Prof. Dr. Dirk Erpenbeck
Adjunct Professor in the field of geobiology
Scientific director of the molecular paleobiology laboratories
Evolutionary geobiology
- Scientific Manager Molecular Geo- and Paleobiology Labs
- Scientific Secretary GeoBio-CenterLMU
- Member Examination Board, Master's program Geobiology and Paleobiology (MGAP)
- Safety Officer Paleontology and Geobiology, LMU
- 2023: Visiting Professor, ITS Surabaya (Indonesia) under the World-Class Professor (WCP-like) ITS 2023 program.
- 2007: Best Poster Presentation Award, MaNaPro, Queenstown, New Zealand
- 2005: Marie-Curie Outgoing Fellowship of the European Union (MOIF-CT-2004-002882) on the evolution of keratose sponges
Research
My research interests comprise all aspects of evolution of sessile invertebrate animals, particularly sponges: Biodiversity, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, character evolution, evolution of secondary metabolite production, genome evolution, methods for molecular identification etc.