Prof. Dr. Bettina Reichenbacher

Academic career

October 1988 – March 1992 PhD student, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
June 1992 PhD thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main
October 1993 – March 2000 assistant professor (C1/C2), Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
June 1998 'Habilitation' in Geology-Palaeontology, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Since April 2000 Professor (C3) for terrestrial palaeo-ecosystems, LMU Munich

2022 – current Vice-President of Paläontologische Gesellschaft
2019 – current Council Member of European Ichthyological Society
2018 – 2021 Council Member of Paläontologische Gesellschaft.
2018 – current Member of Scientific Board of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (chair since 2020).
2015 – 2018 Review panel member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany.
2007 – 2010 Vice-President of the International Palaeontological Association.
2004 – 2008 Co-Leader of the Science Implementation Team (Earth and Life) for the International Year of Planet Earth of the International Union of Geological Sciences.
2004 – 2006 President of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft.

2019 Co-Organiser, 90th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany; (together with A. Nützel, M. Krings) - 180 participants.
2019 Scientific Advisory Board, BiominXV, 15th International Symposium on Biomineralization, Munich, Germany - 400 participants.
2017 Main Organiser, Session 'Ecology & Evolution of Gobies' at the Indo-Pacific-Fish Conference in Tahiti, 02 Oct, 2017 – 06 Oct, 2017 (together with L. Rüber, F. Pezold).
2017 Scientific Committee, 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Munich, Germany - 160 participants.
2010 Main Organiser, 80th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany (together with G. Wörheide, M. Krings, N. Dotzler) - 260 participants.
2010 Organiser, Molasse Group Meeting in Munich, Germany - 40 participants.

2022 – current: Study Dean for Geosciences, Faculty of Geosciences
2016 – current: Deputy of the University-wide Women’s Representative, LMU Munich.
2013 – current: Chair of the Master Program Committee 'Geobiology and Paleobiology', Faculty of Geosciences, LMU Munich.
2003 – current: Member of the Bachelor Program Committee 'Geowissenschaften' (Geosciences), Faculty of Geosciences, LMU Munich.
2007 – 2012: Mentor of the LMUexcellent program, Faculty of Geosciences (supervision of 16 postdoctoral fellows and 12 PhD mentees).
2007 – 2009: Senator of the LMU for the Faculties of Earth Sciences and Mathematics.
2005 – 2007: Dean, Faculty of Geosciences, LMU Munich.