Research

Global Change Palaeobiology

Global Change Palaeobiology interprets the response of organisms and ecosystems to past environmental changes, placing emphasis on changes in climate seawater chemistry. This links to the new field of Conservation Palaeobiology, but is broader in that it studies deep time in addition to the recent past. It studies patterns on both regional and global scales, and is interdisciplinary through the merging of ecology and evolution. More

Dynamics of Biodiversity

Understanding the evolutionary and ecological processes that influence the diversity of life is essential to our society and is one of the most intriguing fields of research of our time. We contribute towards internationally significant databases and develop new methods of analysis to provide insights into fundamental mechanisms.More

 

Carbonate Sedimentology and Facies Analysis

Research into carbonate systems has been a focus in Erlangen for decades. Through this, the internationally acclaimed “Flügel Course” on microfacies analysis developed, alongside the publication of the international magazine “FACIES” in Springer-Verlag, one of the world’s most renowned geoscience journals.More