Prof. Dr. Hans Kerp (Seniorprofessor)

Institute of Geology and Palaeontology – Palaeobotany
University of Münster
Heisenbergstr. 2
D-48149 Münster
Germany

kerp@uni-muenster.de
phone.: +49 251 83-23966
fax: +49 251 83-21739

   

 

• Curriculum Vitae

  Education

  1986	PhD, University Utrecht, The Netherlands Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Henk Visscher Title of thesis: On the genus Callipteris Brongniart in the European Rotliegend Basins
  1980	MSc in Geology, University Utrecht Main subject: palaeobotany/stratigraphy Additional subjects; sedimentology, history of natural sciences
  1972	hbs-B, St. Thomascollege, Venlo

  Professional career

  since September 1991	Professor of Geology/Palaeobotany (C3)
  1990–1991	Research scientist, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, University Utrecht
  1989–1990	Research associate paleobotany, Department of Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
  1987–1988	Lecturer palaeobotany and organic petrology, University Utrecht
  1984–1986	Research associate palaeobotany, University Utrecht
  1980–1983	Research assistant palaeobotany, University Utrecht
  1973–1979	Student assistant palaeontology, University Utrecht

• Research Interests

  • systematics and evolution
  • whole plant reconstructions
  • cuticular analysis
  • palaeoecology, functional morphology
  • palaeoclimatology and palaeogeography
  • vegetation structure and dynamics
  • Early Devonian floras, Rhynie chert
  • late Palaeozoic and early Mesozoic floras

• Technical expertise

  • preparation of thin and polished sections
  • preparation of cuticles and palynological samples
  • transmitted- and reflected-light microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, SEM
  • photography, including macro- and microphotography
  • maceral analysis and vitrinite reflectance measurements
  • geological and palaeontological fieldwork in various countries, e.g., USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Antarctic, Svalbard, Morocco, Oman, Jordan, China (e.g., Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xingjiang, Zhejiang, Yunnan)

• Administrative experience

  2002–2018

  Dean of Geosciences, University of Münster

• Editorial experience

  since 1994	Editor-in-chief, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  1990–2000	Editor Albertiana, Newsletter of the Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy (IUGS/ICS)
  editorial boards	The Palaeobotanist (since 2016), Zitteliana (since 2004), Geologica Saxonica (since 2003), Geodiversitas (2001–2006), Geolines (since 1999), Fossil Record (since 1997), Palaeontographica Abt. B (since 1993), Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (1991–1994)

• Some other academic services

  2016–2020	member Fachkollegium Geologie und Paläontologie, DFG
  2015–2019	guest professor, Yunnan University, Kunming
  2013–2019	vice-president of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft
  2012–2016	member of the board, International Organization of Palaeobotany
  2008	co-organizer/chairman VIIIth International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference and XIIth International Palynological Congress, Bonn
  2000–2004	Fachgutachter Geologie/Paläontologie, DFG