Christina Kalaitzi

Christina Kalaitzi

Internship Trainee

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  • About me

    Geologist, MSc in Palaeontology-Geobiology - Host & creator of Paleoσυζητήσεις podcast

  • Education

    • Naturalis Biodiversity Center

      2023 - 2024
      Micromammals

      Activities and Societies: Study of Micromammals under the supervision of Dr. Lars von den Hoek Ostende. During my Erasmus + internship at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, I explored the taxonomy and systematics of Pleistocene small mammal collections from the Early Biharian (MN 19) Rodent fauna of Kaiafa site (Greece) (soon to be published). Additionally, I gained valuable knowledge about micromammals and gained a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of a museum, from curation to exhibition design.

    • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

      2016 - 2021
      Bachelor's degree Geology/Earth Science, General
    • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

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      Master's degree Paleontology and Geobiology

      For my MSc thesis, I researched Pliocene leporid fossils from Megalo Emvolon locality (Thessaloniki, Greece), which are soon to be published.

  • Experience

    • Deutsche Börse

      Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
      Internship Trainee

      Internship at Group Communications (Team Excecutive Communication) of Deutsche Börse AG (Eschborn)

    • Nouvelle Natura Dino Park

      Jul 2019 - Feb 2023

      My internship took place at the Natura Dino Park in Oraiokastro at the Nouvelle multi-space. I was part of the paleontological guidance tour group where I guided schools, tourists, and families through the open Dino Park which includes of the dinosaur exhibition, the Cave of Evolution, the Mammoth Museum, and the Prehistoric Mammal exhibition providing them with all of the geological and paleontological information and details. My training also includes teaching fossil preservation under the supervision of Evangelia Tsoukala, a Geology-Biology professor and Dr. of Paleontology.We cleaned and preserved part of the fauna of Thermopigi, an extremely rich upper Miocene region in Northern Greece, with the help of the other interns. Lastly, Ι was a participant in the project titled «The Gulf of Titanic Turtles: excavation and preservation of new fossil tortoises from the Neogene of Northern Greece», financed by the National Geographic/Waitt 435-16 grant, in a collaboration between CONICET-Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (Trelew, Patagonia, Argentina) and the School of Geology, AUTH. Together with the rest of the interns we participated in the preparation of the fossil titanic tortoises leaded by Vlachos Evangelos, Ph.D. of the CONICET-Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Patagonia, Argentina. Show less

      • Scientific briefings (guide)

        Sept 2019 - Feb 2023
      • Paleontologist

        Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
    • Paleoσυζητήσεις

      Nov 2021 - now
      Podcaster

      Paleoσυζητήσεις is a greek podcast created & hosted by me, in which I discuss (συζήτηση, greek word for discussion) Paleontology.

    • İstanbul Üniversitesi BAPSİS

      Aug 2024 - now
      Member of paleontological excavation
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Pedagogical and teaching competence certification

      Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
      Jul 2021
    • Goethe Zertifikat C2: Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom

      Goethe-Institut e.V.
    • Goethe Zertifikat C1

      Goethe-Institut e.V.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer Tour Guide

      Issued by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) on May 2019
      Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)Associated with Christina Kalaitzi
    • Journalist

      Issued by Chill Out Magazine on May 2018
      Chill Out MagazineAssociated with Christina Kalaitzi