Maria Gerolemou is currently a visiting Ass. Professor in the classics department at Johns Hopkins. She holds a degree in classics from Athens and Munich and specializes in ancient Greek drama, Wunderkultur, and ancient science and technology. She has authored two books: On Drama: Bad Women, Mad Women: Gender und Wahnsinn in der Griechischen Tragödie (Classica Monacensia, 2011) and on technology: Technical Automation in Classical Antiquity" (Bloomsbury, 2023).
Furthermore, she has taken on the role of editor/co-editor for five collective volumes that explore diverse topics, including miracles (Recognizing Miracles in Antiquity and Beyond, De Gruyter, 2018), mirrors (Mirrors and Mirroring from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, Bloomsbury, 2020), the intersection of technology, medicine, sexuality and gender (Body and Machine in Classical Antiquity, CUP, 2023; Body Technologies in the Greco-Roman World: Technosoma, Gender, and Sex, LUP, 2024), and technologies of animation (Technical Animation in Classical Antiquity, OUP, 2024).