Biography Prof. Dr. Alexander Nützel
Function: Research curator, lecturer
Responsibilities: Curation of collections (gastropods, ammonites, brachiopods, bryozoans, historical geology), public relations, teaching
Study of Geology/Paleontology at the universities of Erlangen and Hamburg
- 1992: Diploma (~Master) at University of Hamburg; Thesis: Sedimentology and facies of Upper Cretaceous Flysch deposits of Pobla de Segur (Spain, Southern Pyrenees)
- 1997: Dissertation at the University of Hamburg: Phylogeny of the Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda)
- 1998-1999: Postdoc at the Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- 1999-2001: DFG-stipend at the Institute for Paleontology, University of Erlangen
- 2001-2006: Assistant professor (teaching, research) at the Institute for Palaeontology, University of Erlangen
- 2006: Habilitation
- Seit 2006: curator at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie (Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Geology)
- Seit 2012: Oberkonservator at Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie
- Seit 2013: Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Seit 2019: Vicepresident of the “Paläontologischen Gesellschaft” (PalGes)
- Seit 2021: Vicepresident of the Dachverband der Geowissenschaften (DVGeo)