Kategorie: About me

Project EDDi

EDDi – Evolutionary Dissection of Dinosaurs The vertebral column is a defining feature and a vital body part of vertebrate animals. It is composed of several units – the vertebrae – that are morphologically...

Marie Curie Individual Fellowship

The European Commission has announced the successful applicants to Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships. The grants are part of the Horizon 2020, the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation. I am extremely honoured...

Looking for fossils in New Zealand

Finding, collecting, identifying and cataloging fossils is the basis for research in palaeontology. Amongst others, I was fortunate to gain experience in prospecting and excavating extinct dinosaurs in Argentina (Patagonia) and South-Africa. Most recently,...

New project: Grasping biomechanics in primates

Same lab, new project! I’m excited to announce that I started my next postdoc project on the grasping biomechanics in primates. I look forward to work with Dr. Emmanuelle Pouydebat – an internationally renowned...

Associate Editor at Journal of Zoology

I am delighted to have joined the Editorial Team of the Journal of Zoology! The journal received a great number of high-quality applications as a response to their call for Associate Editors. I am...

Servus! Hi! ハロー!Salut!

I am a vertebrate palaeobiologist with expertise in anatomy, palaeopathology, evolutionary developmental biology (EvoDevo) and functional morphology. After completing my PhD at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Germany), I worked as PostDoc in Japan and...