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.
Adresses
Mailing Address
Enheten för Paleobiologi
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
P.O. Box 50007
SE-104 05 Stockholm
Visiting Address
Svante Arrhenius väg 9
SE-114 18 Stockholm
Contacts
Acting Head of Department
Secretary
Paleobotanical Collections
Paleozoological Collections
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, Acting Head of Department
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
Therese Flink, Assistant
Stefan Hagenfeldt, Guest Researcher
Karin Helmens, Guest Researcher
Magnus Ivarsson, Researcher.
Research: The deep biosphere.
Ashley Kruger, Postdoctoral Researcher
Luoyang Li, Postdoctral Researcher
Chris Mays, Postdoctoral Researcher
Susan Nehzati, Postdoctoral Researcher
Jungang Peng, Postdoctoral Researcher
Therese Sallstedt, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Research: Proterozoic microbial communities.
Sam Slater, Researcher.
Margret Steinthorsdottir, Researcher.
Tim Topper, Researcher.
Ph.D. students
Frida Hybertsen, Ph.D. Student.
Emeriti
Stefan Bengtson, Professor, emeritus.
Research: Early animal evolution.
Christina Franzén, Curator, emerita.
Research: Fossil echinoderms.
Else Marie Friis, Professor, emerita.
Research: Flowering plants
Harry Mutvei, Senior Curator, emeritus.
Research: Fossil and Recent hard tissues.