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
Billing Address
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Referens 2212
FE 07
SE-838 73 FRÖSÖN
Contacts
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.
Research: Early skeletal fossils.
Vivi Vajda, Professor, Head of Department.
Research: Mass extinctions events and climate change, microfossils.
Lars Werdelin, Professor, Senior Curator
Research: Fossil vertebrates.
Postdocs, guest researchers and temporary staff
Khaled Abo, Assistant.
Veneta Belivanova, Senior Assistant.
Microfossil preparation, X-ray tomography.
Wendy den Boer, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Niclas Borinder, Senior Assistant
Collections
Johannes Bouchal, Research Assistant
Research: Cenozoic palynology of the northern hemisphere.
Elena Dunca, Researcher.
Research: Trace elements in bivalve shells.
Larisa Doguzhaeva, Guest Researcher.
Research: Fossil cephalopods.
Stefan Hagenfeldt, Guest Researcher
Magnus Ivarsson, Researcher.
Research: The deep biosphere.
Artem Kouchinsky, Researcher.
Research: Cambrian stratigraphy and skeletal fossils.
Liping Liu, Senior Assistant.
Collections.
Chris Mays, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Therese Sallstedt, Guest Researcher.
Research: Proterozoic microbial communities.
Sam Slater, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Margret Steinthorsdottir, Researcher.
Tim Topper, Researcher.
Rihab Yousif, Senior Assistant.
Collections, research assistance.
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.