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Research topics
- Systematics, palaeobiology, phylogeny and evolution of Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
- Systematics, palaeobiology, phylogeny and evolution of Palaeozoic Echinoidea (sea urchins)
- Systematics, palaeobiology, phylogeny and evolution of fossil Ophiocistioidea and Cyclocystoidea (echinoderms)
- Morphology and evolution of fossil larval Echinodermata
- Systematics, phylogeny and evolution of fossil octocorals (Octocorallia), especially of sea pens (Pennatulacea)
- Systematics, phylogeny and evolution of fossil ascidians (sea squirts / Tunicata)
- Morphology and systematics of microscopic remains of macrofossils (e.g. scolecodonts, onychites...)
- Palaeoecology and environmental analysis of fossil ecosystems and fossil lagerstätten (e.g. Silurian of the Isle of Gotland; Mazon Creek, Illinois; Zechstein/Late Permian Thuringia; Buntsandstein/Early Triassic Lower Saxony; Wealden/Early Cretaceous Lower Saxony; Late Jurassic southern Germany; White Chalk/Late Cretaceous northern Germany/ Rügen; Pliocene Willershausen etc.)
- History of Palaeontology, Geology, Zoology and Mineralogy in Germany/Europe