Dipl.-Geol. Dr. Benjamin Sames

Research fields:

Micropaleontology, biostratigraphy, integrated Mesozoic stratigraphy, paleobiogeography, paleoecology/paleoenvironmental analysis of non-marine to transitional aquatic ecosystems, paleobiology, Mesozoic to Recent climate change

Research foci:

• Micropaleontology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Ostracoda (and Charophyta) with focus on late Mesozoic non-marine ostracods and deposits (Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous) of the world
• Fundamentals, principles and methods of the biostratigraphic application of Mesozoic non-marine Ostracoda
• Non-marine ostracod paleobiology, paleoecology, paleobiogeography, phylogeny
• Applied paleobiology of non-marine ostracod reproductive and dispersal mechanisms
• Origin and evolution of non-marine ostracods
• Theoretical, practical and applied taxonomy
• Integrated stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy) with focus on Cretaceous non-marine aquatic ecosystems
• Paleoclimatology and climate change, ocean-land interactions and its impact on life and the hydrological circle with focus on the Cretaceous
• Cretaceous greenhouse climate, Mesozoic climate shifts and climate extremes
• Mesozoic evolution of non-marine aquatic waters and ecosystems