EDUCATION: 1982 - MSc of Sciences (Diplom), Univ Hamburg, Germany. 1988 - PhD Vertebrate Paleontology, Univ Hamburg, Germany. Positions: 2000-2006 - Researcher Inst Paleont Miquel Crusafont; 2006-current - ICREA Research Professor at Inst Cat Paleontologia; 2013-current - Ass.Prof Dep. BABVE UAB; 2006-2014 - Ass.Prof Dep. Ecology, Univ. Barcelona; AWARDS: 2010 “Premi Bartomeu Darder” Soc Nat Hist Balear; 2010; “Premio Paleonturología10” Int Award; 2010 “Research Excellence Prize 2010” Univ.Aut.Barcelona; 1999 “Premi Ciutat de Barcelona” Award of Barcelona City. PUBLICATIONS: Science; Nature; Trends Ecol Evol; Proc Natl Acad Sci USA; Current Biol; Proc R.Soc B; Scientific Reports; PLoS ONE; Peer J; C Biochem Physiol A; Brain Behav Evol; J. AnatOmy; Mam Biol; Geobios; Palaegeogr., Palaeoclimat., Palaeoecol.; J. Vert. Paleont; Biol.J.Linn Soc.; Lethaia; CR Palevol.; J Zool.; Integr. Zool.; Swiss J. Pal.; Zitteliana; J Human Evol; Am J Anthr; Folia Prim. etc.
Research interests
- Life History Evolution and Evolution of Ageing and Longevity - Evolution of Body Size - Insularity and Evolution in Resource-limited Environments - Evolution of Brain and Nervous system
Selected publications
- Moya-Sola S, Quintana Cardona J & Kohler M 2022, 'Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa Island (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications', Historical Biology, 34:8, 1642-1659.
- Orlandi-Oliveras G, Kohler M, Clavel J, Scott R, Mayda S, Kaya T, Merceron G 2022, 'Feeding strategies of circum-Mediterranean hipparionins during the late Miocene: Exploring dietary preferences related to size through dental microwear analysis', Palaeontologia Electronica, 25, 1, a13.
Selected research activities
Keynote Speaker 6th International Symposium on Paleohistology at Pune (India) ONLINE 24.3.2022
Director of PhD Thesis by Teresa Calderón on: Growth dynamics and life history inferences in extant deer from histological analysis of bone tissue. 11.2.2022 (ONLINE)