study of Late Miocene rhinoceroses form Eppelsheim, H , and Samos (Greece) at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
2002 Study of Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi and Samos (Greece), and Marhageh (Iran) and comparative anatomical studies on the five extant rhinoceros species at the Natural History Museum of Vienna.
Short comparative study of Miocene fossil rhinoceroses at the the Institut für Paläontologie der Universität Wien.
Study of the Late Miocene rhinoceroses from Samos (Greece) and Shansi (China), at the Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt.
2001 Study of Miocene rhinoceroses from the localities of Pikermi, Halmyropotamos, and Atalanti at the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the University of Athens.
Short comparative study of Miocene rhinoceroses from Höwenegg at Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe.
2000 Study of Late Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from Pikermi at the Museum of Paleontology and Geology of the University of Athens
1999 Short comparative study of fossil rhinoceroses from the German Late Miocene localities of Höwenegg and Eppelsheim at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt.
Study of Miocene fossil rhinoceroses from various European and Asian localities at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München.
1998 Comparative study of Late Miocene perissodactyls from Eppelsheim and Dorn Dürkheim at the Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt.
Professional society memberships
2004 Hellenic Sedimentological Society
2000 Greek Geological Society
1999 German Paleontological Society
1998 Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft
Languages
Greek Native speaker.
English Fluent.
- First Certificate in English, University of Cambridge.
- Advanced language courses at Concordia University, Canada.
German Fluent.
- Zeugnis der Zentralen Mittelstufenprüfung, Goethe Institut.
- Oberstufe Sprachkurs am Goethe Institut in Bonn.
French Elementary.
- Cours de débutants dans l’Institut Français de Munich.
Conferences and meetings
2006 4th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists ,10-15 July 2006, Budapest, Hungary.
2006 Festkolloquium zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Heissig, 26 January
2006, Paläontologisches Museum München, Germany.
2006 Scientific Colloquium in honor of Prof. Dr. Fritz Steininger, 26 September 2006, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
2005 Contribution of new paleontological and stratigraphical methods in geological research. Meeting of the Committee of Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Greek Geological Society, 4 November 2005, University of Athens, Greece.
2004 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, 14- 20 April 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2004 10th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, 15- 17 April 2004, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2003 28. Meeting of the Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, 14-16 March 2003, Bensberg bei Köln, Germany.
2003 73. Annual conference of the German Paleontological Society, 29.09.-03.10 2003, Mainz, Germany.
2002 29. Meeting of the Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, 8-10 March 2002, Laimering, Germany.
2001 Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia: International conference in honor of Hans de Bruijn, 17-19 May Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2001 28. Meeting of the Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, 9-11 March 2001, Burg Lichtenberg bei Kusel, Germany.
1999 Multinational Evaluation Conference of Socrates/Erasmus Students
1999, 17 May 1999, Athens, Greece.
1996 2nd Workshop on European Laboratory Volcanoes, 2-4 May 1996, Santorini Island, Greece.
Invited talks and lectures
2006 “Evolution and diversity of the rhinoceroses”. Guest lecture at the Naturalis, National Natural History Museum of Leiden, The Netherlands.
Publications (peer-reviewed)
Giaourtsakis, I.X., Pahlevan, C., & Haile-Selassie Y. (2009). Chapter 14, Rhinocerotidae. - In: Haile-Selassie Y. & WoldeGabriel G. (eds): Ardipithecus kadabba: Late Miocene evidence from Middle Awash, Ethiopia. p. 429-468. University of
California Press, Berkeley.
White, T., Ambrose, S., Suwa, G., Su, D., DeGusta, D., Bernor, R., Boisserie, J., Brunet, M., Delson, E., Frost, S., Garcia, N., Giaourtsakis, I.X., Haile-Selassie, Y., Howell, F., Lehmann, T., Likius, A., Pehlevan, C., Saegusa, H., Semprebon, G., Teaford, M., & Vrba, E. (2009). Macrovertebrate Paleontology and the Pliocene Habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus. - Science, 326: 87-93.
Giaourtsakis, I.X. (2009). The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection. 9. Rhinocerotidae. - Beiträge zur Paläontologie 31:157-187.
Giaourtsakis, I.X., & Koufos, G.D. (2009). The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection. 10. Chalicotheriidae. - Beiträge zur Paläontologie 31:189-205.
Theodorou, G.E., Roussiakis, S.L., Athanassiou, A., Giaourtsakis, I.X., Panayides, I. (2007). A Late Pleistocene endemic genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) from Aghia Napa, Cyprus. - Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 40: 201-208.
Giaourtsakis, I.X., Theodorou, G., Roussiakis, S., Athanassiou, A., & Iliopoulos, G. (2006). Late Miocene horned rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotinae, Mammalia) from Kerassia (Euboea, Greece). - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie,
Abhandlungen: 239 (3): 367-398.
Symeonidis, N.K., Giaourtsakis, I.X., Seemann, R., & Giannopoulos, V.I. (2006). Aivaliki, a new locality with fossil rhinoceroses near Alistrati (Serres, Greece). - Beiträge zur Paläontologie 30: 437-451.
Giaourtsakis, I.X. & Heissig, K. (2004). On the nomenclatural status of Aceratherium incisivum (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia). - In: Chatzipetros, A.A. & Pavlides, S.B (eds.): Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern
Mediterranean Geology Thessaloniki, Greece. 314-317.
Giaourtsakis, I.X. (2003). Late Neogene Rhinocerotidae of Greece: distribution, diversity and stratigraphical range. - In: Reumer, J.W.F. & Wessels, W. (eds.): Distribution and migration of Tertiary mammals in Eurasia. Deinsea 10: 235-253.
Published abstracts and conference presentations
2007 Theodorou G.E., Roussiakis S.L., Athanassiou A., Giaourtsakis I.X., Panayides, I.: A Late Pleistocene endemic genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) from Aghia Napa, Cyprus. – In: 11th International Congress of the Geological Society of
Greece, Abstract Volume: 183.
2004 Giaourtsakis I.X. & Heissig K.: On the nomenclatural status of Aceratherium incisivum (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia). – In: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Thessaloniki, Greece: 314-
317.
2003 Giaourtsakis I.X., Heissig K.: Was ist eigentlich Aceratherium incisivum (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae)?. – In: 73. Annual conference of the German Paleontological Society. Terra Nostra 2003/5: 51-52.
2001 Giaourtsakis, I.X.: Late Neogene Rhinocerotidae of Greece: distribution and dispersal Events. – In: Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia - International conference in honour of Hans de Bruijn, Abstract Volume: 21-
22.
Other academic services
Reviewer Journal of Systematic Paleontology
Beiträge zur Paläontologie