Ph.D. Thesis
The Rhaetian Bonebed of SW-Germany– Taphonomy of an exceptional Fossillagerstätte
Education & Professional life
Since 2019:
Ph.D. candidate at the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institute of Applied Geosciences
Since 2015:
Exhibition curator at the Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt
2009-2014:
Curator of the geo-paleontological collection and museum of the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
2008-2009:
Researcher at the Technical University of Munich, project leader „Informationsoffensive oberflächennahe Geothermie 2008-2011, Geologische Karte von Bayern 1 : 25 000, Blatt 8029 Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz“
2000-2007:
Diploma studies of geology and paleontology at the University of Tübingen and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Topic of the diploma: Middle Miocene (Langhian) Reptiles (Crocodylia and Chelonia) from Gebel Zelten (Libya) and their significance for paleoclimatology [in german]
Awards
- 2009
„Werner und Inge Grüter-Preis für Wissenschaftsvermittlung“ for the convincing and successful commitment to imparting paleontological knowledge since his early youth - 2007
„Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Eislingen/Fils“ for the exceptional work at the exhibition „In einem Meer vor unserer Zeit – das Jurameer vor 181 Millionen Jahren“
