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More about Dr Margari

Education

• 2000-2004: University of Cambridge, Department of Geography, Cambridge, UK: PhD听in Quaternary Science, thesis titile:听 "Late Pleistocene vegetational and environmental changes on Lesvos Island, Greece"
• 1999-2000: University of Cambridge, Department of Geography, Cambridge, UK: MPhil听in Quaternary Science, dissertation title: "Late Pleistocene vegetational and environmental changes on Lesvos Island, Greece".
• 1995-1999: University of the Aegean, School of Environment, Greece: 4-year BSc听in Environmental Science, dissertation title: 鈥淏iodiversity effect on productivity, vegetation structure and soil nutrient retention in Mediterranean-type experimental grassland communities鈥�.

Publications

Books

• Margari, V., 2009. Where did the trees go? The vegetational history of Lesvos Island during the last glacial period. VDM Dr. M眉ller Publishing House Ltd, Saarbr眉cken, Germany (ISBN 978-3-639-13263-2).

Journals

• Cutmore, A., Aus铆n, B., Maslin, M., Eglinton, T., Hodell, T., Muschitiello, F., Menviel, L., Haghipour, N., Martrat, B.,听Margari, V., Tzedakis, P.C., 2021. Abrupt intrinsic and extrinsic responses of southwestern Iberian vegetation to millennial鈥恠cale variability over the past 28 ka.听Journal of Quaternary Science听1-21, doi: 10.1002/jqs.3392.
• Wilson, G.P., Frogley, M.R., Hughes, P.D., Roucoux, K.H.,听Margari, V., Jones, T.D., Leng, M.L., Tzedakis, P.C., 2021. Persistent millennial-scale climate variability in Southern Europe during Marine Isotope Stage 6.听Quaternary Science听Advances, 3, Article 100016.
• Margari, V., Skinner, L.C., Menviel, L., Vautravers, M., Martrat, B., Grimalt, J., Hodell, D.A., Rhodes, R. and Tzedakis, P.C., 2020. Fast and slow millennial-scale climate changes during Marine Isotope Stage 3.听Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 1:6,听.
• Tzedakis, P. C., Drysdale, R.N.,听Margari, V., Skinner L.C., Menviel, L., Parrenin, F., Taschetto, A.S., Hellstrom, J.C., Regattieri, E., Zanchetta, G., Crowhurst, S.J., Mokeddem, Z., McManus, J.F., Hodell, D.A., 2018. Enhanced climate instability in the North Atlantic and southern Europe during the Last Interglacial,听Nature Communications,听9:4235, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06683-3.
• Margari, V., Roucoux, K., Magri, D., Manzi, G., Tzedakis, P.C., 2018. The MIS 13 interglacial at Ceprano, Italy, in the context of Middle Pleistocene vegetation changes in southern Europe.听Quaternary Science Reviews,听199, 144-158.
• Blain, H.-A., Cruz Silva, J.A., Jim茅nez Arenas, J.M.,听Margari, V., Roucoux, K., 2018. Towards a Middle Pleistocene terrestrial climate reconstruction based on herpetofaunal assemblages from the Iberian Peninsula: State of the art and perspectives.听Quaternary Science Reviews, 191, 167-188.
• S谩nchez Go帽i, M. F., Desprat, S., Daniau, A.-L., Bassinot, F. C., Polanco-Mart铆nez, J. M., Harrison, S.P., Allen, J. R. M., Anderson, R. S., Behling, H., Bonnefille, R., Burjachs, F., Carri贸n, J. S., Cheddadi, R., Clark, J. S., Combourieu-Nebout, N., Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., Debusk, G. H., Dupont, L. M., Finch, J. M., Fletcher, W. J., Giardini, M., Gonz谩lez, C., Gosling, W. D., Grigg, L. D., Grimm, E. C., Hayashi, R., Helmens, K., Heusser, L. E., Hill, T., Hope, G., Huntley, B., Igarashi, Y., Irino, T., Jacobs, B., Jim茅nez-Moreno, G., Kawai, S., Kershaw, P., Kumon, F., Lawson, I. T., Ledru, M.-P., L茅zine, A.-M., Liew, P. M., Magri, D., Marchant, R.,听Margari, V., Mayle, F.E., McKenzie, M., Moss, P., M眉ller, S., M眉ller, U. C., Naughton, F., Newnham, R. M., Oba, T., P茅rez-Obiol, R., Pini, R., Ravazzi, C., Roucoux, K. H., Rucina, S. M., Scott, L., Takahara, H., Tzedakis, P. C., Urrego, D. H., van Geel, B., Valencia, B. G., Vandergoes, M. J., Vincens, A., Whitlock, C. L., Willard, D. A. and Yamamoto, M., 2017. The ACER pollen and charcoal database: a global resource to document vegetation and fire response to abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period.听Earth System Science Data Discussions, 9, 679-695.
• Berger, A., Crucifix, M., Hodell, D. A., Mangili, C., McManus, J. F., Otto-Bliesner, B., Pol, K., Raynaud, D., Skinner, L. C., Tzedakis, P. C., Wolff, E. W., Yin, Q. Z., Abe-Ouchi, A., Barbante, C., Brovkin, V. , Cacho, I., Capron, E., Ferretti, P., Ganopolski, A., Grimalt, J. O., H枚nisch, B., Kawamura, K., Landais, A.,听Margari, V., Martrat, B., Masson-Delmotte, V., Mokeddem, Z., Parrenin, F., Prokopenko, A. A., Rashid, H. , Schulz, M., and Vazquez Riveiros, N., 2016. Interglacials of the last 800,000 years.听Reviews of Geophysics, 54, 162-219.
• Tzedakis, P.C.,听Margari, V., and Hodell, D.A., 2015. Coupled ocean- land millennial-scale changes 1.26 million years ago, recorded at Site U1385 off Portugal.听Global and Planetary Change, 135, 83-88.
• Hodell, D.,听Lourens, L.,听Crowhurst, S.,听Konijnendijk, T.,听Tjallingii, R.,听Jim茅nez-Espejo, F.,听Skinner, L.,听Tzedakis, P.C.,听Abrantes, F.,听Acton, G.D.,听Zarikian, C.A.A.,听Bahr, A.,听Balestra, B.,听Barranco, E.L.,听Carrara, G.,听Ducassou, E.,听Flood, R.D.,听Jos茅-Abel Flores,听Furota, S.,听Grimalt, J.,听Grunert, P.,听Hern谩ndez-Molina, J.,听Kim, J.K.,听Krissek, L.A.,听Kuroda, J.,听Li, B.,听Lofi, J.,听Margari, V.,听Martrat, B.,听Miller, M.D.,听Nanayama, F.,听Nishida, N.,听Richter, C.,听Rodrigues, T.,听Rodr铆guez-Tovar, F.J.,听Roque, A.C.F.,听Go帽i, M.F.S.,听Sierro, F.J.,听Singh, A.D.,听Sloss, C.R.,听Stow, D.A.V.,听Takashimizu, Y.,听Tzanova, A.,听Voelker, A.,听Xuan, C., and听Williams, T., 2015. A reference time scale for Site U1385 (Shackleton Site) on the SW Iberian Margin.听Global and Planetary Change, 135, 49-64.
• Lowe, J. J., Housley, R. A., Lane, C. S., Tomlinson, E. L., Stringer, C., Davies, W., Barton, N., Pollard, M., Gamble, C., Menzies, M., Rohling, E., Roberts, A., Blockley, S., Cullen, V., Grant, K., M., L., MacLeod, A., White, D., Albert, P., Hardiman, M., Lee, S., Oh, A., Satow, C., Cross, J. K., Law, C.B., Todman, A., Bourne, A., Matthews, I., Muller, W., Smith, V., Wulf, S., Anghelinu, M., Antl-Weiser, W., Bar-Yosef, O., Boric, D., Boscato, P., Ronchitelli, A., Chabai, V., Veselsky, A., Uthmeier, T., Farrand, W., Gjipali, I., Ruka, R., Gulec, E., Karavanic, I., Karkanas, P., King, T., Komso, D., Koumouzelis, M., Kyparissi, N., Lengyel, G., Mester, Z., Neruda, P., Panagopoulou, E., Shalamanov-Korobar, L., Tolevski, I., Sirakov, N., Guadelli, A., Guadelli, J-L., Ferrier, C., Skrdla, P., Slimak, L., Soler, N., Soler, J., Soressi, M., Tushabramishvilii, N., Zihao, J., Angelucci, D., Bramham Law, C., Lincoln, P., Staff, R., Flower, K., Aouadi-Abdeljaouad, N., Belhouchet, L., Barker, G., Bouzouggar, A., Van Peer, P., Kindermann, K., Gerken, K., Gerken, H., Tipping, R., Saville, A., Ward, T., Clausen, I., Weber, M. -J., Kaiser, K., Torksdorf, J. F., Turner, F., Veil, S., Nygaard, N., Pyne-O'Donnell, S. D. F., Masojc, M., Nalepka, D., Jurochnik, A., Kabacinski, J., Antoine, P., Olive, M., Christensen, M., Bodu, P., Debout, G., Orliac, M., De Bie, M., Van Gils, M., Paulissen, E., L., B., Leesch, D., Hadorn, P., Thew, N., Riede, F., Heinen, M., Joris, O., Richter, J., Uthmeier, T., Knipping, M., Stika, H. -P., Friedrich, M., Conard, N., Malina, M., Kind, C. -J., Beutelspacher, T., Mortensen, M. F., Burdukiewicz, J. M., Szynkiewicz, A., Poltowicz-Bobak, M., Bobak, D., Wisniewski, A., Przezdziecki, M., Valde-Nowak, P., Muzyczuk, A., Morgan, P., Ayder, E., E., C., Brown, R., Coltelli, M., Castro, D. L., Cioni, R., DeRosa, R., Donato, P., Roberto, A. D., Gertisser, R., Giordano, G., Branney, M., Jordan, N., Keller, J., Kinvig, H., Kinvig, H., Gottsman, J., Blundy, J., Marani, M., Orsi, G., Civetta, L., Arienzo, I., Caradente, A., Rosi, M., Zanchetta, G., Seghedi, I., Szakacs, A., Sulpizio, R., Thordarson, T., Trincardi, F., Vigliotti, L., Asioli, A., Piva, A., Andric, M., Brauer, A., de Klerk, P., Filippi, M. -L., Finsinger, W., Galovic, L., Jones, T., Lotter, A., Muller, U., Pross, J., Mangerud, J., Lohne, O., Markovic, S., Pini, R., Ravazzi, C., TheuerKauf, M., Tzedakis, C.,听Margari, V., Veres, D., Wastegard, S., Ortiz, J. E., Torres, T., Diaz-Bautista, A., Moreno, A., Moreno, A., Valero-Garces, B., Lowick, S., Ottolini, L., and Bronk Ramsey, C., 2015. The RESET project: Constructing a European tephra lattice for refined synchronisation of environmental and archaeological events during the last c. 100 ka.听Quaternary Science Reviews, 118, 1-17.
• Martrat, B., Tzedakis, P.C.,听Margari, V., Skinner, L.C., Hodell, D.A., and Grimalt, J.O., 2015. Multi-decadal temperature changes off Iberia over the last two deglaciations and interglacials and their connection with the polar climate.听PAGES Magazine, Science Highlights: Glacial Terminations and Interglacials, 23 (1), 10-11.
• Margari, V., Skinner, L.C., Hodell, D.A., Martrat, B., Toucanne, S., Grimalt, J.O., Gibbard, P.L., Lunkka, J.P., and Tzedakis, P.C., 2014. Land-ocean changes on orbital and millennial time scales and the penultimate glaciation.听Geology, 42, 183-186.
• Hodell, D.A.听,听Lourens, L.,听Stow, D.A.V.,听Hern谩ndez-Molina, J.,听Alvarez Zarikian, C.A.,听Abrantes, F.,听Acton, G.D.,听Bahr, A.,听Balestra, B.,听Llave Barranco, E.,听Carrara, G.,听Crowhurst, S.,听Ducassou, E.,听Flood, R.D.,听Flores, J.-A.,听Furota, S.,听Grimalt, J.,听Grunert, P.,听Jimenez-Espejo, F.J.,听Kyoung Kim, J.,听Konijnendijk, T.,听Krissek, L.A.,听Kuroda, J.,听Li, B.,听Lofi, J.,听Margari, V.,听Martrat, B.,听Miller, M.D.,听Nanayama, F.,听Nishida, N.,听Richter, C.,听Rodrigues, T.,听Rodr铆guez-Tovar, F.J.,听Freixo Roque, A.C.,听Sanchez Goni, M.F.,听Sierro S谩nchez, F.J.,听Singh, A.D.,听Skinner, L.,听Sloss, C.R.,听Takashimizu, Y.,听Tjallingii, R.,听Tzanova, A.,听Tzedakis, P.C.,听Voelker, A.,听Xuan, C., and听Williams, T., 2013. The "Shackleton Site" (IODP Site U1385) on the Iberian Margin.听Scientific Drilling, 16, 13-19.
• Channell, J.E.T.听,听Hodell, D.A.,听Margari, V.,听Skinner, L.C.,听Tzedakis, and P.C.,听Kesler, M.S., 2013. Biogenic magnetite, detrital hematite, and relative paleointensity in Quaternary sediments from the Southwest Iberian Margin.听Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 376, 99-109.
• Hodell, D.,听Crowhurst, S.,听Skinner, L.C.,听Tzedakis, P.C.,听Margari, V.,听Channell, J.E.T.,听Kamenov, G.,听MacLachlan, S., and听Rothwell, G., 2013. Response of Iberian Margin sediments to orbital and suborbital forcing over the past 420 ka.听Paleoceanography, 28, 185-199.
• Roucoux, K.H., Tzedakis, P.C., Lawson, I.T., and听Margari, V., 2011. Vegetation history of the penultimate glacial period (MIS 6) at Ioannina, northwest Greece.听Journal of Quaternary Science, 26, 616-626.
• Manzi, G., Magri, D., Milli, S., Palombo, M.R., Celiberti, V.,听Margari, V., Barbieri, M., Barbieri, M., Melis, R., Rubini, M., Ruffo, M., Saracino, M., Tzedakis, P.C., Zarattini, A., and Biddittu, I., 2010. The new chronology of the Ceprano calvarium (Italy).听Journal of Human Evolution, 59, 580-585.
• Fletcher, W., Huntley, B., Sanchez Go帽i, M.F., Allen, J.R.M., Cheddadi, R., Combourieu Nebout, N., Magri, D.,听Margari, V., M眉ller, U., Naughton, F., Novenko, E., Roucoux, K., and Tzedakis, P.C., 2010. Millennial-scale variability during the last glacial in vegetation records from Europe.听Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, 2839-2864.
• Margari,听V., Skinner, L.C., Tzedakis, P.C., Ganopolski, A., Vautravers, M., and Shackleton, N.J., 2010. The penultimate glacial and the nature of millennial-scale climate variability.听Nature Geoscience, 3, 127-131.
• Margari, V., Gibbard, P.L., Bryant, C.L., and Tzedakis, P.C., 2009. Character of vegetational and environmental changes in southern Europe during the last glacial period: evidence from Lesvos Island, Greece.听Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1317-1339.
• Pyle, D.M. and听Margari, V., 2009. Correlation of a widespread Pleistocene tephra marker from the Nisyros-Yali volcanic complex, Greece.听Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 181, 251-254.
• Margari V.,听Pyle, D.M., Bryant, C.L., and Gibbard, P.L., 2007. Mediterranean tephra stratigraphy revisited: results from a long terrestrial sequence from Lesvos Island, Greece.听Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research,听163,听34-54.
• Pyle, D. M., Ricketts, G. D.,听Margari, V., van Andel, T. H., Sinitsyn, A.A., Praslov, N. D., and Lisitsyn, S. 2006. Wide dispersal and deposition of distal tephra during the Pleistocene 'Campanian Ignimbrite/Y5' eruption, Italy.听Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 2713-2728.
• Margari,听V., 2005. Late Pleistocene vegetational and environmental changes on Lesvos Island, Greece.听Quaternary Newsletter, 107, 41-44.

Research

• 1/10/2022 - present: Senior post-doctoral research associate and Co-Investigator at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淚ntra-interglacial variability: are warmer periods climatically more unstable? (VARING)鈥�.
• 1/3/2018 - 30/9/2022: Senior post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淐limate variability at the Middle Pleistocene Transition 900 kyr ago (CLIM900K)鈥�.
• 10/10/2017- present: Visiting Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• 1/3/2015 - 29/2/2018: Senior post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. Leverhulme Trust project title: 鈥淧lacing the earliest human occupation of Europe in a climate context鈥� (I was promoted to Senior research associate in August 2015).
• 1/3/2012 - 28/2/2015: Post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淢arine Isotope Stage 19: analogue for the present interglacial鈥�.
• 1/10/2011 - 29/2/2012: Post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淰egetation response to millennial and sub-millennial climate variability in the Early Glacial鈥�.
• 1/10/2009 - 30/9/2011: Post-doctoral research associate at the Department of Geography, 果冻影院, London, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淐limate instability during the Last Interglacial鈥�.
• 1/5/2009 - 30/9/2009: Researcher, co-writer and presenter of the TV documentary series 鈥淕reece and Climate Change鈥� broadcasted by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ET1 (the Greek equivalent to BBC1).
• 1/5/2007- 30/4/2009: Post-doctoral research associate at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Leverhulme Trust project title: 鈥淭he environmental background to early human appearance in Southern Europe鈥�.
• 1/10/2005 - 30/6/2006: Post-doctoral research associate at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. NERC project title: 鈥淰egetation response to abrupt climate change during Marine Isotope Stage 6: direct land-sea correlation鈥�.
• May 2005: Palynological analysis of samples from Allhallows. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Part of the 鈥淧alaeolithic Archaeology of the Sussex / Hampshire Coastal Corridor鈥� project coordinated by Dr Martin Bates of the University of Wales, Lampeter, Ceredigion, UK.
• March-April 2005: Technical support and development of the protocol for the sedimentological analysis of terrestrial carbonate samples. NERC funded EFCHED Programme. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• 1/1/2005 - 1/3/2012: Visiting Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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Impact

• 1/3/2015 - present: Educational Volunteer at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• 1/5/2009 - 30/9/2009: Presenter, co-writer and co-producer of the TV documentary series 鈥淕reece and Climate Change鈥� (13 episodes lasting one hour each) broadcasted by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ET1 (the Greek equivalent to BBC1).
• December 2019: 鈥淭he journey of a pollen grain and what it can tell us about climate change鈥� Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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