prof.Sander

Prof. Dr. P. Martin Sander
Vertebraten-Paläontologie

Tel.:       ++49 (0)228 73 3105
Tel.:       ++49 (0)228 73 3103 (Sekretariat)

E-mail:   martin.sander@uni-bonn.de

Forschungs-Projekte
Publikationen

Lehre im WS 08/09

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. P. Martin Sander

Education

1995
Habilitation in Paleontology and Historical Geology, University of Bonn, Germany
(Note: The Habilitation degree is required for the supervision of graduate students and is a prerequisite to becoming a full professor in the German system.)
Title of the Habilitations thesis: The microstructure of reptilian tooth enamel: terminology, function, and phylogny (published in 1999, see publication list)

1985 - 1988
Ph.D. in Paleontology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Title of the dissertation: The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgo (Switzerland) with the description of a new species (published in 1989, see publication list)
Supervisor: Dr. O. Rieppel

1982 - 1984
M.A. in Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Title of the thesis: Depositional environment and taphonomy of some vertebrate occurrences in Archer Couny, Texas
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Langston

1979 - 1982
University of Freiburg, Germany
B.S. in Geology (Vordiplom: 1982)
B.A. in Prehistoric Archeology (Zwischenprüfung: 1980)

Academic Positions

2007 to present
Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany

2004 to present
Speaker of the DFG Research Unit 533 Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs.
See also www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de

1995 - 2007
Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent), Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany

1993 - 2007
Curator of Paleontology (Kustos, a tenured academic position, A13-A15), Institute of Paleontology and Goldfuß-Museum

April 1992- February 1993
Research Associate Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany
Research focus: The origin of enamel prisms

April 1990 - March 1992
Research Associate, Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany
Research focus: the ultrastructure of reptile tooth enamel

January - February 1990
Postdoc, Laboratoire dAnatomie Comparée of the Université Paris VII with Prof. Armand de Ricqlès
Research focus: bone histology of Mesozoic marine reptiles

1985 - 1990
Teaching and Research Assistant, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland

1983 - 1984
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Texas at Austin

1981 - 1982
Teaching Assistant, Department of Prehistory, University of Freiburg, Germany

Teaching

Undergraduate courses

General Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Introduction to Paleozoology (team-taught with four other faculty members)
Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Historical Geology II, Mesozoic and Cenozoic (co-taught with Prof. Dr. T. Litt)

Graduate courses

Dinosaur Systematics and Paleobiology
Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems
Graduate Student Research Seminar (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Introduction to Paleohistology
Introduction to the Study of Tooth Enamel Microstructure (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Osteology of the Reptiles
The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary
World-Class Lagerstätten of Fossil Vertebrates (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Two-semester course Design and Production of a Museum Exhibit (General Paleontology)
Evolution and Systematics in Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust)
Phylogenetic Methods in Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust)
Paleontology and Evolution (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust and Prof. Dr. M. Langer)

Field courses (each have been offered several times over the past 15 years)

Paleontology and Geology of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of southern Germany (14 days, co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of Switzerland and the western Alps (10 days)
Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of Texas (21 days)
Vertebrate Paleontological Excavation in the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, the Netherlands (14 days, co-taught with Dr. Nicole Klein)

Supervision of graduate students

My first M.Sc. student graduated in 1995. Since then it has been my policy to train students for a career in research at an internationally competitive level. I has also been my policy that a student should obtain training in "classical" vertebrate paleontology (i.e. morphology and phylogenetic analysis) as well as more modern methods such as bone histology. Typically this is divided between the Masters and Ph.D. theses. I have supervised so far 16 M.Sc. students, six of whom went on to leading universities in America, Canada, and Ireland to pursue their Ph.D. degrees, because I felt that to develop to their full potential, they should go to a different lab, preferentially in an English-speaking country. I have also supervised six Ph.D. students, the first of whom obtained his degree in 2000. Currently I am supervising two Ph.D. and five Masters students. Most of the students project were funded by extramural sources, usually DFG research grants. My students have come from Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy, UK, and USA. I am proud and glad that many of my former students are still active in the field and that some have won prestigious prizes. In particular, both the 2005 and 2006 SVP Romer Prize winners were my Masters students.

Current members of my research group

Postdoctoral researchers: Nicole Klein, Kristian Remes

Ph.D. students: Koen Stein

Diploma students: Maren Jansen, Anna Krahl, Anja Meyer, Martina Stein, Katja Waskow

Geological mapping thesis students:
Anna Krahl, Martina Stein, Janka Brinkkötter, Katja Waskow

List of former students, thesis topics, students career path and achievements

Masters thesis D. Voeten: graduated May 2008
Large nothosaurs from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, NL, and their implications for biotic recovery after the P/T extinction
Dennis plans to obtain his Ph.D. at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Dissertation T. Scheyer: graduated December 2006
Comparative bone histology of the turtle shell (carapace and plastron): implications for turtle systematics, functional morphology, and turtle origins. Torsten graduated with a summa cum laude honors degree and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Diploma thesis C. Bickelmann: graduated November 2006
Postcranial anatomy of the genus Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk,
The Netherlands, with emphasis on the humeri.
Cornelia is currently earning her Ph.D. from the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Diploma thesis R. Redelstorff: graduated June 2006
Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history
Ragna is currently earning her Ph.D. from University College, Dublin, Ireland

Diploma thesis D. Wolf (joint supervision with D. Kalthoff): graduated 2006
Osteoderm histology of extinct and recent Cingulata and Phyllophaga (Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for biomechanical adaptation and systematics.
Dominik is currently working towards his Ph.D. from Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA

Teachers thesis (Staatsexamensarbeit) S. Eumann: graduated 2005
Evolution der Tiere verstehen und unterrichten: Ein internetbasiertes Lehrkonzept.
Sebastian went on to become a highschool biology teacher.

Diploma thesis C. Kolb: graduated Summer 2006
Redescription of the Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus.
Christian went on to a position in fossil protection and plans to earn his Ph.D. with Dr. Rainer Schoch and me.

Dissertation A. Gottmann: graduated Winter 2005
Revision of the Permian reptile Protorosaurus speneri from the German Kupferschiefer.
Annalisa went on to become a highschool science teacher.

Dissertation O. Wings: graduated Winter 2004
Identification, distribution, and function of gastroliths in dinosaurs and extant birds with emphasis on ostriches (Struthio camelus).
For this work, Oliver received the prestiguous Tilly Edinger Award of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in 2005 and the SVP student poster prize in 2004 (together with Walter Joyce, see below). Since completing his Ph.D., Oliver has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Hannover, Tübingen, and most recently Berlin.

Dissertation N. Klein: graduated Fall 2004
Life history studies on prosauropod dinosaurs facilitated by controlled paleohistologic sampling of growth series.
Since completing her Ph.D., Nicole has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Bonn and curator of dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History Berlin.

Diploma thesis P. Andrassy: graduated Summer 2003
Gibt es Stillstandslinien bei pleistozänen Säugetieren? Knochenhistologische Untersuchungen an Langknochen pleistozäner Großsäuger.
Peter is currently a consulting geologist.

Diploma thesis J. Fröbisch (joint supervision with Dr. E. Frey): graduated Summer 2003
Functional morphology of the hindlimb of the Triassic dicynodont Tetragonias.
Jörg went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Diploma thesis N. Stöcker: graduated Summer 2003
A new specimen of Cymbospondylus from the Middle Triassic of Nevada.
Nadia went on to earn her Ph.D. from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Nadia received the very prestiguous Romer Prize of the Societey of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2006.

Diploma thesis T. Scheyer: graduated Winter 2002
Comparative histology of ankylosaur osteoderms.
Torsten earned his Ph.D. with me and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Diploma thesis L. Schmitz: graduated Fall 2002
A new mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Nevada, USA.
Lars went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. Lars received the prestigious Bernhard Rendel Price of the DFG in 2005.

Dissertation I. Michelis: graduated Spring 2001
Vergleichende Taphonomie von Dinosaurier-Fundstellen in der Morrison-Formation.
Ioannis is currently a system manager.

Dissertation C. Peitz: graduated Winter 2000
Fortplanzungsbiologische und systematische Implikationen von Dinosauriergelegen aus dem Maastricht von Katalonien (NE-Spanien) sowie die Sedimentologie ihrer Fundstellen.
Christian is now a free-lance science journalist.

Diploma thesis N. Klein (joint supervision with Dr. T. Mörs): graduated Spring 2000
Die Schildkröten-Fauna aus dem Miozän von Hambach 6C (Niederrheinische Bucht).
Nicole earned her Ph.D. with me and since then has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Bonn and curator of dinosaurs the Museum of Natural History Berlin

Diploma thesis I. Müller-Töwe: graduated Spring 2000
Untersuchungen von Schlupf- und Verfüllungsmechanismen bei Dinosauriereiern an Hand von Computertomographien.
Inken is currently a research associate at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen.

Diploma thesis W. Joyce (external supervision, degree was conferred by University of Erlangen): graduated Spring 1999
A new specimen of the marine Jurassic turtle Solnhofia.
Walter went on to earn his Ph.D. at Yale University and is now collections manager at the Yale Peabody Museum. He received the very prestiguous Romer Prize of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2005 and the SVP student poster prize in 2004 (together with Oliver Wings, see above).

Diploma thesis A. Goernemann (joint supervision with Prof W. v. Koenigswald): graduated Spring 1999
Osteologische Beschreibung eines Exemplares von Confuciusornis aus der unteren Kreide von Lioaning.
Andrea is currently a home maker in Bonn, Germany.

Diploma thesis I. Michelis: graduated Fall 1994
Die Wirbeltierfauna des Obercalloviums von Wallücke, Wiehengebirge.
Ioannis went on to earn his Ph.D. with me.

Research Interests

- Dinosaur biology and evolution (involving some field work in Germany, Switzerland, and the US)

- Fossil vertebrate hard tissues: bone histology and enamel microstructure

- Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evolution and biogeography (involving extensive field work in the Triassic of Nevada, China, and the Netherlands)

Publications

I have published about 95 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals. Three of these appeared in Science and one in Nature. For details, see publication list.

Reviews

I am regularly reviewing proposals for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the geosciences and biology sections and have also reviewed proposals for the McArthur Foundation, Rolex Award, NSERC (Canada), National Geographic Society, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German-Israeli Research Foundation, and have been invited to review proposals for IRCSET (Ireland) Postdoctoral Fellowships.

I have done peer reviews for the following journals (list is not exhaustive):

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Annales de Paleontologie
Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France (multiple)
Canadian Journal of Earth Science (multiple)
Compte Rendus PalEvol
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Experientia
Experimental Biology
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences
Lethaia (multiple)
Memoirs of the Museum of Paleontology of the University of California
Nature (multiple)
Naturwissenschaften
Netherlands Journal of Zoology
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie (multiple)
Italian Journal of Zoology
Journal of Ornithology
Journal of Paleontology (multiple)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (too many to keep track of, eight in 2007 alone!)
Palaeontology (multiple)
Paläontologische Zeitschrift (multiple)
Paleobiology (multiple)
Palaeontographica (multiple)
Palaeo-3 (multiple)
Review of Paleobotany and Palynology
Revista Brasileira Paleontologia
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Science (multiple)
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Organization of Scientific Meetings

2008 International workshop in Bonn on Sauropod dinosaur biology and the evolution of gigantism, organized and funded by our DFG Research Unit. Participation is by invitation only.

2007 67th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas. Member of Host Committee and field trip organizer.

2003 to present: Nine semiannual workshops of the DFG Research Unit 533 Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs

2002 Symposium Biology of the Dinosaurs at the GEO 2002 meeting in Würzburg

2001 Symposium Tooth Enamel Microstructure - Phylogeny and Function at the 6th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology in Jena, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald

1998 First Bonn Workshop on Phylogenetic Systematics in Bonn

1994 Sixth international Workshop on Plant Taphonomy in Bonn, organized jointly with Dr. C. Gee

1994 International workshop Evolution and Ontogeny of Tetrapod Enamels in Andernach/Rhine, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald

1994 Arbeitskreis Wirbeltierpaläontologie (Meeting of the German-speaking vertebrate paleontologists) in Bonn, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald

Managerial and Adminstrative Experience

Research management: coordinator of a geographically distributed DFG Research Unit (Forschergruppe) with 12 projects. This also includes budget management for the central funds allocated to the group.

Personnel: line manager for the technical staff in the institute, plus on average 3 research associates and 4 student helpers

Other responsibilities within the institute include: overseeing building projects und renovation, computer-network, and acquisition of equipment

Responsibilites for the Goldfuß-Museum, University of Bonn (1993 to 2007)

Responsible for the following exhibitions:

Permanent exhibit since June 2000 "Was Fossilien erzählen..." ("What fossils tell us" an exhibition about general paleontology).

November 1998 - March 1999 "Georg August Goldfuß - ein Wissenschaftlerleben in der Romantik" (Georg August Goldfuß - a scientistís life in the period of romanticism) In collaboration with Prof. Dr. W. Langer, Bonn.

October 1996 - March 1998 Ur-Nashörner unter Palmen - Aktuelle Funde aus den Braunkohlen-Tagebauen zeichnen ein neues Bild der Lebewelt des niederrheinischen Tertiärs" (Ur-rhinos under palms - new discoveries in the lignite mines record life in the Lower Rhine Tertiary)

May 1996 - August 1996 "Zungensteine - Fossilien von Rochen und Haien" (Tongue stones - fossils of rays and sharks). In collaboration with W. Kindlimann, Zurich.

October 1993 - May 1994 "Von der Dinomanie zur Paläontologie - und zurück" (From dinomania to paleontology - and back)

May 1993 - September 1996 Reopening of the museum with the exhibition "Schätze aus der paläontologischen Sammlung der Universität Bonn" (Treasures from the University of Bonn paleontological collections)

Travelling exhibitions:

November 1999 - February 2000 "Der Vater der Geologie von Texas": Der Bonner Paläontologe C.F. Roemer (1818-1891)
(The father of the geology of Texas. The Bonn paleontologist C.F. Roemer, 1818-1891). In collaboration with the Roemer Museum, Hildesheim.

April 1999 - October 1999 "Schatzkammer Dachschiefer: Weltberühmte Fossilien aus dem Hunsrück" (Treasure trove slate: world famous fossils from Hunsrück). A large part of the exhibition was obtained from the German Mining Museum and the Museum of Natural History in Mainz.

April 1998 - September 1998 "Tertiäre Seen - Enspel und Messel - Überlieferungen aus der Urzeit" (Tertiary lakes - Enspel and Messel). A large part of the exhibition was obtained from the Erdgeschichtliche Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz)

Media Outreach

My work and myself have appeared in very many TV shows, radio interviews and print media. The latter included a cover story of the German weekly Der Spiegel. The latest outreach effort is our participation in the media project DFG Science TV (http://dfg-science-tv.de/) which features 10 major research projects selected from the full spectrum of research funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (currently only in German, English version forthcoming).

Membership in Professional Societies

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleontological Society
The Linnean Society of London
Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Council member 1997-2003 and 2006 - 2009)

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	Prof. Dr. P. Martin Sander Vertebraten-Paläontologie Tel.: ++49 (0)228 73 3105 Tel.: ++49 (0)228 73 3103 (Sekretariat) E-mail: martin.sander@uni-bonn.de
Forschungs-Projekte Publikationen Lehre im WS 08/09	Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. P. Martin Sander Education 1995 Habilitation in Paleontology and Historical Geology, University of Bonn, Germany (Note: The Habilitation degree is required for the supervision of graduate students and is a prerequisite to becoming a full professor in the German system.) Title of the Habilitations thesis: The microstructure of reptilian tooth enamel: terminology, function, and phylogny (published in 1999, see publication list) 1985 - 1988 Ph.D. in Paleontology, University of Zurich, Switzerland Title of the dissertation: The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgo (Switzerland) with the description of a new species (published in 1989, see publication list) Supervisor: Dr. O. Rieppel 1982 - 1984 M.A. in Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA Title of the thesis: Depositional environment and taphonomy of some vertebrate occurrences in Archer Couny, Texas Supervisor: Prof. Dr. W. Langston 1979 - 1982 University of Freiburg, Germany B.S. in Geology (Vordiplom: 1982) B.A. in Prehistoric Archeology (Zwischenprüfung: 1980) Academic Positions 2007 to present Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany 2004 to present Speaker of the DFG Research Unit 533 Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs. See also www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de 1995 - 2007 Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent), Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany 1993 - 2007 Curator of Paleontology (Kustos, a tenured academic position, A13-A15), Institute of Paleontology and Goldfuß-Museum April 1992- February 1993 Research Associate Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany Research focus: The origin of enamel prisms April 1990 - March 1992 Research Associate, Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany Research focus: the ultrastructure of reptile tooth enamel January - February 1990 Postdoc, Laboratoire dAnatomie Comparée of the Université Paris VII with Prof. Armand de Ricqlès Research focus: bone histology of Mesozoic marine reptiles 1985 - 1990 Teaching and Research Assistant, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland 1983 - 1984 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Texas at Austin 1981 - 1982 Teaching Assistant, Department of Prehistory, University of Freiburg, Germany Teaching Undergraduate courses General Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Introduction to Paleozoology (team-taught with four other faculty members) Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Historical Geology II, Mesozoic and Cenozoic (co-taught with Prof. Dr. T. Litt) Graduate courses Dinosaur Systematics and Paleobiology Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Graduate Student Research Seminar (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Introduction to Paleohistology Introduction to the Study of Tooth Enamel Microstructure (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Osteology of the Reptiles The Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary World-Class Lagerstätten of Fossil Vertebrates (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Two-semester course Design and Production of a Museum Exhibit (General Paleontology) Evolution and Systematics in Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust) Phylogenetic Methods in Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust) Paleontology and Evolution (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust and Prof. Dr. M. Langer) Field courses (each have been offered several times over the past 15 years) Paleontology and Geology of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of southern Germany (14 days, co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald) Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of Switzerland and the western Alps (10 days) Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of Texas (21 days) Vertebrate Paleontological Excavation in the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, the Netherlands (14 days, co-taught with Dr. Nicole Klein) Supervision of graduate students My first M.Sc. student graduated in 1995. Since then it has been my policy to train students for a career in research at an internationally competitive level. I has also been my policy that a student should obtain training in "classical" vertebrate paleontology (i.e. morphology and phylogenetic analysis) as well as more modern methods such as bone histology. Typically this is divided between the Masters and Ph.D. theses. I have supervised so far 16 M.Sc. students, six of whom went on to leading universities in America, Canada, and Ireland to pursue their Ph.D. degrees, because I felt that to develop to their full potential, they should go to a different lab, preferentially in an English-speaking country. I have also supervised six Ph.D. students, the first of whom obtained his degree in 2000. Currently I am supervising two Ph.D. and five Masters students. Most of the students project were funded by extramural sources, usually DFG research grants. My students have come from Belgium, Germany, Holland, Italy, UK, and USA. I am proud and glad that many of my former students are still active in the field and that some have won prestigious prizes. In particular, both the 2005 and 2006 SVP Romer Prize winners were my Masters students. Current members of my research group Postdoctoral researchers: Nicole Klein, Kristian Remes Ph.D. students: Koen Stein Diploma students: Maren Jansen, Anna Krahl, Anja Meyer, Martina Stein, Katja Waskow Geological mapping thesis students: Anna Krahl, Martina Stein, Janka Brinkkötter, Katja Waskow List of former students, thesis topics, students career path and achievements Masters thesis D. Voeten: graduated May 2008 Large nothosaurs from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, NL, and their implications for biotic recovery after the P/T extinction Dennis plans to obtain his Ph.D. at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dissertation T. Scheyer: graduated December 2006 Comparative bone histology of the turtle shell (carapace and plastron): implications for turtle systematics, functional morphology, and turtle origins. Torsten graduated with a summa cum laude honors degree and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Diploma thesis C. Bickelmann: graduated November 2006 Postcranial anatomy of the genus Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands, with emphasis on the humeri. Cornelia is currently earning her Ph.D. from the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Diploma thesis R. Redelstorff: graduated June 2006 Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history Ragna is currently earning her Ph.D. from University College, Dublin, Ireland Diploma thesis D. Wolf (joint supervision with D. Kalthoff): graduated 2006 Osteoderm histology of extinct and recent Cingulata and Phyllophaga (Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for biomechanical adaptation and systematics. Dominik is currently working towards his Ph.D. from Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA Teachers thesis (Staatsexamensarbeit) S. Eumann: graduated 2005 Evolution der Tiere verstehen und unterrichten: Ein internetbasiertes Lehrkonzept. Sebastian went on to become a highschool biology teacher. Diploma thesis C. Kolb: graduated Summer 2006 Redescription of the Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus. Christian went on to a position in fossil protection and plans to earn his Ph.D. with Dr. Rainer Schoch and me. Dissertation A. Gottmann: graduated Winter 2005 Revision of the Permian reptile Protorosaurus speneri from the German Kupferschiefer. Annalisa went on to become a highschool science teacher. Dissertation O. Wings: graduated Winter 2004 Identification, distribution, and function of gastroliths in dinosaurs and extant birds with emphasis on ostriches (Struthio camelus). For this work, Oliver received the prestiguous Tilly Edinger Award of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in 2005 and the SVP student poster prize in 2004 (together with Walter Joyce, see below). Since completing his Ph.D., Oliver has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Hannover, Tübingen, and most recently Berlin. Dissertation N. Klein: graduated Fall 2004 Life history studies on prosauropod dinosaurs facilitated by controlled paleohistologic sampling of growth series. Since completing her Ph.D., Nicole has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Bonn and curator of dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History Berlin. Diploma thesis P. Andrassy: graduated Summer 2003 Gibt es Stillstandslinien bei pleistozänen Säugetieren? Knochenhistologische Untersuchungen an Langknochen pleistozäner Großsäuger. Peter is currently a consulting geologist. Diploma thesis J. Fröbisch (joint supervision with Dr. E. Frey): graduated Summer 2003 Functional morphology of the hindlimb of the Triassic dicynodont Tetragonias. Jörg went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada. Diploma thesis N. Stöcker: graduated Summer 2003 A new specimen of Cymbospondylus from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. Nadia went on to earn her Ph.D. from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Nadia received the very prestiguous Romer Prize of the Societey of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2006. Diploma thesis T. Scheyer: graduated Winter 2002 Comparative histology of ankylosaur osteoderms. Torsten earned his Ph.D. with me and is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Diploma thesis L. Schmitz: graduated Fall 2002 A new mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Nevada, USA. Lars went on to earn his Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. Lars received the prestigious Bernhard Rendel Price of the DFG in 2005. Dissertation I. Michelis: graduated Spring 2001 Vergleichende Taphonomie von Dinosaurier-Fundstellen in der Morrison-Formation. Ioannis is currently a system manager. Dissertation C. Peitz: graduated Winter 2000 Fortplanzungsbiologische und systematische Implikationen von Dinosauriergelegen aus dem Maastricht von Katalonien (NE-Spanien) sowie die Sedimentologie ihrer Fundstellen. Christian is now a free-lance science journalist. Diploma thesis N. Klein (joint supervision with Dr. T. Mörs): graduated Spring 2000 Die Schildkröten-Fauna aus dem Miozän von Hambach 6C (Niederrheinische Bucht). Nicole earned her Ph.D. with me and since then has held positions as postdoctoral researcher in Bonn and curator of dinosaurs the Museum of Natural History Berlin Diploma thesis I. Müller-Töwe: graduated Spring 2000 Untersuchungen von Schlupf- und Verfüllungsmechanismen bei Dinosauriereiern an Hand von Computertomographien. Inken is currently a research associate at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen. Diploma thesis W. Joyce (external supervision, degree was conferred by University of Erlangen): graduated Spring 1999 A new specimen of the marine Jurassic turtle Solnhofia. Walter went on to earn his Ph.D. at Yale University and is now collections manager at the Yale Peabody Museum. He received the very prestiguous Romer Prize of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2005 and the SVP student poster prize in 2004 (together with Oliver Wings, see above). Diploma thesis A. Goernemann (joint supervision with Prof W. v. Koenigswald): graduated Spring 1999 Osteologische Beschreibung eines Exemplares von Confuciusornis aus der unteren Kreide von Lioaning. Andrea is currently a home maker in Bonn, Germany. Diploma thesis I. Michelis: graduated Fall 1994 Die Wirbeltierfauna des Obercalloviums von Wallücke, Wiehengebirge. Ioannis went on to earn his Ph.D. with me. Research Interests - Dinosaur biology and evolution (involving some field work in Germany, Switzerland, and the US) - Fossil vertebrate hard tissues: bone histology and enamel microstructure - Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evolution and biogeography (involving extensive field work in the Triassic of Nevada, China, and the Netherlands) Publications I have published about 95 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals. Three of these appeared in Science and one in Nature. For details, see publication list. Reviews I am regularly reviewing proposals for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the geosciences and biology sections and have also reviewed proposals for the McArthur Foundation, Rolex Award, NSERC (Canada), National Geographic Society, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German-Israeli Research Foundation, and have been invited to review proposals for IRCSET (Ireland) Postdoctoral Fellowships. I have done peer reviews for the following journals (list is not exhaustive): Acta Palaeontologica Polonica Annales de Paleontologie Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France (multiple) Canadian Journal of Earth Science (multiple) Compte Rendus PalEvol Earth and Planetary Science Letters Experientia Experimental Biology Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences Lethaia (multiple) Memoirs of the Museum of Paleontology of the University of California Nature (multiple) Naturwissenschaften Netherlands Journal of Zoology Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie (multiple) Italian Journal of Zoology Journal of Ornithology Journal of Paleontology (multiple) Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (too many to keep track of, eight in 2007 alone!) Palaeontology (multiple) Paläontologische Zeitschrift (multiple) Paleobiology (multiple) Palaeontographica (multiple) Palaeo-3 (multiple) Review of Paleobotany and Palynology Revista Brasileira Paleontologia Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia Science (multiple) Trends in Ecology and Evolution Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Organization of Scientific Meetings 2008 International workshop in Bonn on Sauropod dinosaur biology and the evolution of gigantism, organized and funded by our DFG Research Unit. Participation is by invitation only. 2007 67th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas. Member of Host Committee and field trip organizer. 2003 to present: Nine semiannual workshops of the DFG Research Unit 533 Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs 2002 Symposium Biology of the Dinosaurs at the GEO 2002 meeting in Würzburg 2001 Symposium Tooth Enamel Microstructure - Phylogeny and Function at the 6th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology in Jena, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald 1998 First Bonn Workshop on Phylogenetic Systematics in Bonn 1994 Sixth international Workshop on Plant Taphonomy in Bonn, organized jointly with Dr. C. Gee 1994 International workshop Evolution and Ontogeny of Tetrapod Enamels in Andernach/Rhine, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald 1994 Arbeitskreis Wirbeltierpaläontologie (Meeting of the German-speaking vertebrate paleontologists) in Bonn, organized jointly with Prof. W. v. Koenigswald Managerial and Adminstrative Experience Research management: coordinator of a geographically distributed DFG Research Unit (Forschergruppe) with 12 projects. This also includes budget management for the central funds allocated to the group. Personnel: line manager for the technical staff in the institute, plus on average 3 research associates and 4 student helpers Other responsibilities within the institute include: overseeing building projects und renovation, computer-network, and acquisition of equipment Responsibilites for the Goldfuß-Museum, University of Bonn (1993 to 2007) Responsible for the following exhibitions: Permanent exhibit since June 2000 "Was Fossilien erzählen..." ("What fossils tell us" an exhibition about general paleontology). November 1998 - March 1999 "Georg August Goldfuß - ein Wissenschaftlerleben in der Romantik" (Georg August Goldfuß - a scientistís life in the period of romanticism) In collaboration with Prof. Dr. W. Langer, Bonn. October 1996 - March 1998 Ur-Nashörner unter Palmen - Aktuelle Funde aus den Braunkohlen-Tagebauen zeichnen ein neues Bild der Lebewelt des niederrheinischen Tertiärs" (Ur-rhinos under palms - new discoveries in the lignite mines record life in the Lower Rhine Tertiary) May 1996 - August 1996 "Zungensteine - Fossilien von Rochen und Haien" (Tongue stones - fossils of rays and sharks). In collaboration with W. Kindlimann, Zurich. October 1993 - May 1994 "Von der Dinomanie zur Paläontologie - und zurück" (From dinomania to paleontology - and back) May 1993 - September 1996 Reopening of the museum with the exhibition "Schätze aus der paläontologischen Sammlung der Universität Bonn" (Treasures from the University of Bonn paleontological collections) Travelling exhibitions: November 1999 - February 2000 "Der Vater der Geologie von Texas": Der Bonner Paläontologe C.F. Roemer (1818-1891) (The father of the geology of Texas. The Bonn paleontologist C.F. Roemer, 1818-1891). In collaboration with the Roemer Museum, Hildesheim. April 1999 - October 1999 "Schatzkammer Dachschiefer: Weltberühmte Fossilien aus dem Hunsrück" (Treasure trove slate: world famous fossils from Hunsrück). A large part of the exhibition was obtained from the German Mining Museum and the Museum of Natural History in Mainz. April 1998 - September 1998 "Tertiäre Seen - Enspel und Messel - Überlieferungen aus der Urzeit" (Tertiary lakes - Enspel and Messel). A large part of the exhibition was obtained from the Erdgeschichtliche Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz) Media Outreach My work and myself have appeared in very many TV shows, radio interviews and print media. The latter included a cover story of the German weekly Der Spiegel. The latest outreach effort is our participation in the media project DFG Science TV (http://dfg-science-tv.de/) which features 10 major research projects selected from the full spectrum of research funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (currently only in German, English version forthcoming). Membership in Professional Societies Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Paleontological Society The Linnean Society of London Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Council member 1997-2003 and 2006 - 2009)