Katja Waskow
scientific assistant
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Contact InformationSteinmann-Institut, Bereich Paläontologie, Uni Bonn |
Research interests
- Dinosaur Biology, Ecology and Evolution
- Sauropod life history traits
- Bone histology (with focus on dorsal ribs)
- Secondary aquatic adaptations of vertebrates
Professional experience
| 2005-2011: | student research assistant University of Bonn, Germany (Prof. P. Martin Sander) (mainly for laboratory work and preparation of thin sections) |
| 2007-present: | preparation and sampling of fossil bones Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland (temporary position) |
| 2008: | DFG Science TV pilote project (participant and assistant) |
| 2008-2011: | scientific Video Journalist for Uni Bonn TV Pressestelle University of Bonn |
| 2008-2014: | writer of the scientific Newsletter for Krantz Krantz-Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor GmbH & Co. KG |
| 2009-2010: | scientific museum guide during a special exhibition Wissenschaftliches Forschungsmuseum Alexander König, Bonn |
| 2009-2012: | contribution to several exhibitions: Goldfuß Museum, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn |
| 2011-present: | training of new student laboratory research assistants |
| 2013-2014: | teaching experience in vertebrate paleontology and phylogeny for MSc, University of Bonn |
Professional qualifications
- Histological thin-sectioning
- Fossil preparation
- Scientific drawing
- Museum educational services
- Micro-Computed Tomography
- Photogrammetry
- Geometric Morphometrics
Honors, Scholarships and Awards
2014 Colbert Prize Finalist SVP 2014
2008 DAAD Auslands-Stipendium for scholarship at the Field Museum, Chicago, USA
2007 Das goldene Skalpell, (zoological award for the excellent dissection of recent animals)
2007 Scholarship at the Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland
(since then timewise working there for preparation)
Scientific Memberships
- Member of the DFG Research Unit 533: “Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: The Evolution of Gigantism”
- Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
- Member of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft e.V.
Excavations and field trips
Selection of the most important ones:
- Preparation of rare Sauropod long bones and ribs excavated in Wyoming, USA
Aathal, Switzerland (2014) - Excavation of Plateosaurs (Prosauropod Dinosaurs)
Frick, Switzerland (2007, 2011, 2014) - Excavation of Marine Tetrapods and terrestrial trackways in
Winterswijk, Netherlands (2005, 2010, 2011)
Including the logistical management in 2010 and 2011 - Excavation of Ichthyosaurs (Marine Reptiles) and Geological mapping of the area
Nevada, USA (2008) - Diving field data collection of Microbiological colonization on Zostera marina (recent seagrass)
HYDRA Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Elba, Italy (2007)
Publications
Selection of the most important contributions to international conferences:
in post cranial elements of sauropods and its implications for growth history.
71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:212.(talk)
sauropod Camarasaurus: Implications for growth, sexual maturity, and longevity.
First International Symposium on Paleohistology 1:52.(talk)
Jurassic Morrison Formation, Tendaguru and Lower Cretaceous of Niger. 69th
Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy 29:3;198. (poster)
Jurassic Morrison Formation, Tendaguru and Lower Cretaceous of Niger.
Schriften der GeoUnion Alfred Wegener Stiftung 2009/3, Terra Nostra,
79.Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft 3:120.(talk)
Further talks not listed were given during annual Meetings or Conferences and international Workshops of the DFG Research Unit 533, the AKW (Arbeitskreis Wirbeltierpaälontologie), and the PlaHerp (Paleoherpetology meeting).
References
Prof. Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Palaeobiologist, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. Gregory Erickson, Prof. of Anatomy & Vertebrate Paleobiology Curator, Florida State University, USA
Dr. Shoji Hayashi, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan
Dr. Alexandra Houssaye, Permanent researcher CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
Dr. Octavio Mateus, Ass-Prof. of Paleontology - FCT- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
