Prof. Dr. Dirk Erpenbeck
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Adjunct Professor in the field of geobiology
Scientific director of the molecular paleobiology laboratories
Office address:
Richard-Wagner-Str. 10
Room D 012
80333 Munich
CV Dirk Erpenbeck (PDF, 31 KB)\
- Scientific Manager Molecular Geo- and Paleobiology Labs
- Scientific Secretary GeoBio-CenterLMU
- Member Examination Board, Master's program Geobiology and Paleobiology (MGAP)
- Safety Officer Paleontology and Geobiology, LMU \ \ \
- 2023: Visiting Professor, ITS Surabaya (Indonesia) under the World-Class Professor (WCP-like) ITS 2023 program.
- 2007: Best Poster Presentation Award, MaNaPro, Queenstown, New Zealand
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2005: Marie-Curie Outgoing Fellowship of the European Union (MOIF-CT-2004-002882) on the evolution of keratose sponges
- Web of Science
- Porifera
Research
My research interests comprise all aspects of evolution of sessile invertebrate animals, particularly sponges: Biodiversity, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, character evolution, evolution of secondary metabolite production, genome evolution, methods for molecular identification etc.\