André Freiwald

André Freiwald (* 1961 ) is a German geologist and paleontologist .

André Freiwald studied geology and zoology at the University of Kiel (1983–1988) and received his doctorate in 1993 at the Geomar research center . After a time as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bremen , he was initially a Heisenberg fellow. He then became Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology at the University of Tübingen (2000–2002), but then switched to the Chair of Paleontology in Erlangen. Since 2010 he has been head of the marine research department at the Senckenberg Institute Wilhelmshaven and at the same time professor at the University of Bremen.

Freiwald's research area is the formation, development and endangerment of reefs . He has v. a. busy with cold water corals and their reef formation. Together with other geologists, he is also interested in the formation of carbonates in regions outside the tropics. He undertook numerous expeditions on research ships.

For 2016 he was awarded the Gustav Steinmann Medal .

Publications

• Frank, N., Freiwald, A., López Correa, M., Eisele, M., Hebbeln, D., Wienberg, C., van Rooij, D., Henriet, JP, Colin, C., van Weering, T ., de Haas H., Buhl Mortensen, P., Roberts, M., de Mol, B., Douville, E., Blamart, D. & Hatte, C. 2011. Northeastern Atlantic cold water coral reefs and climate. Geology 39, 743-746.
• Freiwald, A., Beuck, L., Rüggeberg, A., Taviani, M. & Hebbeln, D. 2009. R / V Meteor Cruise M70-1 participants: The White Coral Community in the Central Mediterranean Sea revealed by ROV surveys. Oceanography 22, 58-74.
• Freiwald, A., Wilson, JB & Henrich, R. 1999. Grounding icebergs shape deep-water coral reefs. Sedimentary Geology 125, 1-8.

Web links

• Literature by and about André Freiwald in the catalog of the German National Library
• Freiwald in Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roberts, JM, Wheeler, A., Freiwald, A. & Cairns, S. 2009. Cold-Water Corals . Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, 334 pp.