PD Dr.Oliver Hampe
I am responsible for the collections of Fossil Mammalia, Homininae, Geology, and Conodonta. I am co-head of the palaeontological preparation labs. My research focuses on marine mammals, but I also work on aspects of mostly Palaeozoic elasmobranchs and marine reptiles (sauropterygians). Besides evolution and functional morphology, I am particularly interested in palaeopathological findings.
- Collection
- Fossil Vertebrates
- Laboratories
- Paläontologische Präparationslabore
Vita
I studied Chemistry and Geology-Palaeontology in Düsseldorf and Mainz from 1981 to 1987. As a graduated geologist (Diplom-Geologe), I completed 1991 my doctorate at the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz. In 1996, my career began as a curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the MfN. In 2003, I completed my habilitation at Humboldt University in Berlin in the fields of Palaeobiology and Zoology. In 2021, I moved to the Department of Geosciences at the Free University of Berlin.
Further information
During my lectureship at Humboldt University, I represented the fields of Comparative Anatomy and Palaeobiology of the Vertebrates. Since moving to the Freie Universität, I have been teaching Vertebrate Palaeontology and Historial Geology.