Curriculum Vitae
I am a full time Design Manager & Illustrator at Science Graphic Design Ltd.
I am working with clients from around the world, using my art skills as well as my background in Earth & Life Sciences.
University of Athens (Greece)
Geology BSc
Palaeobiology MSc
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Palaeobiology MPhil
University College London & Natural History Museum
Science Illustrator & Design Manager
Education
Palaeobiology MPhil
MPhil on the climatic constraints on the diversity of eutherian terrestrial mammals in South America during the Cenozoic at the University College London & Natural History Museum of London, funded by the Royal Society of Science. (2018-viva in April/May 2023).
Palaeobiology MSc
MSc in Systematics, Evolution and Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum of Paris (MNHN) and Paris VI University Pierre & Marie Curie (2016-2018) Mention “Bien”. Modules studied include ; Palaeobiogeography, Major palaeontological events, Multivariate Statistics, Vertebrate Anatomy and Functional Morphology.
Geology BSc
BSc in Geology and Geoenvironment at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2012-2016). 8.29/10. University scholarship and award for best entry in exams to higher education Institutions by the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (SSF). Modules studied include ; Palaeoclimatology, Palaeogeography and Paleoecology.
Publications
Jones LA, Gearty W, Allen BJ, Eichenseer K, Dean CD, Galván S, Kouvari M, Godoy PL, Nicholl C, Buffan L, Flannery-Sutherland JT, Dillon E, Chiarenza AA (2023). palaeoverse: a community-driven R package to support palaeobiological analysis. Methods in Ecology & Evolution.
Dillon E, Dunne E, Womack T, Kouvari M, Larina E, Claytor JR, Ivkić A, Juhn M, Milla Carmona P, Robson SV, Saha A, Villafaña J & Zill M (2023). Challenges and directions in analytical paleobiology. Paleobiology: First View (1 – 17).
Kouvari M, Herrel A & Cornette R (2021). Humans and climate as possible drivers of the morphology and function of the mandible of Suncus etruscus in Corsica. Journal of Archaeological Science 132 (105434).
Kouvari M & van der Geer A (2018). Biogeography of extinction: The demise of insular mammals from the Late Pleistocene till today. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (505) : 295-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.008
Lyras GA, Giannakopoulou A, Kouvari M & Papadopoulos GC (2017). The evolution in gyrification in Carnivores” Brain, Behaviour & Evolution (88) : 187-203. https://doi.org/10.1159/000453104
Teaching
Visual Science Communication Workshops
Running Visual Science Communication workshops for academics, PhD and Master students in many universities, including Imperial College London, University of Oxford and University of Bristol.
Creator of “mammalian evolution” module in the Vertebrate Palaeontology
Author of the online module “mammalian evolution” in the Vertebrate Palaeontology moodle course, led by Dr Sebastian Groh (UCL) 2020-2021.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the 4-day Dorset fieldtrip for First Year Undergraduates led by Prof. Paul Bown (Autumn/Winter semester 2020-2023 UCL)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the Vertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution for Second Year Undergraduates & the Biodiversity & Macroevolutionary Patterns for Third year undergraduates both led by Dr. Sebastian Groh (Autumn/Winter semester 2019-2022 UCL)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the Animal Biodiversity for Second Year Undergraduates led by Dr. Julia Day (Autumn/Winter semester 2019-2022 UCL)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the 4-day Dorset fieldtrip for First Year Undergraduates led by Prof. Eric Oelkers (April 2019 UCL)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the following courses: Solar System Geosciences (by Dr. Ashley King), Stratigraphy (by Dr. Mark Sutton) & Graphics (by Dr. Alan Spencer) (2018-2019 Imperial College)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the 1-day Charnwood fieldtrip for First Year Undergraduate students led by Dr. Mark Sutton (October 2018 Imperial College)
Organising Committees
Active member of the Palaeoverse organising committee.
ProgPal organiser hosting the conference at UCL (remotely) in 2021.
Member of the organising committee hosting of the London-based Vertebrate Palaeontology Journal Club (2020).
Member of the NHM student committee hosting the NHM student conference in 2020.
Outreach
Sci-comm mediator leading a 1-hour workshop on fossils & evolution for year 6 primary school children at the St John’s Highbury Vale Primary School.
Sci-comm mediator at the “Fossil Fact or Fiction” science stall at the Einstein’s garden of the Green Man festival 2019. Stall organized by Dr. Chris Dean. We introduced the idea of fossil biases and Ecological Niche Modelling with 3 different activities for all ages.
Volunteer mediator at the Mineralogy Museum of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2015). Duration : 6 months. Supervisor : Dr. Katerinopoulos A