Kirsten I. Grimm

Biography

1985-1994 Studies of geology and palaeontology at the JGU Mainz: diploma and doctorate degree 1994-1996 Postdoctoral fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 1997-1998 and 2001-2003 Freelance collaborator of the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz (collection management) 1999-2001 Habilitation fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2003 Habilitation 2005 Scientific assistant at the JGU Mainz 2006-2013 Freelance collaborator of the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz (project management of exhibitions) since 2011 Adjuct Professorship at the JGU Mainz 2011-2013 Exhibition management for Infothek Flonheim, Urweltmuseum Geoskop Thallichtenberg, Museum Wiesbaden 2012-2013 Scientific Assistant at the JGU Mainz Since 2014 Curator of the scientific collections of the JGU Mainz 1996-2003 President of the Deutsche Subkommission für Tertiärstratigraphie 2004-2011 Secretary of the Deutsche Subkommission für Tertiärstratigraphie Since 2013 President of the Rheinische Naturforschende Gesellschaft Since 2014 Member of the scientific advisory council of the Staatliche Museen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe and Stuttgart 2012-2014 Juror of the youth sciences competition “Jugend forscht – Schüler experimentieren” in Mainz.

Research Interest

Research on deposits and fossils allow stratigraphic and palaoecological reconstructions providing the basis to study climate change.