Michael Gudo

Michael Gudo (born May 15, 1969 in Leverkusen ) is a geologist and palaeontologist from the Frankfurt school of evolution .

Life

Gudo studied geology / palaeontology and biology with a focus on zoology and evolutionary biology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . After receiving his diploma in geology in 1996, he did his doctorate in 1999 at the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the Goethe University under Klaus-Peter Vogel and Wolfgang Friedrich Gutmann (title: Construction, evolution and reef-forming potential of rugose corals ). In 2009 he completed his habilitation in geology and palaeontology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen with the text Das Evolutionsfeld der Deuterostomier .

1999–2005 Gudo worked as a research assistant at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Nature Museum , where he worked on the further development of the Frankfurt evolution theory and the method of construction morphology . The responsibilities at the museum included the laboratory for histology and the collections for histology and comparative anatomy . In 2005, Gudo and his working group founded the first spin-off of the Senckenberg Research Institute: Morphisto Evolutionsforschung und Verwaltung GmbH, which offers a comprehensive service in scientific services and special products for routine use in medical and biological laboratories at the interface between science and business.

Research priorities

Influenced by his work in the field of evolutionary biology and construction morphology, Gudo has dealt with evolutionary biology and the methods of evolutionary research in research and teaching . The focus of the research work is on: the areas of application of evolution theories , methods of histology and phylogenetic reconstruction, the body construction and evolution of echinoderms , chordates and vertebrates and - within the new mouths - the tunicates and gill animals . Together with Manfred Grasshoff, Gudo worked intensively on the body structure and tribal history of the coelenterates (especially the hard corals and extinct rugose corals ) and presented new findings on the gallertoid model for the origin of multicellular animals . Following work on the coelenterates, Gudo devoted himself to the evolutionary field of the deuterostomians. Construction morphological, anatomical and histological work on echinoderms, enteropnews and chorus data formed the basis and main content of a multi-year DFG-funded research project. Current research focuses on the theory of evolution with regard to conditions, mechanisms and factors of evolution. Gudo's contributions to the Frankfurt theory of evolution are primarily to be seen in a more precise definition of the scope and the application of this reconstruction method to different animal phyla.

Teaching and current activities

Gudo has been treasurer on the board of the Paleontological Society since 2003 and managing director of Morphisto Evolution Research and Application GmbH, a spin-off of the Senckenberg Research Institute, since 2005. At the same time, he is teaching at the Faculties of Biology , Geosciences and Geography at the Goethe University in Frankfurt and in the Geosciences and Geography Department at the University of Göttingen. Teaching focuses on evolution , the theory of evolution, the origin of the earth and life, the spread of the Metazoa and special courses on histology, comparative anatomy and construction morphology.

Publications (selection)

• Michael Gudo, Tareq Syed: 100 Years of Deuterostomia (Grobben, 1908): Cladogenetic and Anagenetic Relations within the Notoneuralia Domain. PDF file on arxiv.org (2008).
• Tareq Syed, Michael Gudo, Mathias Gutman: The new large phylogeny of the animal kingdom: dilemma or progress? In: Denisia. Volume XX, 2007, also catalogs of the Upper Austrian regional museums. Neue Serie 66, pp. 295-312 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Mathias Gutmann, Michael Gudo, Tareq Syed: Ana- and cladogenesis, micro- and macroevolution - some remarks on the problem of naming. In: Denisia. Volume XX, 2007, also catalogs of the Upper Austrian regional museums. New Series 66, pp. 23–36 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Michael Gudo: An Evolutionary Scenario for the Origin of Pentameric Echinoderms - Implications from the Hydraulic Principles of form Determination. In: Acta Biotheoretica 53, pp. 191-216, PDF file at www.researchgate.net (2005).
• Michael Gudo and Friederike Dettmann: Evolution models for the development of echinoderms. In: Paläontologische Zeitschrift 79/3, pp. 305–338, PDF file at www.researchgate.net (2005).
• Michael Gudo: Hydromechanical considerations on the evolution and diversification of the echinoderms bauplans. PDF file on arxiv.org (2005).
• Michael Gudo: Hydromechanical considerations on the origin of the pentaradial body structure of echinoderms. . PDF file on arxiv.org (2005).
• Michael Gudo: Soft body reconstructions of Palaeozoic corals: implications for the system of Anthozoa (Coelenterata). In: Lethaia 35 (4), pp. 328-344, PDF file on www.researchgate.net (2002).
• Michael Gudo: Structural-functional Aspects in the Evolution of Operculate Corals (Rugosa). In: Palaeontology 45 (4), pp. 671-687 (2002), PDF file on www.researchgate.net (2002).
• Michael Gudo: The development of the critical theory of evolution: The scientific career of Wolfgang F. Gutmann. In: Theory of Biosciences 121 (1), pp. 101-137, PDF file at www.researchgate.net (2002).
• Michael Gudo: The soft body construction of Calceola sandalina (Anthozoa, Rugosa) - construction relationships, ontogenesis, evolution and functioning. In: Paläontologische Zeitschrift 74 (1/2), pp. 37–49, PDF file at www.researchgate.net (2000).

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Gudo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
• Homepage