About Me |
Dr. Benjamin Sames |
Short curriculum Born February 22, 1977 in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 1995–1998 I studied Geology and Palaeontology at "Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg", Halle, Germany 1998–2002 I studied Geology and Palaeontology at "Freie Universität Berlin", Berlin, Germany 2003 Diploma degree, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2003–2006 Research Assistant (German Science Foundation) at "Freie Universität Berlin" Since 2006 Affiliate Research Associate at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK, USA 2007–2011 Scientific Assistant at the Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Austria December 2009, doctorate degree ("Freie Universität Berlin", Berlin, Germany) Since 2012 Stratigraphic Consultant Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.) 2012 Project Collaborator, UNESCO/IUGS - International Geoscience Program IGCP 555, Department für Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Austria 2013 Research Assistant/Internship at the “Geologische Bundesanstalt” (GBA, Geological Survey of Austria) in Vienna March 2014–February 2015 Project Collaborator and Secretary, UNESCO/IUGS - International Geoscience Program IGCP 609, Department für Geodynamics und Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Austria Since 2015 Project Leader Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Project P 27687 “Integrating palaeoenvironmental and climate cyclicities – An optimized stratigraphic framework in the non-marine Lower Cretaceous” (Short title “Lower Cretaceous Climate and Non-marine Stratigraphy - LCCNS”) 10/2017– 12/2019 Project Leader “Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) project “Late Mesozoic lacustrine systems in Tunisia and their global correlation (IGCP 632 Lacustrine Systems)” (Subproject to IGCP 632 “Continental Crises of the Jurassic: Major Extinction Events and Environmental Changes within Lacustrine Ecosystems” via International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Awards and Tributes January 2004 – “Katharina-Heinroth-Preis” of the "Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin" (Berlin, Germany) for the Diploma Thesis 10th July 2012 – “Hanns-Bruno-Geinitz-Preis” of the “Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden“ (Dresden, Germany) for the Doctoral Thesis November 2014 – Michael A. Ayress and Robin C. Whatley (2014. Early Cretaceous nonmarine Ostracoda from the North Falkland Basin, South Atlantic. Palaeontology 57/6, 1143–1175, Link) named a new non-marine Lower Cretaceous ostracod species in honour of the scientific works of B. Sames on ostracod micropaleontology: Vecticypris samesi sp. nov. (Ayress and Whatley, 2014, p. 1167). Vecticypris samesi Ayress and Whatley, 2014 Early Cretaceous of the Falkland Basin, South Atlantic (left and right lateral view; dorsal view with anterior end to the left; Courtesy of Michael Ayress) Diploma Thesis (Master's equivalent) "Taxonomie, Paläoökologie, Biogeographie und Biostratigraphie von kalkigen Mikrofossilien (Ostracoda/Charophyta) der Tendaguruschichten (Oberjura/Unterkreide) am Tendaguru Hill, Tansania" (Berlin) ["Taxonomy, palaeoecology, biogeography and biostratigraphy of calcareous microfossils (Ostracoda/Charophyta) of the Tendaguru Beds (Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous) at Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania"] Download a pdf-file of the Diploma (Master's) thesis here Lower Resolution (6 MB) or High Resolution (18 MB) REMARK: The results of this thesis have been published as Sames (2006) and Sames (2008), see List of Publications Doctoral Thesis “Taxonomy and systematics of nonmarine Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous ostracods: their phylogeny and application to biostratigraphy with emphasis on the Early Cretaceous of the North American Western Interior foreland basin” Thesis published online via the University Library of the “Freie Universität Berlin” (Berlin, Germany) at: http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/receive/FUDISS_thesis_000000019296 REMARK: The results of this thesis have been published, amongst others, as Sames (2010, 2011), Sames and Horne (2012), Sames et al. (2010), Martín-Closas et al. (2013), Cifelli et al. (2014), see List of Publications Professional Affiliations Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (Sam Noble Museum), Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology http://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/staff/benjamin-sames-2/ Society Memberships The Micropalaeontolgical Society – TMS (UK) The Paleontological Society (USA) Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Germany) Österreichische Paläontologische Gesellschaft (ÖPG) Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft (ÖGG) Language competence German – Native language English – active, excellent in written and spoken Russian – active, moderate Spanish/French – passive, basics |
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