About
Positions, education, and how to reach me.
Mudflats of the North Sea (Wattenmeer).
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Professional positions
- 2023 – present
- Head of Department, Messel Research & Paleobiology, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2022 – present
- Curator of Messel Vertebrates, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2019 – present
- Lecturer (Privatdozent), Faculty of Biosciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt
- 2016 – 2023
- Deputy Head of Department, Messel Research and Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2011 – present
- Head of Section, Paleoherpetology, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2010 – 2022
- Co-speaker for research area (Evolution &) Biogeography, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2008 – 2011
- Postdoctoral fellow, Senckenberg Research Institute
- 2006 – 2008
- Postdoctoral fellow, Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin
Education
- 2019
- Dr. habil. in Evolutionary Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt
- 2006
- Ph.D., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
- 2000
- B.A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley
Contact
Dept. of Messel Research & Paleobiology
Senckenberg Research Institute
Senckenberganlage 25
D-60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel. +49-69-7542 1218 · Fax +49-69-7542 1203
krister.smith@senckenberg.de