Jürgen Kriwet, Dipl.-Geol., Dr. rer. nat.
Date of Birth:	06.08.1967
Place of birth:	Landsberg/Lech, Bavaria, Germany
Present positions:	Researcher, Museum of Natural History, Berlin Secretary of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft

Academic career:	1988 - 1991: Free University of Berlin, Germany (BSc Geology and Palaeontology) 1991 - 1995: Free University of Berlin, Germany (MSc Geology and Palaeontology) 1995 - 1996: Free University of Berlin, Germany: Research Assistant 1996 - 1998: Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany: Research Assistant (DFG). 1998 - 2001: Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany: Visiting Fellow July 2001: PhD in Biology, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany 2001 - 2003: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow. 2004 - Present: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich, Post-doctoral Fellow (DFG)
Uncompensated appointments:	2001 - Present: Guest-lecturer: Department of Biology, Humboldt-Univeristiy and Department of Earth Sciences, Free University, Berlin.
Additional qualification:	Methods of Teaching - Course for Lecturers, Verwaltungsakademie Berlin, Germany (May 2000)
Awards and grants:	08/2005 - 08/2007: DFG research grant "Iberian neoselachians". (Postgraduate position, consumables). 05/2005: SYNTHESYS travel grant, Natural History Museum London. 11/2005: DFG travel grant, Annual Meeting of the SVP, Denver, U.S.A. 2004 - 2006: SOKRATES/ERASMUS guest lecturer mobility grant, University of Zaragoza. 02/2004 - 02/2006: DFG research grant (personal costs and consumables). 10/2001 - 10/2003: Marie Curie Fellowship Association (EU), University of Bristol (UK), Earth Sciences Department. 10/1996 - 10/1998: DFG postgraduate research grant. 04.1993: ERASMUS/LINGUA student fellowship, Free University of Berlin and University of Patras, Greece.