Gert Wörheide
German marine biologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gert Wörheide is a German marine biologist who works mainly on marine invertebrates. He earned his doctorate in geobiology from Georg-August-Universität, following this with a post-doctorate at Queensland Museum (1998-2002),[1] where he worked with John Hooper on sponges,[2][3][4][5][6] a collaboration which continues.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
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Scientific career | |
Fields | marine invertebrates biodiversity evolution taxonomy genomics |
Institutions | Queensland Museum Georg-August-Universität Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität |
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Following his postdoctorate in Queensland, Wörheide returned to Germany to become a junior professor in molecular geobiology at Georg-August-Universität (2002-2008),[1] and in October 2008 was appointed Chair of Geobiology & Paleontology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (University of Munich) (his current position),[1] where he continues to work on evolution and genomics,[13][14][15][16] and all things pertaining to marine invertebrates.[17][18][19] His most cited paper with 559 citations (at 2020-09-29) is "Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough".[20]