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Dr. Sophia Rose Mavroudas

  • Assoc Dir, Academic Program - Anthropology
  • Mavroudas, Sophia (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Hamilton, Michelle D (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Wescott, Daniel J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Falleur, David M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Jacobson, Jodi Arlene (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. Acquiring a Microscopy Suite for Forensic Anthropology, Archaeology, and Biology, NSF, Federal, $255000. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: September 1, 2019 - September 2021). Grant.
  • Mavroudas, Sophia Rose (Principal). MDVI: The Northern Aegean Cases, European Cooperation in Science and Technology CA 22106 Migrant Disaster Victim Identification, European Cooperation in Science and Technology CA 22106 Migrant Disaster Victim Identification, $4000. (Funded: September 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025). Grant.
  • Mavroudas, Sophia Rose (Principal). Migrant Cemetery Documentation in the Mediterranean, Society of Forensic Anthropologists, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $805. (Funded: February 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025). Grant.
  • Flouri, Despoina (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Mavroudas, Sophia Rose (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %35, Kranioti, Elena, Percent Contribution: %5, Moraitis, Konstantinos, Percent Contribution: %5, Karydi, Christina, Percent Contribution: %10, Biker, Jan, Percent Contribution: %5. Capacity Building for Missing and Unidentified Persons in Greece Exploring the Potential of Data Digitization and Centralization, Forensic Sciences Foundation Humanitarian and Human Rights Resource Center, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9800. (Submitted: October 2023, Funded: June 2024 - October 2024). Grant.
  • Herrmann, Nicholas Paul, Mavroudas, Sophia Rose. The Application of PIX4D in Forensic Anthropology and Humanitarian Forensic Action, Pix4D S.A., Private / Foundation / Corporate, $3000. (Submitted: October 15, 2023, Funded: December 1, 2023 - November 30, 2024). Grant.
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  • Gocha, T. P., Mavroudas, S. R., & Goldstein, J. Z. (2024). Age-at-Death Estimation from Bone Microstructure. In Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Bone-Histology-A-Biological-Anthropological-Perspective/Stout-Crowder/p/book/9781032473277?srsltid=AfmBOooTdbW4wmTHhwpGSw__pqMmKDFFnzgcBNrIA7yr0D-E6YCQvCsp
  • Meckel, L. A., Mavroudas, S. R., Goldstein, J. Z., Garza, S. L., & Gocha, T. P. (2024). Histotaphonomic Signatures of Thermally Altered Human Skeletal Remains: Implications for Archaeological Interpretation. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3371
  • Mavroudas, S. R., French, K., & Dominguez, V. (2024). Prevalence of drifting osteons distinguishes human bone. Plos One, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298029
  • Mavroudas, S. R., Pavlidis, P., & Karakasi, M.-V. (2023). A retrospective of deaths related to migration along the southeastern-most land borders of Europe: an update encompassing the years 2015-2022. Disasters. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12620
  • Mavroudas, S. R., Alfsdotter, C., Bricking, A., & Madgwick, R. (2023). Experimental investigation of histotaphonomic changes in human bone from whole-body donors demonstrates limited effects of early post-mortem change in bone. Journal of Archaeological Science, 154, 105789. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105789
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: PEO Scholar, Philanthropic Woman's Organization. May 2020 - May 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Forensic Science Foundation and CRC Press Top Prize Award, AAFS Forensic Science Foundation and CRC Press. February 2020
  1. Speaker

    San Marcos Public Library

  2. Other

    MINI-CAST

  3. Speaker

    San Marcos STEM Fair

  4. Member

    AAFS, Anthropology, Policy and Procedures Manual Committee