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Prof. Dr. P. Martin Sander

Affiliations
Section of Paleontology
Institute of Geosciences
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Nussallee 8
D-53115 Bonn,
Germany

Tel. (office) (0049-228) 73 31 05
Fax (0049-228) 73 600 57

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Research & Collections
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
USA

School of Resources and Environmental Engineering,
Hefei University of Technology
Hefei 230009
Anhui Province
China

web pages
http://www.ifgeo.uni-bonn.de/abteilungen/palaeontologie/arbeitsgruppen/vertebraten/ag-sander/
http://www.ifgeo.uni-bonn.de/abteilungen/palaeontologie/dfg-for-2685/
http://www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de
https://www.ifgeo.uni-bonn.de/museen/goldfuss-museum/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLkHsneWNydOUCj5wMxK9w

The following information is provided:

• Education
• Academic positions
• Publication record
• Teaching
• Supervision of graduate students and hosting of postdocs and visiting professors
• Research interests and list of research grants
• Field work
• Peer review for journals and funding agencies
• Organization of scientific meetings
• Curation of exhibitions
• Invited talks
• Media appearances
• Membership in professional societies
• Placing in selection for professorial appointments

 

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 for becoming a full professor in the German system.) Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Wighart von Koenigswald   Title of Habilitationsschrift: “The microstructure of reptilian tooth enamel: terminology, function, and phylogeny” (published in 1999, see attached publication list)
1985-1988	Ph.D. in Paleontology University of Zurich, Switzerland   Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: “The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) with the description of a new species” (published in 1989, see attached publication list) Supervisors: PD Dr. Olivier Rieppel
1982-1984	M.A. in Geology University of Texas at Austin, Texas   Title of thesis: “Depositional environment and taphonomy of some vertebrate occurrences in Archer County, Texas” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wann Langston
1979-1982	B.S. in Geology (Vordiplom: 1982) B.A. in Prehistoric Archeology (Zwischenprüfung: 1980) University of Freiburg, Germany

 

Academic Appointments

August 2019 - March 2021
Guest Curator, Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, for the exhibit “ “GROSS, GRÖSSER, DINOSAURIER"

January 2018 - present
Visiting Research Professor, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China

January 2018 - present
Speaker of the DFG Research Unit 2685 “Fossilization”
(See also http://www.ifgeo.uni-bonn.de/abteilungen/palaeontologie/dfg-for-2685/

August 2017 - present
Chair, Examination Board, M.Sc. Program OEP Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

December 2014 - July 2015
Guest Curator, Yomiuri Shinbun at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, for the exhibit “Mega-Dinosaurs"

July 2014 - present
Member, Foundation Board (=board of trustees), Leibniz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

July 2014 - 2020
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Leibniz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

July 2011 - June 2014
Member, Scientific Advisory Council, Leibniz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

January 2014 - present
Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA

April 2012 - July 2017
Member, Examination Board, M.Sc. Program OEP Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

January 2011 - November 2015
Vice Chair for Public Relations and Chair of the Division of Paleontology, Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, Germany

May 2010 - April 2011
Guest Co-curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York, for the exhibit "Titans. The World's Largest Dinosaurs. The Science Behind Their Size"

October 2007 - present
Head, Goldfuß Museum, Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, Germany

2007 - present
University Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology, Section Paleontology, Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn, Germany

2004 - 2014
Speaker of the DFG Research Unit 533 “Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs”.
(See also https://www.saurpod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de)

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

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

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

April 1990 - March 1992
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany
Research focus: The ultrastructure of reptile tooth enamel

January - February 1990
Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire d’Anatomie 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. Assistance in teaching, management of the collection, research

1983 - 1984
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Undertaking geological and paleontological exercises and site visits

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

Publication Record

I have published about 220 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals and as book chapters. Six of these papers appeared in Science (the first one in 1988 and the last one in 2021) and one in Nature; I am the first or senior author of all seven. I have edited or co-edited four books and written one textbook. I have also published numerous non-technical papers. See separate list of publications for details.

My papers are highly cited in the field (about 8500 citations according to the latest statistics from Google Scholar), and my h-index of 53 (Google Scholar) is among the highest of any German paleontologist and the highest among German vertebrate paleontologists.

 
Teaching

Undergraduate Courses

• General Paleontology (team-taught with two other faculty members)
• Introduction to Paleozoology (team-taught with four other faculty members)
• Introduction to Vertebrate Paleontology (team-taught with two other faculty members)
• Historical Geology II, Mesozoic and Cenozoic (co-taught with Prof. Dr. T. Litt)
• Mesozoic Large Reptiles (Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Marine Reptiles)

Graduate Courses

• Evolution and Paleobiology of the Dinosauria
• Scientific Communication for Biologists
• General Paleontology for Biologists
• Osteology of the Reptiles
• Phylogenetic Methods in Paleontology and Zoology
• Introduction to Paleohistology (also offered as a one-week short course to external researchers)
• Introduction to the Study of Tooth Enamel Microstructure (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)
• Evolution and Systematics in Paleontology (co-taught with Prof. Dr. J. Rust)
• Paleontology and Evolution (team-taught with two other faculty members)
• Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Graduate Student Research Seminar (team-taught with two other faculty members)
• The K/T Boundary
• World-Class Lagerstätten of Fossil Vertebrates (team-taught with varying other faculty members)
• Design and Production of a Museum Exhibit
• Media relations in written, audio, and video formats

Field Courses

• Paleontology of Westphalia, Germany (one week in 2021, 2022)
• Integrated Field Course Paleontology and Recent Fauna and Flora of Brazil (three weeks in 2017)
• Vertebrate Paleontology Teaching Excavation in the Rhaetian of Bonenburg, Germany (two weeks in 2015, continued since annually (except 2020) together with different postdocs and PhD students)
• Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany in the Mesozoic of England (co-taught with Dr. C. Gee, two weeks in 2010, 2015, 2022)
• Vertebrate Paleontological Teaching Excavation, Winterswijk, The Netherlands (10 days in 2005), continued until 2014 by my postdoc Dr. Nicole Klein
• Paleontology and Geology of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of southern Germany (co-taught with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald, two weeks in 1995)
• Vertebrate Paleontology and Geology of Switzerland, northern Italy, and the western Alps (two weeks in 1991, 1995, 2004, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2021

Supervision of Graduate Students and Hosting of Postdocs and Visiting Professors

I have hosted 14 postdoctoral researchers, primarily funded by the DFG and the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation. I have also supervised 26 Ph.D. students, the first of whom obtained his degree in 2000. My first Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) student graduated in 1995. Since then I have supervised 61 additional Diploma and M.Sc. students, many of whom went on to American, Canadian and European universities to pursue their Ph.D. degrees. Finally, I have supervised 18 B.Sc. student theses. BSc theses were newly introduced to the University of Bonn in 2010.

Many of my students and postdocs have come from around the world (Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil 2x, Canada, Chile, China 2x, France 4x, India, Italy 3x, Japan 2x, Luxemburg 2x, Poland 2x, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands 5x, United Kingdom, USA). Currently my lab hosts four postdocs, five Ph.D. students, and five M.Sc. students. The great majority of the student’s theses have resulted in publications in international, peer-reviewed journals. I am proud and pleased that many of my former students and postdocs are still active in the field, including 15 who hold professorships or other professional positions in paleontology around the world: Dr. Alexandra Houssaye (Paris, France), Prof. Jörg Fröbisch (Berlin, Germany), Prof. Nadia Fröbisch (Berlin, Germany), Prof. Shoji Hayashi (Okajama, Japan), Prof. Walter Joyce (Fribourg, Switzerland), Prof. Liu Jun (Hefei, China), Prof. Yasuhisa Nakajima (Tokyo, Japan), Prof. Adun Samathi (Mahasarakham, Thailand), Prof. Lars Schmitz (Claremont Colleges, USA), Dr. Ragna Redelstorff, (Cape Town, South Africa), PD Dr. Torsten Scheyer (Zurich, Switzerland), Dr. Frederik Spindler (Denkendorf, Germany), Dr. Anneke van Heteren (Munich, Germany), Dr. Oliver Wings (Bayreuth, Germany), Prof. Yang Tzu-Ruei (Taipei, Taiwan). I am also very proud that some have won prestigious prizes. Finally, I frequently participate as an external examiner in Ph.D. defenses in many European countries, the USA, and Canada.

Current Postdoctoral Researchers:

Dr. Dorota Konietzko-Meier: funded by a BMBF grant
Evolution and paleobiology of Triassic temnospondyl amphibians
Early history of the collections of the Goldfuß Museum

Dr. Dawid Surmik: funded by a Polish governement grant
Paleopathology in Triassic tetrapods

Dr. Nicole Klein: funded by her own DFG research grant
Marine reptiles of the Triassic

Current Ph.D. Students:

Pia Schucht
The ontogeny and evlution of cellular induction in bone: PSP and Omphalosaurus

Jelle Heijne
Taphonomy of ichthyosaur skeletons from Mesozoic conservation lagerstätten

Qiang Li (joint supervision with Liu Jun, Hefei)
Bone Histology of Marine Reptiles from the South China Block

Jimmy Rooji (joint supervision with Dr. Anne Schulp, Utrecht)
Bone histology of Triceratops

Elzbieta Teschner (joint supervision with Dr. Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Bonn)
Palaeohistology of phytosaurs and aetosaurs in relation to climatic changes during the Late Triassic

Kayleigh Wiersma-Weyand
Soft tissue in fossil bone: liberation and chemical analysis

Current M.Sc. Students:

René Dederichs,
A juvenile diplocoid from the Morrison Formation

Andrea Prino
The temnospondyl remains from the Rhaetian bonebed of Bonenburg, Germany: Implications for the end-Triassic extinction event

Alessandro Lania
Description and phylogenetic affinity of the sauropodomorph skeletal material from the Upper Bone Layer of the Gruhalde Member at Frick, Catine Aargau, Switzerland

Current B.Sc. Students:

Julia Hack
Beschreibung und Einordnung von zwei terminalen Phalangen von basalen Sauropodomorphen und Theropoden aus dem Rhät (späte Trias) der Grube Bonenburg (Kreis Höxter, NRW) und ihre Bedeutung für das Massenaussterben an der Trias/Jura-Grenze

Pierre Konsbrück
Unusual fossilized fungal attack on sauropod dinosaur bones seen in thin sections from the Late Jurassic Kenton quarries (Morrison Formation, Oklahoma, USA) and their implications for fungal activity during bone degradation and fossilization

Melanie Dunker
Lebendmodell des Cryptoclidus im Goldfuß-Museum

Former Visiting Professor:

Prof. Dr. Liu Jun, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China
funded by an AvH fellowship, July 2017-March 2020
Chinese Triassic marine reptiles and their bone histology

Former Postdoctoral Researchers:

Dr. Katja Waskow: funded by a BMBF grant, May 2019 to October 2020 (now in the education department of Museum Alexander Koenig Bonn)
Bone histology of amniote ribs
Early history of the collections of the Goldfuß Museum

Dr. Sashima Läbe: funded by DFG Research Unit, 2685, January 2018 to May 2020
Soft-part preservation in fossil bone

Dr. Tzu-Ruei Yang: funded by DFG Research Unit 2685, January 2018 to Dezember 2018 (now Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History of Taiwan, and Assistant Professor at the University of Taipeh, Taiwan)
The organic scaffold in dinosaur eggshell

Dr. Aurore Canoville: funded by an AvH fellowship, April 2014 to March 2016 (now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of North Carolina, Raleigh, USA)
Bone histology of Paleozoic amniotes

Dr. Anneke van Heteren: funded by an AvH fellowship (now Curator at Bayerische Staatssammlung für Zoologie, Munich, Germany), October 2013 to September 2015
Island dwarfing in mammals detected from histology

Dr. Yasuhisa Nakajima: funded by a JSPS fellowship (now Associate Professor at Tokyo City University, Tokyo, Japan), April 2013 to March 2015
Turtle bone histology, Early Triassic marine reptiles

Dr. Alexandra Houssaye: funded by an AvH fellowship (now CNRS Research Group Leader, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, August 2011 to October 2013
Aquatic adaptation reflected in bone histology

Dr. Koen Stein: funded by DFG Research Unit 533 (now a postdoctoral researcher at Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium), April 2011 to April 2013
The origin of fibrolamellar bone

Dr. Shoji Hayashi: funded by a JSPS fellowship (now Associate Professor at Okajama University, Okajama, Japan), June 2010 to May 2012
Dermal bone histology in dinosaurs

Former Ph.D., M.Sc., and B.Sc. Students:
Note that all Ph.D. thesis are published at https://bonndoc.ulb.uni-bonn.de/xmlui/?locale-attribute=en

Perillo, Marcello, 2022. Giant shadows in the Triassic seas: Histological analysis on putative and genuine giant ichthyosaurs bone fragments. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Nau, Darius, 2022. Osteology of a large, articulated skeleton of Plateosaurus from Frick, Switzerland. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Leitinger, Julia, 2022. Lamina thickness of fibrolamellar bone in a comparative sample of Late Cretaceous Mongolian dinosaurs. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Wellnitz, Paul, 2022. Phytosaur osteoderms from the Rhaetian bonebed of Bonenburg, Westphalia, Germany – Implications for End-Triassic Extinction. B.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Kalita, Sudipta, 2021. Role of dermal bones in the buoyancy of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus krasiejowensis. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Kalita, S., E. Teschner, P. M. Sander, and D. Konietzko-Meier. in press. To be or not to be heavier: the role of dermal bones in the buoyancy of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus krasiejowensis. Journal of Anatomy.

Dederichs, Rene, 2021. Articulated remains of Cymbospondylus from the Early Triassic Spitsbergen and the evolution of body size in ichthyosaurs. B.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Weiss, Raphael, 2021. Reproductive biology of Oviraptorosauria: Evidence from a historic eggshell collection from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Basin, South China. M.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Roccazzella, Tara, 2021. From Ground to Mount - History of a Diplodocid Sauropod from the Dana Quarry (Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA) with Testing for Skeletal Unity. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Ommer, Tobias, 2021. The feeding cycle of Europasaurus inferred from its dental microwear. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Hautier, Blandine, 2021. Green sauropod bones from the Gnatalie Quarry (Morrison Formation, Utah, USA): Skeletal unity testing and unique fossilization. M.Sc. Thesis Université de Lille, Lille.

Garbay, Laurent, 2021. A rare stereospondyl femur from the Rhaetian of Bonenburg (Germany) and the implication why long bones are not a valid size-proxy for Stereospondyli. M.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Graeber, Felix, 2021. Geochemical analysis of fossilized bone tissue. M.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Daum, Jason, 2020. Timing of crown development in a mosasaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauroidea) and their application for reconstructing the dental ontogeny of mosasaurs. M.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Paulina Jimenez Huidobro, Bonn)

Sartorelli de Olivera, Heitor, 2020. An enhanced thaphonomic model for Brazlian Mesosauridae (Amniota, Sauropsida) using a quantitative approach. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Vorderwülbecke, Elsa Marlene, 2019. History and bone histology of six pterosaur specimens from the Bathonian Stonesfield Slate in Oxfordshire, England. M.Sc. Thesis OEP. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Donhauser, Xaver, 2019. Bone histology and growth record of the first juvenile individuals of Plateosaurus engelhardti. M.Sc. Thesis Geoscience. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Neuhof, Michel, 2019. Study on the origin of plesiosaurs, based on two unequal propodials from the Bonenburg locality, Germany. M.Sc. Thesis Geosciences. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Primary supervision by Dr. Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Henkemeier, Nils, 2019. Redescription of the soft part preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831). M.Sc. Thesis Geosciences. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Krahl, Anna, 2019. Inferring the swimming mode of Jurassic plesiosaurs using muscle reconstructions, bone histology and advanced finite element methods.. Ph.D. Dissertation Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Prof. U. Witzel, Bochum University)

Publications:
Krahl, A., A. Lipphaus, P. M. Sander, and U. Witzel. 2022. Determination of muscle strength and function in plesiosaur limbs: finite element structural analyses of Cryptoclidus eurymerus humerus and femur. PeerJ 10:e13342, 1-48.

Krahl, A., and U. Witzel. 2021. Foreflipper and hindflipper muscle reconstructions of Cryptoclidus eurymerus in comparison to functional analogues: introduction of a myological mechanism for flipper twisting. PeerJ 9:e12537.

Krahl, A. 2021. The locomotory apparatus and paraxial swimming in fossil and living marine reptiles: comparing Nothosauroidea, Plesiosauria, and Chelonioidea. PalZ 95(3):483-501.

Krahl, A., A. Lipphaus, U. Witzel, P. M. Sander, F. Maffuci, and S. Hochscheid. 2019. Humerus osteology, myology, and finite element structure analysis of Cheloniidae. Anatomical Record 303(8):2177-2191.

Samathi, Adun, 2019. Theropod dinosaurs from Thailand and southeast Asia: Phylogeny, evolution, and paleobiogeography. Ph.D. Dissertation Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Samathi, A., P. M. Sander, and P. Chanthasit. 2021. A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Historical Biology:1-15.

Samathi, A., P. Chanthasit, and P. M. Sander. 2019. A review of theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous of Southeast Asia. Annales de Paléontologie:1-16.

Samathi, A., P. Chanthasit, and P. M. Sander. 2019. Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica:1-22.

Wintrich, Tanja, 2019. The plesiosaur: remarkable morphology, histology, and physiology. Ph.D. Dissertation Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn

Publications:
Wintrich, T., M. Scaal, C. Böhmer, R. Schellhorn, I. Kogan, A. van der Reest, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Palaeontological evidence reveals convergent evolution of intervertebral joint types in amniotes. Scientific Reports 10(14106):1-14.

Wintrich, T., S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144, 1-11.

Wintrich, T., R. Jonas, H.-J. Wilke, and P. M. Sander. 2019. Neck mobility in the Jurassic plesiosaur Cryptoclidus eurymerus: finite element analysis as a new approach to understanding the cervical skeleton in fossil vertebrates. PeerJ 7:e7658.

Wintrich, T., M. Scaal, and P. M. Sander. 2017. Foramina in plesiosaur cervical centra indicate a specialized vascular system. Fossil Record 20:279-290.

Waskow, Katja, 2019. Patterns of life history recorded in the dorsal rib histology of amniotes. Ph.D. Dissertation Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Waskow, K., and O. Mateus. 2017. Dorsal rib histology of dinosaurs and a crocodylomorph from western Portugal: Skeletochronological implications on age determination and life history traits. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(4):425-439.

Dederichs, René, 2019. Articulated remains of Cymbospondylus from the Early Triassic Spitsbergen and the evolution of body size in ichthyosaurs. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Vorderwülbecke, Marlene, 2019. Histological detection of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in pterosaurs: Implications for the evolution of the dinosaurian respiratory system. M.Sc. Thesis Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Fuhrmann, Ulrich, 2018. Generating 3D models of microfossils using photogrammetry and scanning electron microscopy. B.Sc. Thesis Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Jens Lallensack, Bonn)

Agliano, Amin, 2018. Histologie der Pelycosaurier- Wirbel aus dem Perm von Texas. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Publication:
Agliano, A., P. M. Sander, and T. Wintrich. 2020. Bone histology and mircroanatomy of Edaphosaurus and Dimetrodon (Amniota, Synapsida) vertebrae from the Lower Permian of Texas. Anatomical Record:1-36.

Nau, Darius, 2018. Postcranial osteology of a juvenile specimen of Plateosaurus from Frick, Switzerland. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Jens Lallensack)

Publication:

Nau, D., J. N. Lallensack, U. Bachmann, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Postcranial osteology of the first early-stage juvenile skeleton of Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Norian of Frick, Switzerland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65:1-30.

Donhauser, Xaver, 2018. Bone histology and growth record of the first juvenile individuals of Plateosaurus engelhardti. M.Sc. Thesis (Co-supervision with Dr. Nicole Klein, Bonn)

Romero Pérez de Villar, Pablo, 2018. Giant Late Triassic ichthyosaurs from the Kössen Formation of the Swiss Alps. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Scheil, Michael, 2018. U-Pb systematics of fossil biogenic apatite from the Morrison Formation (USA) and the Langenberg Quarry (Germany). M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Frank Tomaschek, Bonn)

Wild, Anika-Lisa, 2018. Pachystropheus rhaeticus. Osteological description of vertebrae from the Rhaetian of Bonenburg (Westphalia, Germany) and assignment to the Choristodera. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Yang, Tzu-Ruei, 2018. The reproductive biology of Cretaceous oviraptorid dinosaurs and its implication for the origin of bird reproduction. Ph.D. Dissertation Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Yang, T.-R., and P. M. Sander. 2022. The reproductive biology of oviraptorosaurs: a synthesis; pp. 1-16, Geologial Society of London Special Publication "Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia". The Geological Society of London, London.

Yang, T.-R., T. Engler, J. N. Lallensack, A. Samathi, M. Makowska, and B. Schillinger. 2019. Hatching asynchrony in oviraptorid dinosaurs sheds light on their unique nesting biology. Integrative Organismal Biology.

Yang, T.-R., and P. M. Sander. 2018. The origin of the bird's beak: New insights from dinosaur incubation periods. Biology Letters 14:20170514.

Yang, T.-R., Y.-H. Chen, J. Wiemann, B. Spiering, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Fossil eggshell cuticle elucidates dinosaur nesting ecology. PeerJ 6:e5144.

Wiemann, J., T.-R. Yang, P. N. Sander, M. Schneider, M. Engeser, S. Kath-Schorr, C. E. Müller, and P. M. Sander. 2017. Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs. PeerJ 5:e3706).

Lallensack, Jens, N. 2018. Objective and quantitative methods in the study of dinosaur tracks. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Lallensack, J. N., T. Engler, and H. J. Barthel. 2019. Shape variability in tridactyl dinosaur footprints: the significance of size and function. Palaeontology 1-27.

Sander, P. M., and J. N. Lallensack. 2018. Dinosaurs: Four legs good, two legs bad. Current Biology 28:R1160-R1163.

Lallensack, J. N., H. Klein, J. Milàn, O. Wings, O. Mateus, and L. B. Clemmensen. 2017. Sauropodomorph dinosaur trackways from the Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland: evidence for Late Triassic sauropods. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62:883–843.

Lallensack, J. N., A. H. van Heteren, and O. Wings. 2016. Geometric morphometric analysis of intratrackway variability: a case study on theropod and ornithopod dinosaur trackways from Münchehagen (Lower Cretaceous, Germany). PeerJ 4:e2059.

Fleischle, Corinna, 2018. Estimating plesiosaur life parameters by quantifying histology. M.Sc. Thesis Biology. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Publications:
Fleischle, C.V., T. Wintrich, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Quantitative histological models suggest endothermy in plesiosaurs. PeerJ 6:e4955.

Fleischle, C.V., P. M. Sander, T. Wintrich, and K. R. Caspar. 2019. Hematological convergence between Mesozoic marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) and extant aquatic amniotes elucidates diving adaptations in plesiosaurs. PeerJ 7:e8022.

Witkowski, Juliane, 2017. Beschreibung der Shonisaurus-Wirbel aus dem Rhät-Bonebed (Obertrias) von Bonenburg, Kreis Höxter, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Deutschland). B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich, Bonn)

Neuenhaus, Alexander, 2017. Die Wirbelsäule der Pelycosaurier aus dem Briar Creek Bonebed (Unterperm, Archer County, Texas, USA). M.Sc. Thesis. University of Bonn, Bonn.

Läbe, Sashima, 2017. Estimating sauropod body mass and gait by the analysis of recent and fossil tetrapod tracks with photogrammetry and soil mechanics. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Kienapfel, K., S. Läbe, and H. Preuschoft. 2014. Do tracks yield reliable information on gaits? – Part 1: The case of horses. Fossil Record 17:59–67.

Schanz, T., Y. Lins, H. Viefhaus, T. Barciaga, S. Läbe, H. Preuschoft, U. Witzel, and P. M. Sander. 2013. Quantitative interpretation of tracks for determination of body mass. PLoS ONE 8(10):e77606.

Knaus, Philipp, 2017. Blood flow to the femur indicates elevated aerobic capacity in the mammalian lineage since the Late Carboniferous. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Knaus, P. L., A. H. v. Heteren, J. K. Lungmus, and P. M. Sander. 2021. High blood flow into the femur indicates elevated aerobic capacity in synapsids since the Synapsida-Sauropsida split. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:751238 (18 pages).

Heijne, Jelle, 2017. Taphonomy of the marine reptile skeletons from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Nicole Klein, Bonn)

Publication:
Heijne, J., N. Klein, and P. M. Sander. 2019. The uniquely diverse taphonomy of the marine reptile skeletons (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 2019:1-24.

Drews, Effi-Laura, 2017. Osteological description of archosaur remains from the Keuper of Thuringia. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Jens Lallensack, Bonn)

Cerisara, Riccardo, 2017. Long bone histology of Europasaurus holgeri: Insights into the dwarfing process. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Wintrich, Tanja, 2016. The first Triassic plesiosaur - Morphology and histology of a new plesiosaur skeleton from the Rhaetian of Germany. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wintrich, T., S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144, 1-11.

Wieman, Jasmina, 2016. Are staining Maillard reaction products the key to ancient protein preservation? M.Sc. Thesis. University of Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wiemann, J., M. Fabbri, T.-R. Yang, K. Stein, P. M. Sander, M. A. Norell, and D. E. G. Briggs. 2018. Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers. Nature Communications 9(4741):1-9.

Werner, Jennifer, 2016. Description of a temnospondyl humerus from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Bonenburg, (Westphalia, Germany) and its implications for temnospondyl extinction. B.Sc. Thesis, University of Bonn. University of Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Tanja Wintrich and Dr. Dorota Konietzko Meier, Bonn)

Publication:
Konietzko-Meier, D., J. D. Werner, T. Wintrich, and P. M. Sander. 2018. A large temnospondyl humerus from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Bonenburg (Westphalia, Germany) and its implications for temnospondyl extinction. Journal of Iberian Geology:1-14.

Mitchell, Jessica, 2016. Cortical bone remodeling in Amniota: a functional, evolutionary and comparative perspective of secondary osteons. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Mitchell, J., P. M. Sander, and K. Stein. 2017. Can secondary osteons be used as ontogenetic indicators in sauropods? Extending the histological ontogenetic stages into senescence. Paleobiology 43(2):321-342.

Mitchell, J., L. J. Legendre, C. Lefèvre, and J. Cubo. 2017. Bone histological correlates of soaring and high-frequency flapping flight in the furculae of birds. Zoology 122:90-99.

Mitchell, J., and P. M. Sander. 2014. The three-front model: a developmental explanation of long bone diaphyseal histology of Sauropoda. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 112(4):765–781.

Laupenmühlen, Tatjana, 2016 Miocene angiosperm woods from the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, Greece: systematics and paleoclimatic implications. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Carole Gee, Bonn)

Scheil, Michael, 2016. The age structure of the Europasaurus assemblage. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Oliver Wings, Hannover)

Publication:
Scheil, M., and P. M. Sander. 2017. Ein Zwerg unter Riesen: Der sauropode Dinosaurier Europasaurus und seine Evolution und Lebensweise. Pp. 49-56. In C. Hühne, ed. Jurassic Harz: Dinosaurier von Oker bis Wyoming. Verlag F. Pfeil, München.

Bertozzo, Filippo, 2015. Histological detection of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in Sauropodomorpha: Implication for the evolution of the dinosaurian respiratory system. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Lambertz, M., F. Bertozzo, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Bone histological correlates for air sacs and their implications for understanding the origin of the dinosaurian respiratory system. Biology Letters 14(1):1-5.

Shelton, Christen, 2015. Origins of endothermy in the mammalian lineage: the evolutionary beginning of fibrolamellar bBone in the “mammal-Llike” reptiles. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Shelton, C. D., and P. M. Sander. 2017. Long bone histology of Ophiacodon reveals the geologically earliest occurrence of fibrolamellar bone in the mammalian stem lineage. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(4):397–424.

Shelton, C., P. M. Sander, K. Stein, and H. Winkelhorst. 2013. Long bone histology indicates sympatric species of Dimetrodon (Lower Permian, Sphenacodontidae). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103(3-4):217 - 236.

Wiersma, Kayleigh, 2015. Histology of the sauropod long bones from the Howe-Stephens Quarry (Morrison Formation, Wyoming): Testing hypotheses of skeletal unity. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wiersma, K., A. Canoville, H.-K. Siber, and P. M. Sander. in press. Testing hypothesis of skeletal unity using bone histology: The case of the sauropod remains from the Howe-Stephens and Howe Scott quarries (Morrison Formation, Wyoming). Palaeontologia Electronica.

Teschner, Elzbieta, 2015. Morphological, ontogenetic and histological studies based on Metoposaurus krasiejowensis humeri from the Triassic beds in Krasiejow, southwestern Poland. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Bonn)

Publication:
Teschner, E., M., P. M. Sander, and D. Konietzko-Meier. 2018. Variability of growth pattern observed in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis humeri and its biological meaning. Journal of Iberian Geology 44:99-111.

Spindler, Frederik, 2015. The basal Sphenacodontia: systematic revision and evolutionary implications. Ph.D. Dissertation. TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg. (Co-supervision with Prof. Jörg Schneider, Freiberg)

Publications:
Spindler, F., Scott, D. & Reisz, R.R. (2015): New information ion the cranial and postcranial anatomy of the early synapsid Ianthodon schultzei (Sphenacomorpha: Sphenacodontia), and its evolutionary significance. – Fossil Record, 18: 17–30.

Spindler, F. (2014): Reviewing the question of the oldest therapsid. – Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 548 (22): 1‐7.

Lallensack, Jens, 2014. Dinosaur tracks from the Upper Jurassic Langenberg Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany). M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Oliver Wings, Hannover)

Publication:
Lallensack, J. N., P. M. Sander, N. Knötschke, and O. Wings. 2015. Dinosaur tracks from the Langenberg Quarry (Late Jurassic, Germany) reconstructed with historical photogrammetry: Evidence for large theropods soon after insular dwarfism. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.25A: 1-34.

Knaus, Philipp, 2014. Bone Histology suggests sympatric Dimetrodon species in the Vale Formation (Clear Fork Group, Lower Permian) of Texas and Oklahoma. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Christen Shelton, Bonn)

Schilling, Martin, 2014. For the first time tectonic cracks are described and interpreted on fossil bones at the Plateosaurus from Frick, Switzerland. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Wieman, Jasmina, 2014. Paleobiology of tetrapyrrolic color pigments in eggshells and their preservation potential during fossilization processes. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wiemann, J., T.-R. Yang, P. N. Sander, M. Schneider, M. Engeser, S. Kath-Schorr, C. E. Müller, and P. M. Sander. 2017. Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs. PeerJ 5:e3706.

Wintrich, Tanja, 2014. The first record of the enigmatic marine reptile Omphalosaurus from Poland (Middle Triassic) of the Germanic Basin. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wintrich, T., H. Hagdorn, and P. M. Sander. 2017. An enigmatic marine reptile – The actual first record of Omphalosaurus in the Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:e1384739-12.

Englich, Benjamin, 2013. Neuaufnahme unterkretazischer Fährten sauropoder Dinosaurier im Naturdenkmal „Saurierfährten Münchehagen“. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Sumpf, Franziska, 2013. Identification of the track maker of Rhynchosauroides peabodyi and Procolophonichnium haarmuehlensis. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Hofmann, Rebecca, 2013. Juvenile Plateosaurus from the Late Triassic of Frick, Switzerland: A morphological and morphometric study of immature neural arches. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Hofmann, R., and P. M. Sander. 2014. The first juvenile specimens of Plateosaurus engelhardti from Frick, Switzerland: isolated neural arches and their implications for developmental plasticity in a basal sauropodomorph. PeerJ 2:e458.

Nowak, Marlene, 2013. Eine neue Rekonstruktion des Schultergürtels und der Vorderextremität von Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Dorota Konietzko-Meier, Bonn)

Wiersma, Kayleigh, 2012. Morphology and function of the dentition of Camarasaurus. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wiersma, K., and P. M. Sander. 2017. The dentition of a well preserved specimen of Camarasaurus sp.: implications for function, tooth replacement, soft part reconstruction, and food intake. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 91:145-161.

Schmitt, Armin, 2012. The inner ear of diplodocoid and basal macronarian sauropods: vestibular adaptations and paleobiological implications. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Dumont, Maïtena, 2012. Hierarchical structure and diagenesis of sauropod long bones using advanced characterization techniques. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Dumont, M., A. Kostka, P. M. Sander, A. Borbély, and A. Kaysser-Pyzalla. 2011. Size and size distribution of apatite crystals in sauropod fossil bones. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 310:108–116.

Dumont, M., A. Borbély, A. Kostka, P. M. Sander, and A. Kaysser-Pyzalla. 2011. Characterization of sauropod bone structure Pp. 149-170. In N. Klein, K. Remes, C. T. Gee, and P. M. Sander, eds. Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs. Understanding the Life of Giants. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

Dumont, M., N. Zoeger, C. Streli, P. Wobrauschek, G. Falkenberg, P. M. Sander, and A. R. Pyzalla. 2009. Synchrotron XRF analyses of element distribution in fossilized sauropod dinosaur bones. Powder Diffraction 24(2):130-134.

Petermann, Holger, 2012. Using Sharpey’s fibers in fossil bone to reconstruct muscles. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Publication:
Petermann, H., and P. M. Sander. 2013. Histological evidence for muscle insertion in extant amniote femora: Implications for muscle reconstruction in fossils. Journal of Anatomy 222:419-436.

Mitchell, Jessica, 2012. Bone remodeling in sauropod dinosaurs: using secondary osteons as ontogenetic indicators. M.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Marpmann, Jean Sebastian, 2012. Ontogenetic changes in the cranial elements of the Late Jurassic dwarf sauropod Europasaurus holgeri and a new reconstruction of the skull. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Marpmann, J. S., J. L. Carballido, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Cranial anatomy of a growth series of the Late Jurassic dwarf sauropod Europasaurus holgeri (Dinosauria, Camarasauromorpha): implications for the evolution of sauropod skull shapes. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 13:221-263.

Waskow, Katja, 2011. Mapping out the geology of the Middle Triassic members of the Star Peak Group in the southern Augusta Mountains, Nevada (USA). Diploma Mapping Exercise. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Waskow, Katja, 2011. Growth record and histological variation in ribs of Camarasaurus sp. from the Upper Jurassic Morisson Formation (Wyoming, USA) and their implications for sauropod growth, sexual maturity, and longevity. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Waskow, K., and P. M. Sander. 2014. Growth record and histological variation in the dorsal ribs of Camarasaurus sp. (Sauropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):852–869.

Stein, Martina, 2011. Long bone histology and growth patterns in ankylosaurs: Implications for life history and evolution. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Stein, M., S. Hayashi, and P. M. Sander. 2013. Long bone histology and growth patterns in ankylosaurs: implications for life history and evolution. PLoS ONE 8(7):e68590.

Régent, Verena. 2011. Die Bezahnung des Zwerg-Sauropoden Europasaurus holgeri aus dem Oberjura Norddeutschlands - ontogenetische und funktionelle Muster. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Oliver Wings, Berlin)

Jansen, Maren, 2011. A diverse turtle fauna (Reptilia, Testudines) from the Upper Jurassic of northern Germany. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Nicole Klein, Bonn)

Publication:
Jansen, M., and N. Klein. 2014. A juvenile turtle (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg Quarry, Oker, Northern Germany. Palaeontology 57(4):743-756.

Hofmann, Rebecca, 2011. Lamina thickness in laminar fibrolamellar bone of mammals compared to dinosaurs. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Hofmann, R., K. Stein, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Constraints on the lamina density of laminar bone architecture of large-bodied dinosaurs and mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(2):287–294.

Stein, Koen, 2010. Long bone histology of basalmost and derived Sauropodomorpha. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publications:
Stein, K., Z. Csiki, K. C. Rogers, D. B. Weishampel, R. Redelstorff, and P. M. Sander. 2010. Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107 (20):9258-9263.

Benton, M. J., Z. Csiki, D. Grigorescu, R. Redelstorff, P. M. Sander, K. Stein, and D. B. Weishampel. 2010. Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293(3-4): 438-454.

Stein, K., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Histological core drilling: a less destructive method for studying bone histology. Pp. 69-80. In M. A. Brown, J. F. Kane, and W. G. Parker, eds. Methods in Fossil Prepraration: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium.

Organ, C. L., S. L. Brusatte, and K. Stein. 2009. Sauropod dinosaurs evolved moderately sized genomes unrelated to body size. Procedings of the Royal Society B 276(1677):4303-4308.

Schwermann, Leonie, 2010. Ein neuer Plesiosauride aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Schwermann, L., and P. M. Sander. 2011. Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 79:1-56.

Sanmugaraja, Mayuran, 2010. Ein Kieferfragment von Omphalosaurus aus Polen. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Mouanga, Gloria, 2010. Three pelvic remains of a large shastasaurid (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from western Turkey in pelagic sediments of earliest Landinian at Diliskelesi (Kocaeli Peninsula), Turkey. B.Sc. Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Krahl, Anna, 2009. Long bone histology of Eosauropterygia (Nothosaurus, Pistosaurus, and Plesiosaurus) and its implications for biomechanics, life history, and paleobiology. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Krahl, A., N. Klein, and P. M. Sander. 2013. Evolutionary implications of the divergent long bone histologies of Nothosaurus and Pistosaurus (Sauropterygia, Triassic). BMC Evoutionary Biology 13:1-23.

Gottmann, Annalisa, 2008. A redescription of the early archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri MEYER, 1832, and its phylogenetic relationships. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Gottmann-Quesada, A., and P. M. Sander. 2009. A redescription of the early archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri MEYER, 1832, and its phylogenetic relationships. Palaeontographica A 287(4-6):123-220.

Voeten, Dennis F. A. E., 2008. Larger Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, the Netherlands. M.Sc. Thesis. Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Publication:
Voeten, D. F. A. E., P. M. Sander, and N. Klein. 2014. Skeletal material from larger Eusauropterygia (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) with nothosaurian and cymatosaurian affinities from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:943-960.

Brinkkötter, Janka, 2008. Kartierbericht zur Geologie der südlichen Augusta Mountains, Nevada (USA) mit Schwerpunkt auf der triassischen Star Peak Group. Diplomkartierung. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Scheyer, Torsten, 2007. Comparative bone histology of the turtle shell (carapace and plastron): implications for turtle systematics, functional morphology and turtle origins. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Frriedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Scheyer, T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Bone microstructures and mode of skeletogenesis in osteoderms of three pareiasaur taxa from the Permian of South Africa. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(1153-1162).

Scheyer, T. M., P. M. Sander, W. G. Joyce, W. Böhme, and U. Witzel. 2007. Unique plywood structure in the shell of fossil and recent soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) revealed by soft tissue and bone histology: a key adaptation? Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7:136-144.

Scheyer, T., and P. M. Sander. 2007. Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B 274:1884-1893.

Redelstorff, Ragna, 2007. Longbone histology of Stegosaurus: differences between ontogenetic stages and body mass - implications on intraspecific variability, sexual dimorphism, or taxonomic differences? Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Redelstorff, R., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1087-1099.

Wolf, Dominik, 2006. Osteoderm histology of extinct and recent Cingulata and Phyllophaga (Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for biomechanical adaptation and systematics. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Daniela Kalthoff, Bonn)

Publications:
Wolf, D., D. Kalthoff, and P. M. Sander. 2012. Osteoderm histology of the Pampatheriidae (Cingulata, Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for systematics, osteoderm growth, and biomechanical adaptation. Journal of Morphology 273(4):388–404.

Kolb, Christian, 2006. Redescription of the Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Kolb, C., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Redescription of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (KUHN, 1946) from the Lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany). Palaeontographica A 288(4-6):151-192.

Bickelmann, Constanze, 2006. A partial postcranial skeleton and humeri of the sauropterygian genus Nothosaurus from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Bickelmann, C., and P. M. Sander. 2008. A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:326-338.

Wings, Oliver, 2004. Indentification, distribution, and function of gastroliths in dinosaurs and extant birds with emphasis on ostriches (Struthio camelus). Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Wings, O., and P. M. Sander. 2007. No gastric mill in sauropod dinosaurs: new evidence from analysis of gastrolith mass and function in ostriches. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B 274:635-640.

Michelis, Ioannis, 2004. Vergleichende Taphonomie des Howe Quarry's (Morrison-Formation, Oberer Jura), Bighorn County, Wyoming, USA. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Klein, Nicole, 2004. Bone histology and growth of the prosauropod dinosaur Plateosaurus engelhardti MEYER, 1837 from the Norian bonebeds of Trossingen (Germany) and Frick (Switzerland). Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Klein, N., and P. M. Sander. 2007. Bone histology and growth of the prosauropod Plateosaurus engelhardti MEYER, 1837 from the Norian bonebeds of Trossingen (Germany) and Frick (Switzerland). Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:169-206.

Scheyer, Torsten, 2003. Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Scheyer, T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2004. Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):874-893.

Stöcker, Nadia, 2003. A large ichthyosaur (Cymbospondylus sp. nov.) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and its importance for the genus Cymbospondylus. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Fröbisch, N., P. M. Sander, and O. Rieppel. 2006. A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus. Zool. J. Lin. Soc. London 147:515-538.

Fröbisch, Jörg, 2003. Functional morphology of the hindlimb of the Triassic dicynodont Tetragonias. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Eberhard Frey, Karlsruhe)

Publication:
Fröbisch, J. 2006. Locomotion in derived dicynodonts (Synapsida, Anomodontia): a functional analysis of the pelvic girdle and hind limb of Tetragonias njalilus. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43(9):1297-1308

Schmitz, Lars, 2002. The mixosaurs (Ichthyosauria, Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic of the Augusta Mountains (Nevada, USA) with the description of a new species. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Schmitz, L., P. M. Sander, G. W. Storrs, and O. Rieppel. 2004. On a new mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. Palaentographica A 270:133-162.

Peitz, Christian, 2000. Fortpflanzungsbiologische und systematische Implikationen von Dinosauriergelegen aus dem Maastricht von Katalonien (NE-Spanien) sowie die Sedimentologie ihrer Fundstellen. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Sander, P. M., C. Peitz, F. D. Jackson, and L. M. Chiappe. 2008. Upper Cretaceous titanosaur nesting sites and their implications for sauropod dinosaur reproductive biology. Palaeontographica A 284(4-6):69-107.

Mueller-Töwe, Imke J. 2000. Untersuchung von Schlupf- und Verfüllungsmechanismen bei Dinosauriereiern an Hand von Computertomographien. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication:
Mueller-Töwe, I., P. M. Sander, H. Schüller, and D. Thies. 2002. Hatching and infilling of dinosaur eggs as revealed by computed tomography. Palaeontographica A 267:119-168.

Klein, Nicole, 2000. Die Schildkröten-Fauna aus dem Miozän von Hambach 6C (Niederrheinische Bucht). Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn. (Co-supervision with Dr. Thomas Mörs, Bonn)

Joyce, Walter. 1999. A new specimen of the marine Jurassic turtle Solnhofia. Diploma Thesis. University of Erlangen.

Publication:
Joyce, W.G. 2000. The first complete skeleton of Solnhofia parsonsi (Cryptodira, Eurysternidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and its taxonomic implications. Journal of Paleontology 74:684-700.

Goernemann, Andrea, 1999. Osteologische Beschreibung eines Exemplares von Confuciusornis (Confuciusornithiformes, Saururae, Aves) aus der unteren Kreide von West-Liaoning, China. Diploma Thesis. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn.

Publication: Goernemann, A. 1999. Osteologie eines Exemplars von Confuciusornis aus der unteren Kreide von West-Liaoning, China. Archaeopteryx. Jahreszeitschrift der Freunde des Jura-Museums Eichstätt 17:41-54.

 

Achievements of My Students

Katja Waskow (Ph.D. 2019)

Adun Samathi (Ph.D. 2019) is now assistant professor of vertebrate paleontology at Mahasarakham University, Thailand.

79h Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Brisbane, Australia (2019): A presentation in the selective Romer Prize session was given by my student Anna Krahl.

78th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (2018): Three out of 16 presentations in the selective Romer Prize session were given by my students (Katja Waskow, Tanja Wintrich, Tzu-Ruei Yang).

Tanja Wintrich (M.Sc. degree 2016) received the Young Scientists Award (2nd place) of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in 2018 and was awarded a grant for her own position by the DFG in 2020.

Yang Tzu-Ruei (Ph.D. 2018) received the Best Speaker Award at the joint meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft and the Paleontological Society of China in Yichang in 2017. Tzu-Ruei is now assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology, at the National Museum of Natural History of Taiwan

Jessica Mitchell (Ph.D. 2017) graduated with a summa cum laude honors degree.

Jasmina Wieman (M.Sc. degree 2016) received the inaugural Stephen Cohen Award for Student Research of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2015. She also was admitted to the Ph.D. program of Yale University, New Haven, USA.

Marie-Claire Koschowitz (B.Sc. degree 2013) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Frederik Spindler (Ph.D. 2015) is the scientific director of the Dinosaurier-Freiluftmuseums im Altmühltal, Franconia, Germany.

Rebecca Hofmann (M.Sc. degree 2013) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, and then to the Ph.D. program of the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Supervisor Ken Lacovara (Drexel) and Tim Rowe (UT Austin).

Holger Petermann (M.Sc. degree 2012) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of Yale University, New Haven, USA. Supervisor Jaques Gauthier.

Ragna Redelstorff (Diploma degree 2008) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of University College Dublin University, Ireland. Supervisor Patrick Orr. Ragna also won the best student paper award 2009 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Redelstorff, R., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1087-1099.) Ragna is now the cultural heritage protection officer for paleontology of South Africa.

Torsten Scheyer (Ph.D. 2007) graduated with a summa cum laude honors degree and is now a research associate professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Dominik Wolf (Diploma degree 2006) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of Howard University, Washington, DC, USA. Supervisor Raymond Bernor.

Oliver Wings (Ph.D. 2004) received the first Tilly Edinger Award of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft. In 2011, Oliver was awarded a prestigious VW Foundation grant to study Europasaurus. He is the director of the Natural History Museum of Bayreuth.

Nicole Klein (Ph.D. 2004) was awarded two grant for her own position by the DFG in and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

Jörg Fröbisch (Diploma degree 2003) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of the University of Toronto, Canada. Supervisor Robert Reisz. In 2010, Jörg was awarded a Kovalewskaia Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to found his own working group at the Naturkundemuseum Berlin. He also was awarded a full professorship at Humboldt University Berlin.

Nadia Fröbisch (née Stöcker, Diploma degree 2003) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Supervisor Robert Carroll. Nadia received the prestigious Romer Prize of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2006 and an equally prestigious Emmy Noether grant of the DFG in 2011. She is now a full professor of paleontology at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Humboldt University.

Lars Schmitz (Diploma degree 2002) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of the University of California, Davis. Supervisor Ryosuke Motani. Lars Schmitz received the Bernhard Rendel Price of the DFG in 2005. He is now an associate professor of biology at the Claremont Colleges, Pomona, California.

Walter Joyce (Diploma degree 1999) was admitted to the Ph.D. program of Yale University, New Haven, USA. Supervisor Jaques Gauthier. Walter received the prestigious Romer Prize of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2005. He is now a full professor of paleontology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

External Student Supervision Committee Memberships

(Usually including examination of candidate at home university):

• Ph.D. Dissertation Aaron LeBlanc, University of Toronto, Canada (submitted 2017)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Sebastian Stumpf, University of Greifswald, Germany (submitted 2017)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Konstantin Hallmann, University of Mainz, Germany (submitted 2016)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Frederik Spindler, Technical University Freiberg, Germany (submitted 2015)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Christophe Hendrickx, Universita Autonoma de Lisboa, Portugal (submitted 2014)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Emanuel Tschopp, Universita Autonoma de Lisboa, Portugal (submitted 2014)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Michael Buchwitz, Technical University Freiberg, Germany (submitted 2011)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Robin Cuthbertson, University of Calgary, Canada (submitted 2011)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Tom Hübner, University of Munich, Germany (submitted 2010)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Jan Werner, University of Mainz, Germany (submitted 2010)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Aurelien Bernard, University of Lyon, France (submitted 2010)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Shoji Hayashi, Hokkaido University, Japan (submitted 2010)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Regina Fechner, University of Munich, Germany (submitted 2009)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Kristian Remes, University of Munich, Germany (submitted 2008)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Thomas Keller, University of Frankfurt, Germany (submitted 2008)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Nicky Davis, University of Bristol, UK (submitted 2006)
• Ph.D. Dissertation André J. Veldmeijer, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (submitted 2006)
• M.Sc. Thesis Tom Guldenberg, University of Oslo, Norway (submitted 2005)
• Ph.D. Dissertation Johannes Müller, University of Mainz, Germany (submitted 2002)

 

Research Interests and List of Research Grants

Research Interests

• Dinosaur biology and evolution and its implications for land vertebrate evolution
• Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evolution and biogeography
• Large-scale patterns and adaptive trends in tetrapod evolution
  • Endothermy
  • Gigantism
  • Reproductive biology: Egg laying vs. live birth
  • Secondary aquatic adaptation
  • Mass extinction
• Fossilization: the material nature of fossils
• Fossil vertebrate hard tissues: bone histology and enamel microstructure
• History of Science
  • Origin of paleoart
  • Early history of paleontological collections
• Reproductive biology

Grants Received

2022 DFG research grant, project title: “The enigmatic Omphalosaurus: the key to the early evolution of ichthyosaurs in the Triassic?” (together Dr. Tanja Wintrich): Salary for a Postdoc for three years (€ 216,000.00) plus € 21,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel.

2021 Speaker, DFG Research Unit 2685, 2nd funding period: "The Limits of the Fossil Record: Analytical and Experimental Approaches to Fossilization". The unit consists of 9 regular DFG grants and a coordination grant and is coordinated by me. Total amount of grant: € 2.7 million.

2021 DFG research grant, project title: “Nose dive upside down: A new look at the ichthyosaur taphonomy and implications for paleobiology”: Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years (€ 133,000.00), a student helper for 36 months (€ 6,000.00), plus € 15,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel.

2020 Inhouse grant from the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science of the University of Bonn for a new scanning electron microscope with EDS capability (€ 130,000.00)

2019 Landschaftsverband Rheinland Regionale Kulturförderung grant for training young citizen scientists by accessioning fossil collections: Salary for a curator for two years, a student helper for 24 months, and € 6,000 for consumables, totalling € 130,000.00

2019 DFG research grant for fieldwork in the marine Triassic of Spitsbergen together with Dr. Nicole Klein, Dr. Tanja Wintrich, and Prof. Jens Lehmnann: € 58,000.00

2018 NSFC 3-year research grant “Evolution of thalattosaurs: biodiversity, phylogeny and biogeography” (project no. NSFC 41772003) together with Prof. Jun Liu (Hefei) and Prof. Patrick Druckenmiller (Fairbanks): RMB 800,000.00

2018 BMBF (Federal research ministry) research grant 01 U01827C: “Object Language and Aesthetics – Valuing the Object in Relation to Historical Aspects Exemplified by Conchylia” Total amount of grant (my part): € 189,000.00

2018 Speaker, DFG Research Unit 2685, 1st funding period: "The Limits of the Fossil Record: Analytical and Experimental Approaches to Fossilization". The unit consists of 9 regular DFG grants and a coordination grant and is coordinated by me. Total amount of grant: € 2.2 million.

2017 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) research grant (together with AvH fellow Dr. Jennifer Anné): € 19,200.00

2017 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) research grant (together with AvH fellow Dr. Liu Jun): € 19,200.00

2017 DFG research grant, project title: “A View from the Other Side of the World: Middle Triassic Ichthyosaurs of Nevada and Their Implications for the Initial Phase of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution in the Eastern Pacific Realm”: Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 36 months, plus € 70,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel.

2017 Landschaftsverband Rheinland Regionale Kulturförderung grant for accessioning the fossil plant collection of Rolf Goßmann: Salary for a curator for two years, a student helper for 24 months, and € 6,000 for consumables.

2015 DFG research grant, project title: “Origin and Early Diversification of Plesiosauria and the Influence of the End-Triassic Extinction Event: Insights from the First Unequivocal Triassic Plesiosaurs”: Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 36 months, plus € 11,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel

2015 DFG research grant, project title: “Reconstruction of the Swimming Style of Jurassic Plesiosaurs Using Muscle Reconstruction, Bone Histology, and Modern Finite Element Methods”: Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 36 months, plus € 25,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel (with Ulrich Witzel, Bochum)

2015 DFG research grant, project title: “Cortical Bone Remodeling and Haversian Bone in Amniotes: a Deep-time and Comparative Perspective”: € 89,000.00 for salary for a Ph.D. student for two years, a student helper for 24 months, equipment, supplies, materials, travel

2015 DFG grant for supporting the Third International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH 2015) in Bonn, Germany: € 20,000.00

2014 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for the collecting of a giant predatory ichthyosaur from the Triassic of Nevada: US $19,400.00 (with Lars Schmitz, Claremont)

2014 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) research grant (together with AvH fellow Dr. Aurore Canoville): € 14,400.00

2014 DFG research grant, project title: “Marine Reptiles from Nevada: Recovery of a Middle Triassic Pregnant Ichthyosaur and the First Unequivocally Lower Triassic Ichthyosaurs from North America”: € 23,500.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel

2013 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) research grant (together with AvH fellow Dr. Anneke van Heteren): € 19,200.00

2012 DFG grant for organizing a Round Table Discussion Meeting: approx. € 15,000.00

2012 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) research grant (together with AvH fellow Dr. Alexandra Houssaye): € 19,200.00

2012 DFG research grant, project title: "Pelycosaur Long Bone Histology: Implications for the Origins of Endothermy in the Mammalian Lineage". Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 36 months, plus € 18,000.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel

2011 DFG research grant, project title: "Revision of the basal sphenacodonts (Haptodontinae)". Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 36 months, plus € 4,700.00 for equipment, supplies, materials, travel (with Jörg Schneider, Freiberg)

2011 Volkswagen Foundation grant: “Europasaurus Project” Total amount of grant:
€ 485,000.00 (with Oliver Wings, Berlin)

2010 Speaker, DFG Research Unit 533, 3rd funding period: "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: The Evolution of Gigantism". The unit consisted of 12 regular DFG grants and is coordinated by me. For details see www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de. Total amount of grant: approx. € 800,000.00.

2010 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for the collecting of the enigmatic marine reptile Omphalosaurus from the Triassic of Nevada: US $19,400.00 (with Lars Schmitz, Davis, Nadia Fröbisch, Chicago, and Jörg Fröbisch, Chicago)

2009 DFG research grant, project title: "Europasaurus". Salary for a Ph.D. student for one year, a student helper for 12 months, plus € 6000.00 for supplies, materials, travel

2009 DFG travel grant for research on Triassic marine vertebrates in China: € 7,000.00

2009 DFG research grant, project title: "Swiss Plateosaurus”. Salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a student helper for 24 months, plus € 15.500.00 for supplies, materials, travel

2008 DFG major equipment grant for GE Phoenix µCT scanner (PI Prof. Thomas Martin, Co-PIs Prof. Martin Sander and Prof. Jes Rust): € 300,000.00

2008 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for the collecting of a giant predatory ichthyosaur from the Triassic of Nevada: US $20,000.00 (with Nadia Fröbisch, Montreal, Jörg Fröbisch, Toronto, and Lars Schmitz, Davis)

2007 Speaker, DFG Research Unit 533, 2nd funding period: "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: The Evolution of Gigantism". The unit consisted of 12 regular DFG grants and is coordinated by me. For details see www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de. Total amount of grant: € 2.0 million.

2006 DFG travel grant for research on Carnian marine vertebrates in China: € 4,500.00

2004 Speaker, DFG Research Unit 533, 1st funding period: "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: The Evolution of Gigantism". The unit consisted of 12 regular DFG grants and was coordinated by me. For details see www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de. Total amount of grant: € 1.44 million.

2004 DFG travel grant for research on Carnian marine vertebrates in China: € 3,000.00

2003 DFG research grant, project title: "Turtle Shell Bone Histology" salary for a Ph.D. student for three years, a preparator for 6 months, plus € 30,000.00 for supplies, materials, travel

2001 DFG research grant, project title “Evolution of the Ichthyosauria: Character-based Phylogenies and the Fossil Record Compared” as part of the DFG Graduate College project on Evolution and Biodiversity in Time and Space. Salary to hire one Ph.D. student for three years, plus DM 30,000 for supplies, materials, travel

1999 DFG grant to cover printing expenses for monograph “The Microstructure of Reptilian Tooth Enamel: Terminology, Function and Phylogeny”: DM 14,000.00

1997 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for the collection of Triassic marine vertebrates in north-central Nevada: US $ 17,000.00 (with Dr. O. Rieppel, Chicago, and Dr. G. Storrs, Cincinnati)

1997 DFG research grant, project title “Postnatal Growth and Individual Age of the Tendaguru Sauropods”: DM 16,000.00

1996 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for prospecting for marine vertebrate fossils in the Middle Triassic of Nevada
US $ 5,900.00 (with Dr. O. Rieppel, Chicago, and Dr. G. Storrs, Cincinnati)

1995 – 1997 DFG research grant, project title “Sauropod Biology”: salaries for two Ph.D. students for two years plus DM 21,000.00 for supplies, materials, travel

1995 Field Research Grant of the Dinosaur Society, for fieldwork at dinosaur nesting sites in northern Spain: US $7,519.00

1995 ABM grant, German Unemployment Agency, for the renovation of the systematic hall of the Goldfuß-Museum: salary to hire a curatorial assistant for two years

1994 DFG meeting grant in support of an international workshop on enamel microstructure: DM 32,500.00 (with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)

1993 Field Research Grant, National Geographic Society, for the collecting of Triassic marine vertebrates in north-central Nevada: US $12,000.00 (with Dr. O. Rieppel, Chicago)

1992 - 1994 DFG research grant, project title “Origin of Enamel Prisms”: two-year post-doc salary plus DM 5,500.00 (with Prof. Dr. W. v. Koenigswald)

1990 - 1992 DFG research fellowship, project title “Reptile Enamel”: two-year post-doc salary plus DM 9,303.00 operating funds

1987 - 1988 EARTHWATCH Field Research Grant for the large-scale excavation of a dinosaur bonebed in northern Switzerland (project title "Alpine Dinosaurs"): approx. US $ 80,000.00

1985 Doctoral research grant, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, for three years (I only needed to make use of this grant for three months.)

1982 - 1984 Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant for travel expenses from Germany to Austin and back

1982 - 1983 University of Freiburg - University of Texas at Austin Exchange Fellowship, stipend for living expenses, tuition waiver

Fieldwork

I have led the following field campaigns, at least 5 days in duration (but usually much longer), listed by date first conducted:

• 2022 (planned): Reconnaissance fieldwork in the Early and Middle Triassic marine formations of the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, directed at giant ichthyosaurs
• 2021: High Alpine reconnaissance fieldwork focussed on Late Triassic marine vertebrates, specifically giant ichthyosaurs, in the Kössen Formation of eastern Switzerland (Schesaplana Mountain, Crachenhorn Mountain near Davos) together with Dr. Torsten Scheyer (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• 2019: Reconnaissance fieldwork in the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of northern British Columbia, Canada, directed at giant ichthyosaurs
• 2019: Reconnaissance fieldwork in the Late Triassic of the French Pacific department of New Caledonia, directed at giant ichthyosaurs
• 2016: Late Cretaceous extensional basins of southen and eastern China to study oviraptor dinosaur reproductive biology. The fieldwork was conducted together with Dr. Yang Tzu-Ruei (Taiwan National Museum of Natural History).
• 2016, 2018, 2019: Early Triassic of Anhui, eastern China, yielding some of the earliest Triassic marine reptiles. The fieldwork was conducted together with Dr. Liu Jun (Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China).
• 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (planned): Rhaetian of Bonenburg, eastern Westphalia, Germany: Excavation of a classical bonebed at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary including dinosaurs. The work was performed under under the leadership of Dr. Tanja Wintrich in 2017, 2018, and 2019
• 2013: Reconnaissance fieldwork in the Triassic and Jurassic of Xinjiang, China. The work was focused on Middle and Late Jurassic dinosaur localities of the Jungar and Turfan-Hami basins and was conducted together with my Bonn collegue Prof. Thomas Martin and Prof. Sun Ge of Jilin University, China.
• 2010, 2011: Lower Permian of North Texas, recovery of pelycosaur material for the Bonn collections and for histological study, together with Dr. Koen Stein and Christen Shelton
• 2005: Middle Triassic of Winterswijk, The Netherlands, collecting of marine reptile fossil and terrestrial reptile trackways. The work has been continued under the leadership of Dr. Nicole Klein until 2014 and since then by Dutch collegues Dr. Jelle Reumer and Dr. Anne Schulp of the University of Utrecht.
• 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2018, 2019: Middle Triassic of Guizhou, SW China, faunal content, sedimentology, and taphonomy of the different marine reptile localities in the region. From 2004 to 2009, this fieldwork was conducted with Prof. Wang Xiao-Feng of the Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources of the Chinese Geological Survey. Since 2018, the fieldwork was conducted together with Dr. Liu Jun (Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China).
• 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 (planned): Lower and Middle Triassic of Nevada, collecting of the marine reptile fauna from the remote Augusta Mountains. This fieldwork is physically very demanding because of the endurance required in accessing the excavation sites by hiking and working in changing weather conditions from very hot to very cold. Accomodation is in tents, and the nearest town can be reached by dirt road in two hours.
• 1988: Late Triassic Plateosaurus bonebed in Frick, Switzerland, excavation in the dinosaur bonebed for taphonomic data collecting. Since 2007, I have been the scientific advisor to the annual excavation campaigns of the Sauriermusem Frick and the Cantone Aargau.
• 1985, 1988, 1989: Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, stratigraphy and sedimentology of the marine reptile fossil deposits
• 1982, 1983, 1984: Lower Permian of North Texas, sedimentology and taphonomy of vertebrate fossil deposits

Peer Review for Journals and Funding Agencies

I am regularly reviewing proposals for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the geosciences and biology sections, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). I have also reviewed several proposals for the National Geographic Society, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the ROLEX Award, NSF (USA), NSERC Canada, the National Research Foundation of South Africa, and the German-Israeli Research Foundation, the ANR France, the fnrs Belgium, and many other granting agencies. I have also reviewed several tenure applications and promotional packages. I am regularly reviewing manuscripts for international scientific journals, including Science and Nature.

I have been invited to review manuscripts for the following journals (list is not exhaustive). I accept a total of 10 to 15 reviews per year:

Acta Paleontologica Polonica (multiple)
Anatomical Record (multiple)
Annales de Paleontologie (multiple)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (multiple)
Biology Letters (multiple)
Biological Reviews (Cambridge Philosophical Society) (multiple)
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France (multiple)
Canadian Journal of Earth Science (multiple)
Chinese Science Bulletin
Compte Rendus PalEvol (multiple)
Cretaceous Research (multiple)
Current Biology (multiple)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Experientia
Experimental Biology
Facies
Fossil Record (multiple)
Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen
Historical Biology (multiple)
Lethaia
Memoirs of the Museum of Paleontology of the University of California
National Science Reviews (multiple)
Nature (many)
Nature Communications (multiple)
Naturwissenschaften/The Science of Nature (multiple)
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie (multiple)
Italian Journal of Zoology
Integrative Zoology
Integrative and Comparative Biology
Journal of Anatomy (multiple)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Morphology (multiple)
Journal of Ornithology
Journal of Paleontology (multiple)
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (countless)
Palaeontology (multiple)
Paläontologische Zeitschrift (multiple)
Palaios (multiple)
Paleobiology (multiple)
Paleontological Research (Japan)
Palaeontographica (multiple)
Palaeontologica Electronica (multiple)
Palaeo-3 (multiple)
PeerJ (multiple)
PLoS Biology (multiple)
PLoS ONE (multiple)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (multiple)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B (multiple)
Review of Paleobotany and Palynology
Revista Brasileira Paleontologia
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (multiple)
Royal Society Open Science (multiple)
Science (multiple)
Scientific Reports (multiple)
Southern California Academy of Science Bulletin
Swiss Journal of Earth Sciences (multiple)
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences
Trends in Ecology and Evolution (multiple)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (multiple)
Zoomorphology

Organization of Scientific Meetings

2018 "Mesoszoic Terrestrial Ecosystems 13" in Bonn, Germany (scientific board member)

2017 – present Semi-annual workshops of the DFG Research Unit 2685 "Fossilization"

2015 "Third International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH 2015)" in Bonn, Germany

2012 "Transdisciplinary Paleobiology of Fossil Tetrapods: Detecting Evolutionary Constraints and Developing Evolutionary Cascade Models" Roundtable Discussion Meeting, funded by the DFG

2011 "First International Symposium on Paleohistology" in Barcelona, Spain (organizing committee member)

2011 "2nd International Workshop on Sauropod Biology and Evolution" sponsored by the DFG Research Unit 533 in Bonn, Germany

2010 One-day symposium at ICVM-9 in Uruguay "Gigantism in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Lessons Learned from Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs and the Comparison with Mammalian Megaherbivores"

2008 "1st International Workshop on Sauropod Biology and Evolution" sponsored by the DFG Research Unit 533 in Bonn, Germany

2003 – 2014 16 Semiannual workshops of the DFG Research Unit 533 "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs" in Bonn, Germany

2002 Symposium "Biology of the Dinosaurs" at the GEO 2002 meeting in Würzburg, Germany

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

1998 "First Bonn Workshop on Pylogenetic Systematics” together with B. Misof

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

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

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

Community Services

2017 - present Founding member, European Centre of Palaeontology
2014 - 2020 Member, Foundation Board, Leibnitz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

2014 - 2020 Chair, Scientific Advisory Council, Foundation Board, Leibnitz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

2014 Organizer and leader, field trip for SVP Meeting in Berlin, Germany
2011 - 2017 Member, Committee on Beam Time Applications at BESSY synchrotron, Helmholtz Center Berlin, Germany
2011 - 2020 Scientific Advisory Council, Leibnitz Institute Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
2008 Organizer and leader, field trip for SVP Meeting in Bristol, UK
2008 Task Force on Advertising and Exhibits, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
2007 - 2009 Member, Romer-Simpson Medal Committee, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

2007 Organizer and leader, Field trip for SVP Meeting in Austin, Texas
2006 - 2009 Member, Council of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft
1997 - 2003 Co-Editor, Paläontologische Zeitschrift
1989 Co-Organizer and leader, field trip for SVP Meeting in Austin, Texas

Managerial and Administrative Duties
Research management

• Coordinator (Speaker) of a DFG Research Unit (FOR 2685) at the University of Bonn since 2018 with 10 projects. This also includes budget management of the central funds allocated to the group.
• Coordinator (Speaker) of a geographically distributed DFG Research Unit (FOR 533) 2004-2014 with 12 projects. This also includes budget management of the central funds allocated to the group.
• Principal investigator on many DGF-funded projects

Goldfuß Museum

• Head, overseeing a permanent staff of two, temporary curatorial and research staff, and student helpers

Personnel

• Personnel manager for the technical staff in the institute, plus on average 6 postdocs and graduate students and 8 student helpers

Other responsibilities within the institute include:

• Overseeing building projects and renovation
• Computer network supervision
• Purchasing of equipment

 

Curation of Exhibitions

Museum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Research, Bonn, Germany
In October 2019, Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, opened an 800 m² exhibition entitled “GROSS, GRÖSSER, DINOSAURIER: Aus dem Labor der Gigantismus-Forscher" on dinosaur gigantism and body size evolution through time. I was the guest curator for this exhibition, which closed in May 2021.

Yomiuri Shinbun at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
In July 2015, the Japanese media house Yomiuri Shinbun opened a 4000 m² exhibition at the Makuhari Messe fairgrounds in Tokyo entitled “Mega-Dinosaurs" on dinosaur gigantism and body size evolution through time. I was the guest curator for this exhibition, which drew 260 000 visitors in 6 weeks. The exhibition was also shown at the Osaka Museum of Natural History.

American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA
In April 2011, the American Museum of Natural History in New York opened a 700 m² traveling exhibition entitled "Titans. The World's Largest Dinosaurs. The Science Behind Their Size" that features my work and that of DFG Research Unit 533. I was the Guest Co-curator (together with Dr. Mark Norell) for this exhibition, which is still travelling around the world.

Goldfuß-Museum, University of Bonn, Germany
June 2019 - March 2021"Nacktfarne und Mammutbäume - Bürgerwissenschaftler zeigen ihre rheinischen Pflanzenfossiline” Produced as part of a LVR project in collaboration with Philipp Knaus, Bonn.

March 2011 - January 2012 "Winterswijk Steengroeve: Saurier und Fährten" (Saurians and tracks from the Winterswijk quarry). In collaboration with Dr. N. Klein, Bonn.

since Juni 2000 "Was Fossilien erzählen..." Dauerausstellung zur allgemeinen Paläontologie (What fossils tell us…. permanent exhibition about general paleontology).

November 1998 – March 1999 "Georg August Goldfuß - ein Wissenschaftlerleben in der Romantik" (Georg August Goldfuß – a scientist’s life in the 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 bones – 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 collection)

Travelling exhibitions at the Goldfuß-Museum:

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 Erdgeschichtlichen Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz)
 

 

Invited Talks

International Symposia

2022 Keynote lecture IX Symposium about Dinosaurs Palaeontology and Their Environment at Museum of Dinosaurs of Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, Spain

2018 Plenary lecture at Marburg Nephrology Symposium, University of Marburg Medical Center, Germany

2018 Symposium “Paleophysiology” at the 5th International Paleontological Congress, Paris, France

2015 EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Workshop “Extraembryonic-Embryonic Interfaces” in Göttingen, Germany

2014 Symposium “Sauropod Dinosaurs: Phylogeny and Biology of Giants” at the 4th International Palaeontological Congress, Mendoza, Argentina

2013 SVP Symposium on "Ontogeny Changes Everything: Paleobiological Implications of Dinosaur Growth”, Los Angeles, USA

2013 ICVM 9 Symposium “Paleohistology“ in Barcelona, Spain

2010 Symposium on "Perspectives on Vertebrate Evolution: Topics and Problems"
to celebrate the retirement of Professor Armand de Ricqlès, College de France, Paris, France

2010 Symposium on "Evolutionary Constraints" organized by the University College London and held at the Zoological Society of London, London, England

2010 Symposium on “Stegosauria" at the Sauriermuseum, Aathal, Switzerland

2009 Paleohistology Workshop at NESCENT (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center), Durham, North Carolina, USA

2008 Keynote lecture, annual meeting of Paleobiologische Kring in Winterswijk, The Netherlands

2008 Symposium "Fossilized Ontogenies" at the 3^rd meeting of the European Society for Evolution and Development, Ghent, Belgium

2006 SVP Symposium on "Global Perspective on Marine Reptiles and their Evolution"; Ottawa, Canada

2005 SVP Symposium on "The Evolution of Giants": Mesa, Arizona, USA

2003 SVP Symposium on "Biomineralization: Patterns, Processes, and Analysis of Modern and Fossil Vertebrate Skeletal Tissues"; St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

2002 44. Phylogenetisches Symposium, Museum Alexander König, Bonn, Germany

2001 SVP Symposium on "Advances in Bone Paleohistology", Bozeman, Montana, USA

1997 Symposium on "Vertebrate Paleontology in Europe”, Third International Congress of Herpetology, Prag, Czech Republic

1994 SVP Symposium on "Marine Reptiles of the Mesozoic", Seattle, USA

1992 SVP Symposium on "Enamel Microstructure in Mammalian Evolution", Toronto, Canada

1992 Second Georges Cuvier Symposium "Dinosaurs and Other Fossil Reptiles of Europe", Montbéliard, France

1991 Workshop on “Triassic Marine Vertebrates”, Milano, Italy

1988 Workshop "Skeletochronology", First International Congress of Herpetology, Canterbury, England

Invitations to Colloquia and Public Lectures

2022 Lecture at annual meeting of the National Geology Student’s Association, Aachen, Germany

2022 Seminar talk at the School of Dentistry, University of Bonn, Germany

2021 Lecture at annual meeting of the National Geology Student’s Association, Aachen, Germany

2021 Public lecture at the Confucius Institute affiliated with the University of Bonn, Germany

2021 Keynote lecture in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Sauriermuseum Frick, Switzerland

2020 Public lecture at Great Basin Brewery, Reno, Nevada, USA

2019 Guided tour of dinosaur exhibition at Museum Koenig Bonn for Department of Human Anatomy, University of Bonn, Germany

2019 Public lecture at Great Basin Brewery, Reno, Nevada, USA

2018 Invited lecture at Maha Sarahkam University, Maha Sarakam, Thailand

2018 Public lecture at Great Basin Brewery, Reno, Nevada, USA

2018 Public lecture at Dutch Geological Association, Winterswijk, The Netherlands

2018 Public lecture at Sociedade de História Natural, Torres Vedras, Portugal

2017 Public lecture at Great Basin Brewery, Reno, Nevada, USA

2017 Public lecture at City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

2017 Invited lecture at University of Crato, Ceara State, Brazil

2017 Invited lecture at University of San Carlos, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

2017 Public lecture at State Museum of Natural History, Braunschweig, Germany

2016 Invited lecture at Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China

2016 Invited lecture at Couven Museum, Aachen, Germany

2015 Public lecture at LWL Landesmuseum für Naturkunde, Münster

2015 Public lecture at Geologische Gesellschaft Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

2015 University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences seminar series, Los Angeles, USA

2014 Los Angles County Museum, Department of Research and Collections lecture series, Los Angeles, USA

2014 Yale University, Department of Geology lecture series, New Haven, USA

2014 Keynote lecture at the Arbeitskreis Wirbeltierpaläontologie, Laimering, Germany

2014 Fukui Prefecture Museum Asian Dinosaur Symposium keynote lecture, Fukui, Japan

2014 Invited lecture at Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA

2014 Public lecture at Humboldt County Museum, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA

2014 Evening lecture at University Club Bonn, Germany

2013 Two invited lectures at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China

2013 Invited lecture at the Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, USA

2012 Public lecture at Natural History Museum St. Gallen, Switzerland

2012 W. Langston lectures and short course at the University of Texas at Austin, USA

2012 Departmental lecture at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

2012 Public evening lecture at the 100th anniversary meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany

2012 Public lecture at the Experimenta, Heilbronn, Germany

2012 Public lecture at the University of Bayreuth, Germany

2011 Colloquium at the University of Siegen, Germany

2011 Two lectures at European Short Course at Ecole Normal Superieur Lyon, Lyon, France

2011 Public lecture at the University of Hamburg, Germany

2011 Los Angles County Museum, Department of Research and Collections lecture series, Los Angeles, USA

2011 Public lecture and short course at Naturmuseum Bozen, Italy

2010 Public lecture at Naturmuseum Bozen, Bozen, Italy

2010 Invited lecture at the annual meeting of the VFMG in Heidelberg, Germany

2010 Public lecture at University of Cologne by invitation of the Rektor, Germany

2010 Public lecture at the Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

2010 Public lecture at the Kinderuniversität of the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

2010 Public lecture at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

2010 Colloquium at the VetSuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

2009 Invited lecture, annual meeting of the NHV, Bonn, Germany

2009 Invited lecture Festvortrag, annual meeting for Visceralchirurgie, University of Bonn Medical School, Germany

2009 Invited lecture, 51. Phylogenetisches Symposium, Natural History Museum, Braunschweig, Germany

2008 Public lecture at Studium generale of the University of Hohenheim, Germany

2008 Lecture for the paleozoology professorship, Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2007 Public evening lecture at the annual meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in Freiberg, Germany

2007 Public lecture at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany

2006 Keynote lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany

2006 Public lecture in Eislingen near Stuttgart as part of the exhibit "In einem Meer vor unserer Zeit", Germany

2006 Lecture at W.-D. Heinrich retirement colloquium in Berlin, Germany

2006 Public lecture in the Bonn City Hall, Germany

2005 Alberti Lecture, Alberti Foundation, Ingelfingen, Germany

2004 Opening lecture for an exhibit, Sauriermuseum Aathal, Switzerland

2004 Colloquium, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Halle University, Germany

2003 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. H.P. Schultze, Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2003 Lecture at the Dutch Geological Society in Winterswijk, The Netherlands

2003 Public lecture, Museum Schloß Salder, Salzgitter, Germany

2002 Lecture as part of the event "Himmel und Erde”, University of Bonn, Germany

2002 Sunday Matinee, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2001 Lecture as part of the event "Leben-Begreifen" for the Jahr der Biowissenschaften

2001 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. E. Flügel, Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen, Germany

2001 Colloquium, Zoological Institute, University of Bonn, Germany

2000 Public evening lecture in Natural History Museum, Kassel, Germany

2000 Colloquium, Zoological Institute, Universität Essen, Germany

2000 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. H. Rieber, Paläontologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland

1999 Lecture for the succession for Prof. Dr. V. Fahlbusch, Institute for Paleontology und Historical Geology, Universität München, Germany

1999 Lecture in context of the Studium generale, University of Tübingen, Germany

1999 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. B. Krebs, Institute of Paleontology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

1998 Lecture in the context of the Studium generale, University of Tübingen, Germany

1997 Lecture at the Mineral and Fossils Friends Society, Bayer Leverkusen, Germany

1997 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. W. Reif, Institute for Geology and Paleontology, University of Tübingen, Germany

1996 Public evening lecture in the Museum Alexander König, Bonn, Germany

1996 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. D. Herm, Institute for Paleontology und Historical Geology, Universität München, Germany

1995 Lecture at the VFMG Köln/Bonn, Germany

1995 Lecture at "Dies Academicus", Universität Bonn, Germany

1994 Evening lecture at the geowissenschaftlichen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bünde, Germany

1993 Public short lecture for the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany

1992 Public evening lecture at the annual meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany

1992 Lecture for the succession of Prof. Dr. M. Jaeger, Naturkunde-Museum der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

1991 Public evening lecture, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany

1991 Public evening lecture, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Museum, Universität Münster, Germany

1989 Evening lecture from the lecture series of the Fossil Friends of Bern, Germany

1989 One day seminar, Teachers Association Frick, Germany

1989 Colloquium, Universität Bonn, Germany

1988 Colloquium, Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland

1986 Colloquium, Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland

1985 Lecture in the winter lecture series of the Zürcher Geologischen Gesellschaft, Switzerland

1985 Colloquium, Paläontologisches Institut und Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland
 

Media Appearances

Needless to say, studying dinosaurs and other large extinct creatures has led to numerous media appearances, as a search of the internet will quickly reveal. I have appeared on very many occasions in TV and radio shows in different countries, beginning in 1988 on Swiss national TV.

There have also been very many print media articles about my work and that of the DFG Research Units 533 and 2685, the large coordinated DFG projects I have been leading for the last 18 years. Highlights arguably were articles in Germany's leading news magazine Der Spiegel in 2006, the British New Scientist in 2009, the New York Times in 2011 and 2021, and CNN in 2021. I believe talking to the media is very important, and I have always made time for journalists seeking information.

Appearances in the digital media include the Science TV project of the DFG for which Research Unit 533 was chosen in 2007 together with nine other projects during the pilot phase. We contributed footage for 12 episodes which were then turned into professionally produced 3-minute videos in German and English.

My research on fossilization also receives extensive reporting by the media. Our outreach activities are also evidenced by an average of six press releases per year from my group through the University of Bonn and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
 

Membership in Professional Societies

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Paleontological Society

Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Council member 1997-2003 and 2006 - 2009)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

Awards

2012 Nomination for DFG Communicator Prize

2009 Best Student Paper award with Ragna Redelstorff, JVP

Placing in Selection for Professorial Positions

2007    1st place W2 - Professor of Paleontology, University of Bonn

2002    3rd place, C4 - Professor of Paleontology, University of Erlangen

2001    3rd place, C4 - Professor of Paleozoology University of Zurich

2000    3 rd place, C3 - Professor of Paleontology, Free University Berlin

1997    2nd place, C3 - Professor of Paleontology, University of Tübinge