Prof. Wolfgang Kießling among the top 50 of the most-cited scientists worldwide in the field of palaeontology
We warmly congratulate Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling on his outstanding achievement in the Ranking of the Stanford List 2025 in the research in the field of palaeontology. The publication data used for the study is based on a data extract from Scopus in August 2025 and refers to the citation year 2024. Read more...
Between heat and hope: Species conservation in the age of climate change
On October 29, 2025, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling will give a lecture at the Nuremberg Planetarium titled “Between heat and hope: Species conservation in the age of climate change.” The event is part of the lecture series “Species conservation in the Anthropocene: Strategies for a Livable Future.”
Field trip to Gotland: Tropical rocks and fossils from the Silurian period
As part of its regular courses, the GeoZentrum Nordbayern in Erlangen conducts a two-week field exercise on Gotland (Sweden) every two years. This year, master's students in palaeontology once again spent two weeks on the island learning how to measure geological sections on various scales and using different techniques, as well as how to extract information about sedimentary environments from rocks and fossils. Please read more...
9th „Taming the BEAST” Workshop in Beijing
This July, an international team of researchers, co-led by Professor Rachel Warnock, organised a “Taming the BEAST” workshop at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) in Beijing, China. Please read more...
Apply now for the Bachelor’s degree programs at GeoZentrum Nordbayern!
The enrolment for the Bachelor's degree programs in Geosciences takes place until September 30, 2025. For the Master's degree programs, the required deadlines of the Faculty of Natural Sciences are until July 15, 2025. New: Bachelor's degree program: Geo-sustainability - earth system, resources and biodiversity!
Job Advertisement: Akademischer Rat / Akademische Rätin (A13) in Paleontology (f/m/d)
Section Paleontology, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat…
AGELESS project: How fossil data is helping to protect the ocean of the future
The AGELESS project is researching how marine life in the open ocean outside national jurisdiction can be better protected in…
Earth is on its way to the mass extinction – New podcast episode – nordbayern
Palaeontologist and climate impact researcher Prof. Wolfgang Kießling explains why his discipline is undergoing a transformation and what lessons it…
Can nature adapt to climate change? – 7th Mai 2024, 19-21 h
Public event to mark the conclusion of a DFG research group. With lectures by Hans-Otto Pörtner, Lisa Hülsmann and Wolfgang…
Visiting Scientist Mark Patzkowsky
I am a professor of geosciences at Penn State (USA) currently on a five-month sabbatical (March – July 2023) supported…