Staff and Contacts

Many researchers, curators and collection assistants work at the Department of Palaeobiology.

The staff are situated in the Palaeobiology building, behind the main museum building.

Staff

Permanent staff

Thomas Denk, Senior Curator.
Research: Evolution of woody flowering plants.

Jonas Hagström, Curator.
Curation of the collections, loans, documentation.

Ove Johansson, Curator.
Collections. Collections database.

Steffen Kiel, Senior Curator
Research: Invertebrate palaeobiology

Pollyanna von Knorring, Scientific Illustrator.
Scientific illustrations.

Cecilia Larsson, Curator.
Collections.

Anna Lindström, Senior Assistant.
Collections, research assistance.

Steve McLoughlin, Professor, Senior Curator.
Research: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic floras.

Thomas Mörs, Senior Curator.
Research: Fossil vertebrates.

Ewa Sjödin, Junior Admin. Officer.
Economy and administration.

Christian Skovsted, Senior Curator,
Research: Early skeletal fossils.

Vivi Vajda, Professor.
Research: Mass extinctions events and climate change, microfossils.

Lars Werdelin, Professor, Senior Curator
Research: Fossil vertebrates.

Postdocs, guest researchers and temporary staff

Benjamin Adroit, Postdoctoral Researcher

Yayuan Chen, Senior Assistant

Therese Flink, Senior Assistant

Christina Franzén, Associated Researcher
Research: Fossil echinoderms.

Stefan Hagenfeldt, Associated Researcher

Karin Helmens, Associated Researcher

Frida Hybertsen, Associated Researcher

Magnus Ivarsson, Researcher.
Research: The deep biosphere.

Ashley Kruger, Postdoctoral Researcher

Gaëlle Van Laere, Senior Assistant

Liping Liu, Associated Researcher

Harry Mutvei, Associated Researcher
Research: Fossil and Recent hard tissues.

Susan Nehzati, Postdoctoral Researcher

Anja Nordgren, Senior Assistant

Kristoffer Palmgren, Associated Researcher

Isabelle van Rijssen, Senior Assistant

Therese Sallstedt, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Research: Proterozoic microbial communities.

Olena Shevchuk, Associated Researcher

Sam Slater, Researcher.

Margret Steinthorsdottir, Associated Researcher.

Petter Sverke, Senior Assistant

Tim Topper, Researcher

Ph.D. students

Yuanyuan Xu, Ph.D. Student

Zhaoyu Li, Ph.D. Student

Emeriti

Stefan Bengtson, Professor, emeritus.
Research: Early animal evolution.

Else Marie Friis, Professor, emerita.
Research: Flowering plants