The Fossil Shark Research Group offers a wide range of research topics and training on extinct and extant elasmobranches but also actinopterygians. Master and PhD students are encouraged to enquire informally. Once you are here, we help to apply for research funding. | |
General | |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Several projects on the taxonomy, phylogeny, and phylogeography of extinct neoselachians are available. Please enquire informally for individual projects. |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | several projects exploring the phylogenetic signal and mutation rates of molecular seuqences in extant sharks, skates, and rays are available. Please enquire informally for individual projects. |
Individual projects | |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Skeletal anatomy and morphological adaptations of freshwater stingrays (Batoidea: Potamotrygonidae). |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Phylogeography of extant requiem sharks (Neoselachii, Carcharhinidae). |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Taxonomy and systematics of killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) from the Miocene of Ecuador. |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Diversity and phylogeography of puffers and filefishes (Teleostei: Tetraodontiformes). |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Taxonomy and systematics of killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) from the Miocene of Ecuador. |
| Diplomarbeit/MSc thesis: | Ontogenetic and sexual dimorphism in batoid tooth morphologies. |