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current group members

Working Group Mammalia

PD Dr. Thomas M. Kaiser

Head of the group, Curator of mammals

Thomas M. Kaiser is doing research in the fields of zoology and palaeontology. He is the curator of the mammal collection and the editor of the "Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut". His main interest is in functional morphology of the mammal dentition, paleodiet of herbivores and evolution of mammals. Current research topics are the reconstruction of habitat use and resource partitioning in Neogene and modern living herbivorous mammal communities.

Dr. Ellen Schulz

Post-doctoral fellow of the German Research Foundation

Ellen Schulz is working on feeding ecology and functional morphology of herbivorous ungulates in space and time. She graduated from Greifswald University with a Diploma in zoology, ecology and palaeontology and a PhD from Hamburg University in zoology focused on feeding behaviour, age and sexual segregation of recent and fossil equids worldwide. Ellen Schulz is involved in the research group 771 (German Research Foundation) applying industrial 3D surface analyses on occlusal tooth surfaces.

Caroline Braune

Diploma student

Caroline is currently assistant in literture research and acquisition

Sven Frass

Diploma student

Sven is currently student assistant in curation and speciemen databasing

Jessica Weigand

Diploma student

Jessica is currently student assistant in specimen moulding and databasing. Her interest in in dental microwear analysis of extant and fossil un gulates and primates.