Dieter Uhl, apl. Prof. Dr.

Curriculum Vitae:

• Studies in Biology / Kaiserslautern University

• Diploma in Biology (Plant physiology / Botany)

• Biology Department / Kaiserslautern University

• Working contract / Pfalzmuseum für Naturkunde Bad Dürkheim (Permocarboniferous palaeontology)

• Palaeontology Department / Tübingen University

• Dr. rer. nat. in Geology/Palaeontology

• Post-Doc, Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik / Münster University

• Post-Doc, Institut of Geosciences / Tübingen University

• Habilitation (Dr. habil.) in Palaeontology / Tübingen University

• Privatdozent at Tübingen University

• Feodor-Lynen Research Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation), Department of Paleoecology / Utrecht University

• NWO - Von Humboldt Stiftung Prijs, awarded by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)

• Freelance palaeobotanist

• Scientist, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt am Main; (from 10/2007 - 12/2008 delegated to the Hessian Ministry of Science and Fine Arts)

• apl. Prof. at Tübingen University and Head of section "Palaeoclimate- and palaeoenvironmental research" at Senckenberg

• Diversity and palaeoecology of Late Palaeozoic and Cenozoic palaeofloras
• Functional adaptations of plant morphology and anatomy
• (Semi-) Quantitative palaeoenvironmental reconstructions based on Cenozoic and Late Palaeozoic floras
• Vegetation and wildfires in relation to Global Change

• Influence of taphonomic biases on palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
• Permineralisation of plant macrofossils

Master of Science (MSc) Geosiences

Geobiology

Wahlpflichtmodul

Topics in Continental Paleobiology and -climatology

in cooperation with Madelaine Böhme

• Principles and basics of terrestrial stratigraphy (especially biostratigraphy) und taphonomy.
• Plants as proxies of vegetation, climate and environment.
• Vertebrates as proxies of climate and environment.
• Morphology of plants and botanicaö taxonomy.
• Basics of osteology and evolution of continental vertebrates of the Cenozoic.
• Current trends in continental palaeobiology and palaeoclimatology.
• Tutorials for the classification of Cenozoic vertebrates and macroflora.

• Understanding of the continental interaction processes
• Basics of the morphology and evolution of Cenozoic vertebrates and plants
• Knowledge of the diverse reconstruction methods (climate, environment, vegetation)
• Experience to determine continental fossils (vertebrates, plants)

List of publications