Curriculum Vitae Dr. Oliver Wings

Year of birth: 1973
Nationality: German
Marital status: Married, 1 child

 

1999-2004
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Research in Vertebrate Palaeontology
Rhein. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
“Identification, Distribution, and Function of Gastroliths in Dinosaurs and Extant Birds with Emphasis on Ostriches (Struthio camelus)”

04/2001 - 09/2001
Marie Curie ACE Research Fellow
Analytical, Computational and Experimental (ACE) Training in Earth Sciences; University of Bristol, Great Britain
Research Project: “Early diagenetic processes and cementation in the fossilization of tetrapod bones”

1999
Diplom (M.Sc.), Palaeontology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg
Diplom-Thesis, Part I: “A hardground at the end of the deposition of the Lower Tithonian Solnhofen plattenkalks - sedimentology, facies, and palaeoecology.”
Diplom-Thesis, Part II: “Geological mapping of the Middle and Upper Jurassic of the Northern Franconian Alb in the area of Burglesau, Franconia.”

1995
Vordiplom (Bachelor), Geology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

1991
Abitur (high school graduation)
Heinrich Mann Oberschule, Erfurt
Facharbeit / Senior Project: “Stratigraphic classification of a quarry with fossil finds”

 

since September 2008
Visiting Scientist, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany

September 2005 - August 2008
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tübingen, Germany.
DFG-Project: "Paleobiogeography and Paleoecology of Terrestrial Vertebrates from the Jurassic of the Central Junggar-Basin /China"

November 2003 - August 2005
Curatorial Assistant, State Museum Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany.
2-year scientific trainee position (“Wissenschaftliches Volontariat”) for museum tasks.

April - May 2004
Internship in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department of the Yale Peabody Museum, CT, USA.

July – October 2003
Research Assistant, Center for Development Research, Bonn, Germany.
Ministry-funded project “Smallholders in the Amazon: Interactions between Ecosystem and Socio-Economic System in the Use and Protection of Tropical Forests”.

November 2001
Field Assistant, Museo Paleontólogico Egidio Feruglio, Argentina.
Excavation of Mid Jurassic Dinosaurs, Chubut, Argentina.

May - July 2001
Research Fellow, University of Bristol, Great Britain.
Field Work in well-known English Vertebrate Palaeontological Sites

August - September 2000
Field Assistant & Supervisor, GEAL - Museu da Lourinhã, Portugal.
Excavation of Upper Jurassic Dinosaurs, Lourinhã, Portugal.

1997 - 2000
Curatorial Assistant, FAUniversität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Main task: Management of the fossil collection

Aug.'98, Nov.'97, Sep.'96
Field Assistant, Jura-Museum Eichstätt, Germany.
Excavation of Upper Jurassic plattenkalk fossils, Schamhaupten, Germany.

June - July 1997
Excavation Supervisor, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Excavation of fossils in Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestones, Germany.

June 1996
Field Assistant, Natural History Museum Senckenberg, Germany.
Excavation of Eocene oil shales, Messel (World Heritage Site), Germany.

1995 - 1998
Research Assistant, FAUniversität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

March - April 1996
Field Assistant, Monash University & Museum of Victoria, Australia
Excavation of Early Cretaceous vertebrates, Inverloch, Australia.

1987-1990
Student Worker, Natural History Museum Erfurt, Germany

 

04/2008; 09/2007; 09/2006; 04/2006; 09/2005
Palaeontological field work in the Xinjiang Province in China

02/2003
Zoological / geological field research in Oudtshoorn, South Africa

07/2002
Vertebrate Palaeontological field trip in Wyoming, USA

06/2002
Palaeontological / sedimentological field research in the West of the USA

06/2001
Vertebrate Palaeontological excursion in the Alps, Switzerland, Italy, Austria

10/1997
Field mapping in the Mesozoic of the Helenids, Greece

07/1997
Geological excursion in the Rocky Mountains, Canada

08/1997
Palaeontological excursion in the Carnic Alps, Austria

09/1996
Geological excursion in Bornholm, Denmark

05/1996
Palaeontological excursion in Julland and Sjælland, Denmark

09/1995
Palaeontological excursion in Sicily, Italy

08/1995
Mineralogical excursion to volcanic areas, Italy

08/1995
Geological excursion in the Aiguilles-Rouge-Massif, France

07/1995
Geological excursion in the Eger (Cheb) Graben, Czech Republic

06/1995
Geological excursion in the Oberpfalz, Germany

08/1994
Field mapping in the Palaeozoic of the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain

05/1992
Palaeontological excursion in the Northern Alps, Austria

03/1992
Field mapping in the Jurassic of Franconia, Germany

05/1988
Mineralogical excursion to mining areas, Poland

 

October 1992 - September 1993
Military service as a mountaineering soldier

 

German (native language)
English (6 years tuition + over 21 months stay in English speaking countries)
Russian (8 years tuition)
Spanish (3 years tuition)

 

Fossil preparation tools (e.g., air scribe, sand blasting, chemical preparation)
Equipment for thin section production
Microscope petrography + Computer Imaging System
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with EDS
X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
Cathode-Luminescence (CL)
Computer hardware: Installation and upgrade of components, connection and configuration of external accessory devices like beamer, GPS devices, etc.
Computer software: LINUX, MAC OS, MS DOS, MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint), presentation software, graphic programs (among other Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw), HTML (including several editors), bibliography programs

 

2007
DFG-Travel Grant for attendance of the SVP-Meeting in Austin, USA 

2006
Bursary of the Palaeontological Association for the attendance of the 9th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota in Manchester, UK

2005
DFG-Travel Grant for attendance of the SVP-Meeting in Mesa, USA

2004
"Tilly Edinger Nachwuchspreis" of the German Paleontological Society for best newcomer research in paleontology

2003
DFG-Travel Grant for attendance of the SVP-Meeting in St. Paul, USA

Scholarship of the Graduiertenkolleg „Evolution and Biodiversity in Space and Time“

2002
Associated Member of the Graduiertenkolleg „Evolution und Biodiversity in Space and Time“ in Bonn

2001
EC Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Bristol

2000
Jurassic Foundation Field Research Grant

1999-2002
Postgraduate Scholarship of the University of Bonn

 

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (Webmaster since 2007)
Paläontologische Gesellschaft (German Palaeontological Society)