Prof. Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPaläontologie,Systematik und Morphologie der Tiere
KeywordsMammals, Mesozoic, Evolutionary Morphology, Phylogenetics, Paleoecology
Auszeichnungen

2016: Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Sciences

2007: Humboldt Award for Senior Scientists

1996: CAREER Award, National Science Foundation USA

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtChicago
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Thomas MartinForschungsbereich Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2008

Programm(e)

2007Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Luo is the internationally leading expert on evolutionary morphology of the earliest mammals. He has revolutionized the picture of early mammalian evolution with the discovery of extremely well preserved new Mesozoic mammals exhibiting a completely unexpected degree of ecomorphological diversity. In Germany, he will focus his research on the evolution of Jurassic mammals in order to gain fundamental new insights into the macroevolutionary pattern of basal mammals within a highly resolved phylogeny.