Main research interests- Taxonomy, phylogeny, and ecology of Late Palaeozoic - Mesozoic bivalves
- Biotic versus environmental forcing of macroevolution
- Determinants of species longevity
- Mass extinctions and recovery patterns
- Triassic palaeoenvironments
External funding- 2023 - 2027: "Effect of mass extinctions, biotic recoveries, and macroecological changes on taxonomic distinctness: A case study on bivalves during the Palaeozoic - Mesozoic transition" (SNF grant 20021/212132/1)
- 2022 - 2025: "Differential extinction and survival of species in a diversity hotspot: A case study on Neogene marine invertebrates of Yule Island (Papua New Guinea)" (grant STWF-22-027).
- 2020: "Mass extinction of gastropods across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary" (SNF grant IZSEZ0_193022 / 1)
- 2016 - 2020: "The second stage of recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction: Ecology, diversity partitioning, and rank-abundance distributions in Middle Triassic marine level-bottom communities" (SNF grant 200021-162402/1).
- 2013 - 2015: "Changes of palaeocommunity structure and diversity partitioning in benthic marine communities during the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition" (SNF grant 200021-149152/1).
- 2011 - 2012: "Recovery of benthic marine communities after the end-Permian mass extinction event: a synecological approach" (one year extension of foregoing project; SNF grant 200020-140350/1).
- 2009 - 2011: "Recovery of benthic marine communities after the end-Permian mass extinction event: a synecological approach" (SNF grant 200021-121774/1).
- 2006 - 2007: "Patterns and processes of species diversification after mass extinctions: A case study on Triassic Pectinoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia)" (EU grant MEIF-CT-2005-023820).
- 2004 - 2005: "Patterns and processes in the early Mesozoic evolution of bivalves" (DFG grants HA 3400/2-1 and HA 3400/2-2).
International academic activities- Palaeontology, science editor
- Papers in Palaeontology, science editor
- Journal of Paleontology, associate editor
- Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, associate editor
- Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy, corresponding member
- Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy, corresponding member
PhD examination committees (external)- 2022 Frida Hybertsen, Stockholm
- 2018 Sabine Nürnberg, Berlin
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