Department heads

Daniel Bein
Department: Exhibition and Science Education
Main focus: Science communication, natural history, museums, museum education, exhibitions, intercultural communication (human / nature)

Dr. Jenna Moore
Department: Annelida
Main focus: Invertebrates, taxonomy, systematics, morphology, annelids

Dr. Danilo Harms
Department: Arachnology
Main focus: Arachnids, millipedes, arthropods, evolutionary biology, phylogeny and phylogeography, systematics, taxonomy, conservation biology

Dr. Nancy Mercado Salas
Department: Crustacea
Main focus: Invertebrates, taxonomy, systematics, morphology, evolution, crabs

Dr. Karina Lucas da Silva-Brandão
Department: Entomology, Lepidoptera & Trichoptera
Main focus: Entomology, species extinction, new species, museum research, butterflies

Dr. Martin Husemann
Department: Entomology, Hemimetabola & Hymenoptera
Main focus: Entomology, species extinction, new species, museum research, grasshoppers, phylogeny, bees

Dr. Dagmara Żyła
Department: Entomology, Coleoptera
Main focus: Entomology, species extinction, new species, museum research, beetles

Prof. Dr. Alexander Haas
Department: Herpetology
Main focus: Amphibians, reptiles, zoology, herpetology, evolution, taxonomy, morphology, anatomy, systematics

Dr. Jakob Hallermann
Department: Herpetology
Main focus: Zoology, herpetology, systematics, distribution, reptiles, snakes, lizards, amphibians

Prof. Dr. Ralf Thiel
Department: Ichthyology
Main focus: Fishes, fish taxonomy, fish systematics, marine biodiversity, aquatic ecology, estuarine ecology

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hausdorf
Department: Malacology
Main focus: Snails, molluscs, biogeography, speciation

Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Kaiser
Department: Mammalogy and Palaeoanthropology
Main focus: Mammals / Mammalogy, functional ecometry and 3D morphometry, masticatory apparatus of ungulates, primates and humans, feeding behaviour of mammals, habitats of prehistoric and early humans

Dr. Stefan Peters
Department: Mineralogy
Main focus: Special mineralogy, gemmology, gemstones, authenticity expertises, meteorite science

Dr. Nicholas Ryan Friedman
Department: Ornithology
Main focus: Birds, zoology, ornithology, evolution, taxonomy, systematics, speciation, bioacoustics, biogeography, genomics,
trait evolution, ecomorphology, phylogenetics, population ecology and genetics, urban ecology

Dr. Ulrich Kotthoff
Department: Palaeontology
Main focus: Palaeontology, palaeoclimate research, palynology, palaeoentomology, fossils, dinosaurs, insects, extinct plants, climate of the past, earth history, pollen

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
Department: Invertebrates
Main focus: Invertebrates, taxonomy, systematics, morphology