Paleonet: 2 PhD positions in Germany

[Martin Sander]

Dear List Members,

we just have received funding from the German 
Science Foundation for another three years of our 
sauropod dinosaur project. We are delighted. The 
funding includes two PhD positions, the ads are 
appended below.

Cheers,

Martin Sander

Dr. Martin Sander
Curator of Paleontology and Adjunct Professor
Speaker of the DFG Research Unit 533
Institute of Paleontology
University of Bonn
D-53115 Bonn, Nussallee 8
Germany
Tel.: ++49 228/73-31 05
Fax: ++49 228/73-35 09
martin.sander at uni-bonn.de
www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de
www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de



Position 1:

PhD Position in Materials Science and Vertebrate 
Paleontology, Max Planck Insitute for Iron 
Research Dusseldorf, and Institute of 
Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany

A PhD position in Materials Science and 
Vertebrate Paleontology is available beginning 
April 1st, 2007, for research on growth and life 
history of sauropod dinosaurs as deduced from 
bone histology. The position is for a maximum of 
three years and is part of the recently approved 
2nd funding period of the DFG Research Unit 
"Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: the Evolution 
of Gigantism" 
(www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de). This 
Research Unit consists of 13 individual projects 
based at several German and a Swiss universities 
and offers great opportunities for interaction 
with collegues from fields as disparate as animal 
nutrition, physiology, and materials science, 
with a paleontological research program at the 
center. The salary is based on the German Tv-L 13 
category which pays about EU 16,900 p.a.

The topic of the project is the The hierarchical 
structure of sauropodomorph bones as a key to 
exceptional body size: insights from materials 
science. The data base are histological samples 
of sauropod long and girdle bones, many of which 
are already available. The point of departure are 
the following studies:

Sander, P. M. 2000. Long bone histology of the 
Tendaguru sauropods: Implications for growth and 
biology. Paleobiology 26:466-488.

Pyzalla, A., P. M. Sander, A. Hansen, F. R., 
S.-B. Yi, M. Stempniwicz, and H.-G. Brokmeier 
2006.  Texture analysis of sauropod dinosaur 
bones from Tendaguru. Materials Science & 
Engineering A 437:2-9.

Ferreyro, R., N. Zoeger, N. Cernohlawek, C. 
Jokubonis, A. Koch, C. Streli, P. Wobrauschek, P. 
M. Sander, and A. Pyzalla  2006.  Determination 
of element distribution in sauropod long bones by 
micro-XRF. Advances in X-ray Analysis 49:230-235.

Requirements - Master´s degree or equivalent in 
either paleontology or geology/crystallography or 
physics,interest in microscopy and other physical 
methods, including appropriate computer skills. 
Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

Applications should include CV, copies of diplomas and/or college course
transcripts, names, mail and e-mail addresses of 
all recent advisers, list of publications,  and a 
short (one paragraph) statement of 
research/career interests.

All applications are to be sent by mail or e-mail to:

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Sander		or	Prof. Dr. Anke R. Pyzalla
Institut fuer Palaeontologie 
	Max-Planck-Institute fuer Eisenforschung
Nussallee 8				Max-Planck-Strasse 1
D-53115 Bonn				D-40237 Duesseldorf
Germany					Germany
martin.sander at uni-bonn.de			a.pyzalla at mpie.de
www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de		www.mpie.de

Posting Date: January 19, 2007
Closing Date: March 4, 2007


Position 2:

PhD Position in Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Bonn, Germany

A PhD position in Vertebrate Paleontology is 
available beginning April 1st, 2007, for research 
on growth and life history of sauropod dinosaurs 
as deduced from bone histology. The position is 
for a maximum of three years and is part of the 
recently approved 2nd funding period of the DFG 
Research Unit "Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: 
the Evolution of Gigantism" 
(www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de). This 
Research Unit consists of 13 individual projects 
based at several German and a Swiss university 
and offers great opportunities for interaction 
with colleagues from fields as disparate as 
animal nutrition, physiology, and materials 
science, with a paleontological research program 
at the center. The salary is based on the German 
TV-L 13 category which pays approximately EU 
16,900 p.a.


The topic of the project is the evolution of 
sauropodomorph long bone histology: fibrolamellar 
bone, thermophysiology, and gigantism. The data 
base are histological samples of sauropod long 
and girdle bones, many of which are already 
available. The point of departure are the 
following studies:

Sander, P. M. 2000. Long bone histology of the 
Tendaguru sauropods: Implications for growth and 
biology. Paleobiology 26:466-488.
Sander, P. M., N. Klein, E. Buffetaut, G. Cuny, 
V. Suteethorn, and J. Le Loeuff 2004. Adaptive 
radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: Bone histology 
indicates rapid evolution of giant body size 
through acceleration. Organisms, Diversity & 
Evolution 4:165-173.
Sander, P. M., and N. Klein 2005. Developmental 
plasticity in the life history of a prosauropod 
dinosaur. Science 310:1800-1802.
Sander, P. M., and N. Klein 2006. An unusual bone 
histology and growth pattern in/ Ampelosaurus 
atacis/, a titanosaurid sauropod from South 
France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:85A.
Sander, P. M., O. Mateus, T. Laven, and N. 
Knötschke 2006. Bone histology indicates insular 
dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod 
dinosaur. Nature 441:739-741.

Requirements - Master´s degree or equivalent in 
either paleontology or geology or zoology, 
background in vertebrate paleontology and/or bone 
histology, ability to work on a light microscope 
and to work quantitatively, including appropriate 
computer skills. Fluency in spoken and written 
English is required.

Applications should include CV, copies of diplomas and/or college course
transcripts, names, mail and e-mail addresses of 
all recent advisers, list of publications, and a 
short (one paragraph) statement of 
research/career interests.

All applications are to be sent by mail or e-mail to:

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Sander
Institut fuer Palaeontologie
Nussallee 8
53115 Bonn
Germany
www.sauropod-dinosaurs.uni-bonn.de
martin.sander at uni-bonn.de

Posting Date: January 22, 2007
Closing Date: March 4, 2007
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