Prof. Dr. Carlton E. Brett

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPalaeontology,Geology
KeywordsPaläoökologie, Stratigraphie, Taphonomie, Bioevents, Devon

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCincinnati
InstitutionUniversity of Cincinnati
InstituteDepartment of Geology, College of Arts & Science

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Eberhard SchindlerSenckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Carlton E. Brett is one of the most diverse working American geoscientists. His worldwide reputation is not only due to his enormous productivity in many different fields of Earth sciences, but also to the introduction of new theories. His work includes studies on paleontology, colonization of ancient sea-floors, event and sequence stratigraphy, ecology, sedimentology, analyses of sedimentary basins, evolutionary patterns and taphonomy. Comparisons of Devonian rocks from different areas will be the main target of joint research together with his German colleagues.