Prof. Dr. Derek E.G. Briggs

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPaläontologie
KeywordsFossil-Lagerstätten, taphonomy, biogeochemistry, Cambrian explosion, arthropod

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtNew Haven
Universität/InstitutionYale University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Jes RustForschungsbereich Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Joachim Tobias HaugFakultät für Biologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Martinsried
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.03.2008

Programm(e)

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

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Briggs has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the Cambrian explosion, the phylogeny of arthropods, the nature of conodonts, the controls on soft tissue fossilization, and the preservation of organic molecules in the rock record. He has pioneered a combination of new experimental approaches and chemical and mineralogical analyses to research into the fossilization of soft-tissues. During his stay in Germany, he intends to work on the preservation of fossil insects and on insect phylogeny as well as on the arthropods of the Devonian Hunsrück Slate.