About me

Born: 1973 in Germany

Current affiliation: Associate Researcher, Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld (Germany) [since 2015]

Previous affiliations: Queensland Museum Brisbane (Australia) [associated researcher from 2001-2002], Institute for Palaeontology, Freie Universität Berlin [free association from 2002-2009]

Memberships: European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Akademie für ökonomische Landeskunde, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Bielefeld und Umgegend

Field trips attended in: Australia, Germany, South Korea, USA

Research interests: Mesozoic marine reptiles (especially plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, thalattosuchians), dinosaurs, pterosaurs, temnospondyls and other fossil tetrapod groups (see Research)

Awards: Jessup Fellowship (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia) [in 2001]

Grant projects: National Science Centre Grant (2023/51/B/NZ8/00899) - Global drivers of plesiosaur evolution during intervals of intense change in Mesozoic marine ecosystems (project leader Daniel Madzia)

Languages: German, English