Prof. Dr. Hans Kerp

11 September 1954; Venlo, The Netherlands
 
 
 

Study
 
 
1972 - 1980  Geology (M.Sc.), University Utrecht, The Netherlands
1986 Ph.D., University Utrecht, The Netherlands  -   Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Visscher 
Title of Thesis: On Callipteris Brongniart from the European Rotliegend basins 

Professional Career
 
1973 - 1979 Teaching Assistant Palaeontology, Department of Geology, University Utrecht, The Netherlands
1980 - 1986 Scientific Assistant, Laboratory for  Palaeobotany and Palynology, University Utrecht, The Netherlands
1987 - 1989 Lecturer Palaeobotany and Organic Petrology, Laboratory for Palaeobotany and Palynology, University Utrecht, The Netherlands
1989 - 1990 Research Associate Paleobiology, Department of Geology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
1990 - 1991 Consultant and Research Scientist, Laboratory for Palaeobotany and Palynology, University Utrecht, The Netherlands
Since  1991 C3-Professor for Palaeobotany, Department of Geology and Palaeontology, University Münster, Germany
Since  2002 Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences, University Münster, Germany
Since  2004 Dean of Natural Sciences, University Münster, Germany

Editorships
 
1990 - 2000  Albertiana (Newsletter International Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy) 
Since  1994 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Elsevier, Amsterdam)

Editorial Boards
 
1991 - 1994  Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Elsevier, Amsterdam)
Since  1993 Palaeontographica Abteilung B - Phytopalaeontologie (Schweitzerbart, Stuttgart)
Since  1997 Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 
Since  1998 Advisory board Grondboor & Hamer (Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging)
Since  1999 Geolines (Geological Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)
Since  2001 Geodiversitas (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris)
Since  2003 Geologica Saxonica (Staatliches Museum für Mineralogie und Geologie, Dresden)
Since  2005 Zitteliana Series A (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, München)

Occasional Reviews for: Acta Palaeobotanica, Acta Palaentologica Polonica, American Journal of  Botany, Annales de  Paléontologie, Bartonia,  Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society  London, Bulletin de la Societé géologique de France, Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Paris - Série IIa, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Geo.Alp, Geobios, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Special Publications - Geological  Society  London, Geologie en Mijnbouw, Global and Planetary Change,  International Journal of Plant Sciences, Journal of Paleontology, Lethaia,  Mededelingen Rijksgeologische Dienst / Mededelingen NITG-TNO, Mémoires du Musée géologique Lausanne, Mémoires Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, New Phytologist, Palaeogeography Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology, Palaeontology, Palaios, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Science, Taxon

Review Committees
 
1998 - 2004
Member of the Review Committee of the DFG Research Program "Evolution of the System Earth in the Late Paleozoic – Clues from Sediment Geochemistry"  (SPP 1054)
2000 - 2004  Elected Reviewer for Palaeontology (Fachgutachter) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Germany)
Since  2001 Member of the Review Committee of the DFG Research Program "International Continental Drilling Program (ICDP)"  (SPP 1006)

Occasional Reviews for: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Biosciences), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Bonn, Germany), Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Germany), German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (Israel), NATO, Natural Environment Research Council (UK), Leibniz-Gemeinschaft (Germany), Leverhulme Trust (UK), ECLIPSE / CNRS (France), National Geographic Society (USA), NWO / ALW (The Netherlands), Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, FONCYT - Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (Argentina)

Research Interests
 
Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic Floras:
  • Systematics, Palaeobiology, Functional Morphology, Ecology, Cuticular Analysis
  • Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert, Stephanian and Early Permian of the French Massif Central, Rotliegend and Zechstein of central and southern Europe, Permian of the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa

Current Research Projects | Publications