Research

 

1. Fossil and recent bryozoans: taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny and ecology.

2. Fossil corals.

3. Trace fossils.

4. Special aspects of sedimentology (Wadden Sea, tropical lakes etc.), hydrogeology,
__environmental geology and tropical ecology.

5. Selected stratigraphical approaches from Cretaceous to Recent.
__Study areas are mainly located in Germany, SE-Asia and Brazil.

Bryozoan colony : Triphylozoon inornatum; Fringing reef ; depth 7 m, Cebu Island, Phillipines.