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Prof. em. Dr. Jörg W. Schneider

Professor emeritus

Bernhard-von-Cotta-Straße 2, Zimmer 1-213
+49 3731 39-2856
schneidj [at] geo [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de (schneidj[at]geo[dot]tu-freiberg[dot]de)

Curriculum vitae

YearPosition
Since 03/2016Professor emeritus (retired)
1992-2016University Professor (C3) for Palaeontology, Technical University Berg­aka­de­mie Freiberg
1987-1992Professor of Palaeontology, Bergakademie Freiberg
1982-1987Dozent (university lecturer) of Palaeontology, Bergakademie Freiberg
1976-1982Research Scientist at Freiberg University, PI in the project “Biostratigraphy, Palentomology and Ichnology of the Upper Carboniferous and Permian” funded by the Central Geological Institute of G.D.R. (1977-1980)
1981Habilitation, Freiberg University, theme of Thesis: „Die Phylogenie der Blattodea und die Arealdynamik der Entomofauna im Jungpaläozoikum“ (Phylogeny of the order Blattodea and the areal-dynamics of Late Palaeozoic entomofaunas)
1977PhD degree “magna cum laude”
1972-1976Scientific Assistant at the Palaeontology Professorship, Freiberg University, PI in the project “Biostratigraphy of Permocarboniferous Entomofaunas” funded by the Central Geological Institute of G.D.R. (1975-1977)
1974-1977PhD dissertation in Palaeontology: “Zur Taxonomie und Biostratigraphie der Blattodea (Insecta) des Siles und Rotliegenden der DDR“ (Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Blattodea (Insecta) of the Late Carboniferous and Permian in East-Germany), Freiberg University
1972Diploma (MSc) in Geology
1968-1972Study of Geosciences at the Freiberg University (Bergakademie Freiberg)
1967-1968derrick man and sampler in the natural gas exploration in Thuringia

Projects

(without numerous projects for different oil and gas exploring companies and State Geologi­cal Surveys)

  • 2013-2015 Project leader DAAD Scholarship Program for PhD students in Germany (Sandwich type) Research project TU Freiberg/Capital Normal University Bejing –“Local faunas as a proxy for investigating insect evolution: the case of Grylloblattida across the Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic.”
  • 2013-2016 Project leader Schn 408/22 “Multistratigraphic framework for continental Permian-Triassic boundary sections of northern Pangaea: key to a better understanding of the ecological consequences of the end-Permian crisis in the terrestrial realm.” German Research Foundation (DFG) (submitted)
  • 2012-2014 Project co-leader Sino-German Cooperation Group in Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (SGCGPS) of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and German institutes (Münster, Freiberg, Erlangen, Munich) “Biotic and climatic evolution during the late Palaeozoic icehouse-greenhouse transition in the eastern and western Palaeo-Tethys”
  • 2012-2014 Poject leader DAAD-Project (Sandwich-Programm, Universities El Jadida, Morocco/Freiberg): “Les dépôts continentaux du Paléozoïque supérieur du bassin de Souss (Haut Atlas, Maroc) : Paléoentomologie, Paléobotanique, Paléoichnologie, Paléoécologie et Biostratigraphie.”
  • 2012-2014 Project leader Schn 408/21” Pilot study on evolution of Late Palaeo­zoic insects of the Souss basin, Morocco” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2012-2014 Project leader Schn 408/20 “Revision of the basal sphenacodonts (Hapto­dontinae): systematic and evolutionary implications.” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2011-2013 Project leader DAAD-Project (Sandwich-Programm, Universities El Jadida, Morocco/Freiberg): “Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic continental ichnofaunas of Morocco: ichnotaxonomy, palaeoecology, and biostratigraphy”.
  • 2009-2011 Project leader Schn 408/17 “Late Palaeozoic - Early Mesozoic tetrapod-ichnofaunas of Morocco” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2009-2013 Project leader Schn 408/16-1 and 2 “Cenozoic sediments of the Tajik basin, Pamir” German Research Foundation (DFG)  
  • 2008-2012 Project leader DAAD-Project (Sandwich-Programm, Universities El Jadida, Morocco/Freiberg): «La limite Permien supérieur - Trias supérieur du bassin d’Argana (Haut-Atlas) et le Trias supérieur du bassin de Sidi Said Maachou.»
  • 2008-2012 Project leader Schn 408/14 “Palaeoecology and migration behaviour of the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic freshwater sharks Lissodus and Orthacanthus using stable isotopes” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2008-2011 Project co-leader DAAD-Project (Sandwich-Programm, University El Jadida, Morocco/Freiberg): “La limite Permien supérieur - Trias supérieur du bassin d’Argana (Haut-Atlas) et le Trias supérieur du bassin de Sidi Said Maachou (Méseta occidental) (Maroc); stratigraphie, sédimentologie, tectonique, géochimie et minéralisations associées.”
  • 2008-2009 supervisor Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers, Dr. Olivier Bethoux: “Retrodeformation procedure of asymmetric objects and reassessment of fossil insect diversity”
  • 2006-2009 Project co-leader Vo 1466/1 “Ecosystem reconstruction of an extraordinary Tri­as­sic lake basin (Madygen Formation, Southern Fergana Valley, Kyrgyz­stan, Cen­tral Asia) German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2006-2012 co-Project Cco-leader “Geochemistry and Stratigraphy of Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-soils in Laurasia and Gondwana for palaeoclimate modeling” in cooperation with the Boise State University Idaho
  • 2006-2009 Project leader „Climate modeling of the Carboniferous-Permian Pangea“ Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
  • 2005-2008, Project leader DFG Schn 408/13 “Initiation of Jurassic Ferrar Group Magmatism in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: - stratigraphic age, composition and depositional environment of volcaniclastic and epiclastic sediments of the Exposure Hill and Section Peak Formation, Beacon Supergroup”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2005-2008 Project leader Schn 408/12, “Biostratigraphy of marine/non-marine Virgilian and Wolfcampian sequences in New Mexico for local to global correlations”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2005-2009 Project Co-leader Schn 408/11 “Initiation of Ferrar flood-basalt volcanism in North Victoria Land, Antarctica”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2003-2005 Project leader „Angewandte Modellierung im Schwerpunktprojekt „Steinkohlenbergbaureviere Zwickau und Lugau/Oelsnitz mittels GoCad, Teil 3: „Das Strukturmodell als Grundlage für hydrogeologische Aussagemöglichkeiten“. (GoCad 3-D modeling of former coal mining area Zwickau for application in hydrogeology) State Geological Survey of Saxony 
  • 2002-2005, Project leader, Schn 408/10 “The evolution of a Playa to a Sabkha system (Permian, North German Basin)”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 2001-2004 Project co-leader DAAD-Projekt (Sandwich-Programm, Universities El Jadida, Marocco /Freiberg): „La stratigraphie des facies continentaux du Haut Atlas et du Maroc Central“
  • 2001-2003 Project co-leader “Integrative calibration of the Silurian-Permian time scale” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1999-2002 Project leader Schn 408/8 “Conchostracan biostratigraphy – a tool for interregional correlations”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1997-2002 Project leader Schn 408/7 “Permian red beds of the Lodève basin”, German Research Founda­tion (DFG)
  • 1995-1998 Project leader Schn 408/5, “Flysch and molasses in the final stage of the Variscides – age and geotectonic position”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1994-1996 Project Co-leader Schn 408/4 “Cadomian hydrothermalites in the Middle European Variscides” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1993-1995 Project leader Schn 408/3 “Sedimentology, stratigraphy and geotectonic position of shert-graywacke-volcanit associations of Cadomian crustal segment in Middle European Variscides” German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1993-1995 Project leader Schn 408/2 “Extra-montaneous basins in the Variscan final stage”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1992-1997 Project leader Schn 408/1, “Cambrian Carbonates in Germany”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 1991-1995 Project co-leader, “Integrated stratigraphic analysis and well-log interpretation of gas exploration wells in the Carboniferous and Permian of North Germany”, German Society for Petroleum and Coal Sciences and Technology
  • Since 1991 Consultant for hydrocarbon exploration companies (EEg Gommern GmbH, BEB, Mobil Oil, Gaz de France, Wintershall)
  • 1986-1990 PI, “Biostratigraphy of low-grade metamorphic Variscan series” funded by the Central Geological Institute of G.D.R.
  • 1980-1988 Project co-leader “Magnetostratigraphy/Biostratigraphy of Late Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic deposits in Germany and Austria” in collaboration with University Leoben, Austria
  • 1985-1986 Project leader “Saxonian of the North German Basin / Autunian in the North of GDR” funded by the Central Geological Institute of G.D.R.
  • 1982-1984 Project leader “Permocarboniferous bio- and lithostratigraphy of the deep well Querfurt 1”, funded by EEG Gommern
  • 1981-1984 Project leader, Project “Biostratigraphy and integrated facies analysis of the Late Palaeozoic” funded by the Central Geological Institute of G.D.R.

 

Selected other duties & achievements

1982-2013co-editor Freiberger Forschungshefte, Reihe C, Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies
1988‑1990Students Dean of Geology, Freiberg University
1990-2002Chair of the examination board for Geology and Palaeontology
1994-presentStudents Dean of Geosciences, Freiberg University
1998-presentVoting Member IUGS/IGCP Sub-Commission on Permian Stratigraphy
1999-2001 and 2007-2009Vice-president Palaeontological Society in Germany
2007-2012Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Review Board 314 Geology and Palaeontology
2008-presentAssociate editor “Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geologische Wissenschaften”
2009-presentMember of the editorial board "Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments"
2010-presentMember of the editorial board "Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History"
2012-presentVice chairman IUGS/IGCP Sub-Commission on Permian Stratigraphy