Personal profile

Research interests

Evolutionary developmental morphology of vertebrates

Evolutionary history and palaeobiology of elasmobranch and non-teleostean fishes

Diversity patterns of fishes in deep-time

Evolution of the oral and dermal skeleton

Palaeoecology of vertebrates

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Education/Academic qualification

Palaeobiology, Venia legendi (‘Habilitation’) , Taxonomic diversity, interrelationships, origin and evolutionary trends of modern type sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii): The Mesozoic Perspective, Freie Universität Berlin (FU)

16 Dec 2009

Biology, Dr. rer. nat., A comprehensive study of pycnodont fishes (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) – Morphology, Taxonomy, Functional Morphology, Phylogeny, and Palaeobiogeography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

1 Oct 19969 Jul 2001

Geology and Palaeontology, Diploma, Freie Universität Berlin (FU)

15 Sept 198915 Jul 1995

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