Research topics Post-Palaeozoic coral taxonomy, classification, and biostratigraphy Database application and data visualization in palaeontology Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of nerineid gastropods (not much progress now because of too many coral faunas sent to me) Taxonomy of Early Cretaceous Orbitolinid Foraminifera (Data base) Cretaceous ... regional geology, palaeontology, stratigraphy and facies
	Current Research Description of Mesozoic/Cenozoic coral faunas from here, there and everywhere Taxonomic revision of various Cretaceous coral genera down to the species level Testing the potential of Nerineid gastropods for biostratigraphy
	Papers/books in Progress Publications on Cretaceous coral faunas and coral genera from all over the world are always in preparation, submitted or in print. Various coral faunas reaching from the Berriasian to Coniacian of Spain. Much interesting and new material. Barremian/Aptian/Albian coral faunas from Mexico (Sonora, Puebla). Practical a never ending project: Systematic revision of the Cretaceous coral genera, this will be the fourth volume of the Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals (Systematic part) ...but I am constantly working on that. People often ask me whether I can determine coral samples for them. At least I can try. Since the amount of the samples increased in the last years, I kindly ask you to lookup these instructions. - Other persons ask me whether we can publish a coral fauna together. Please lookup the procedure.
	Publications (published or in press) Mesozoic Coral Palaeontology (> 60) Database Application in Palaeontology (> 10) Rudist bivalves (few) Miscellaneous (Geology, Palaeontology, Biology) (< 10) Books (as editor; few) Selected abstracts (1996-2006; ca. 20) "Book" Reviews (< 100) Popular articles / Divulgación (few) Unpublished theses, manuals and reports (few)
	Software development PaleoTax – taxonomic database system for palaeontologists PalCol – PaleoTax extension for palaeontological collections and PaleoTax/Map – PaleoTax GIS extension PaleoTax/Measure – program to measure two dimensional fossils and calculate average, standard deviation etc.
	Teaching Databasing and statistics in geosciences Invertebrate palaeontology Micropalaeontology and microfacies Palaeoecology and taphonomy The short course on fossil corals held 2005 and 2007 will be repeated in June 2010 in Mexico City. Clases Base de datos y geoestadística Paleontología de invertebrados Micropaleontología y ambiente Paleoecología y tafonomía El curso sobre corales fósiles (impartido en el 2005 y 2007) será repetido en Junio 2010 en la Ciudad de México.
The depicted persons are students, but not necessarily all of them are my students.	Students I work with students (B.S., M.S., PhD) on the following topics Fossil and extant coral taxonomy Invertebrate palaeontology and micropalaeontology Biostratigraphy Regional geology Statistics in biology, palaeontology and geology but only in Hermosillo ! Estudiantes Trabajo con estudiantes (Licenciatura, Maestría, Doctorado) en los campos siguentes Taxonomía de corales fósiles y recientes Paleontología de invertebrados y micropaleontología Bioestratigrafía, Geología regional, Estadística en biología, paleontología y geología (foráneos tienen que venir a Hermosillo). List of students - who are presently working with me (or finished their theses), and on what.
	Personal data Born in Dresden ([former East-]Germany) Diplôme de Recherches Doctorales (Diplôme de 3ème cycle) Université Nancy (1994) Ph.D. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (1999) Inv.Tit. B T.C., Inv.Nac. II (S.N.I.) Lives in Hermosillo, Col. Valle Verde Languages : Deutsch, English, Español, Français, porusski, nihon-go.
	Where we can meet next time ... In the backyard of my house (there is always cold beer).

[22 January 2010]
Thanks to Antonia for taking pictures in the Cabullona Basin, and to an unnamed waiter at the Barra Hildalgo.