Gabriella Kountourides, PhD, Contributing Writer

University of Oxford and Ofcom
Oxford, England

Dr. Gabriella Kountourides completed her PhD at the University of Oxford, where she investigated variations in premenstrual syndrome through both anthropological and immunological approaches. She is currently a Postdoctoral Affiliate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at Oxford.

In her professional capacity, Dr. Kountourides works at Ofcom as a statistician, focusing on illegal harms in the online sphere.

Before pursuing her doctorate, she worked as a science educator at the Natural History Museum in London and contributed to the research team for the BBC and PBS documentary “Neanderthals.”

An award-winning science communicator, Dr. Kountourides is listed as a BBC Expert Woman and provides expert commentary on topics related to evolution and biological sciences. Her recent BBC video on debunking menstrual myths has garnered over 360,000 views [link: https://t.co/95fX2azFch]

In her free time, she practices Krav Maga and spends time with her pet rabbits, Achilles and Zahavi.

You can follow her on twitter , LinkedIn, and check out her website.