Scientific Head of Collection

I am the scientific head of the arachnid, myriapod and stem-group arthropod collection. My main research interests are fossil arachnids and their relatives, as well as their comparative anatomy.

Vita

1988-1991, B.Sc. (Hons.) Special Studies Zoology, The University of Leeds, UK 1991-1994, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK 1994-1997, postdoctoral research, The University of Manchester, UK since 1997, curator at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

Further information

Awards and Prizes Wynne-Owen Prize of the University of Leeds (best final year project) Bonnet award (for services to the community) of the International Society of Arachnology Memberships Secretary of the International Society of Arachnology <https://arachnology.org/home> Membership Secretary of the European Society of Arachnology <https://www.european-arachnology.org/esa/> Editorships Editorial board member of Arachnology Letters <https://arages.de/en/journal/arachnology-letters>