Jannik Weidtke. Department Paleontology and Evolutionary Research, State Museum of National History Karlsruhe, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany. weidtkejannik@gmail.com
Jannik Weidtke is a paleontologist currently working as collection manager at the natural history museum Karlsruhe (SMNK). His research is about Cenozoic mammals and currently focused on 3D reconstruction of teeth and chewing mechanisms as well as morphological comparison.
Julia A. Schultz. Section Palaeontology, Bonn Institute of Organismic
Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany. jaschultz@uni-bonn.de
The research interest of Julia A. Schultz is functional morphology of the early mammalian dentition. Her PhD thesis was concerned with the reconstruction of mastication pattern of fossil mammal species using striation analysis, facet formation and wear pattern. Since 2012 she is in a post-doc position in the Steinmann-Institut (Universität Bonn) studying mammalian evolution during the Mesozoic focusing on
Michael Morlo. Department Messel Research and Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany. michael.morlo@senckenberg.de
Dr. Michael Morlo works as an honorary scientist at the Department of Messel Research and Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt. He does research in Paleobiology, Systematics (Taxonomy) and Evolution of carnivorous mammals.
Dr. Morlo received a PhD in vertebrate paleontology from the Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz (Germany).
Andreas J. Lang. Section Palaeontology, Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany. andreas.lang@uni-bonn.de
Dr. Andreas Lang is a paleontologist at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. His research focuses on the mammalian evolution, especially the evolution of the morphology and function of mammal teeth, as well as the digitization of fossils and the analysis of 3D data.
Thomas Lehmann. Department Messel Research and Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany. thomas.lehmann@senckenberg.de
Dr. Thomas Lehmann is head of the Palaeomammalogy section at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Lehmann received a PhD in vertebrate paleontology from the University of Poitiers (France). His main research topics deal with key moments in mammalian evolution, like the Eocene Climate Optimum through the study of the Messel Pit Fossil site, and the aftermath of the closure of the Tethys Seaway on African fauna through fieldwork in the early Miocene of Kenya. Finally, he is coordinator for Aardvark in the IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group.
Thomas Martin. Section Palaeontology, Bonn Institute of Organismic Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany. tmartin@uni-bonn.de
Studies of Geology-Palaeontology at the Universities of Mainz and Tübingen, graduation 1987 in Tübingen. Doctoral degree 1991 at Universität Bonn with a dissertation on enamel microstructure in the incisors of hystricognath rodents. 1991-1996 assistant professor at Freie Universität Berlin, 1997- 99 research associate, 2003 associate Professor. 1992/1993 post-doc at the Institut des Sciences de l´ Evolution, Université II at Montpellier (France). 1997 Habilitation at Freie Universität Berlin with a monograph on the Late Jurassic dryolestid mammals from the Guimarota coal mine in Portugal. 1999- 2004 Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 1999 visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History (New York). Since 2002 Visiting Professor of Jilin University (Changchun, China). 2004 Fellow of the Max Kade Foundation (New York) at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. 2005-2006 head of the mammalogy section at the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum in Frankfurt am Main. 2006 to date chair of Palaeontology at Universität Bonn. Research interest evolution of Mesozoic mammals, mammalian ecomorphology, and dental function, more than 140 technical papers. Field programs in China, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, and Argentine Patagonia.
