Wolfgang Kiessling
Lichtenberg Professor of Evolutionary Paleoecology
Museum für Naturkunde –
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions-
und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Invalidenstr. 43
D-10115 Berlin
Germany

Wolfgang Kiessling is Associate Professor of Paleontology at Humboldt University. He received his diploma and doctoral degree at the University of Erlangen and was a research associate at the University of Erlangen, Humboldt University, and the University of Chicago. He is interested in large-scale analyses of the fossil record, especially of reef organisms. His research combines field work and analysis of large databases. Three major questions driving his research are: (1) What controls the stability of complex ecosystems on long temporal scales; (2) what is the role of global change on biodiversity dynamics and ecological changes in reefs; and (3) what are the causes and evolutionary consequences of mass extinctions?