Michael Krings (paleobotanist)
Michael Krings (born November 19, 1968 in Munich ) is a German paleobotanist . He is a professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
Krings studied biology, history, musicology and philosophy at the University of Münster from 1988 with the first state examination for the teaching degree in biology and history in 1994. He then worked as a research assistant at the research center for paleobotany in Münster and received his doctorate in 1998 under Hans Kerp ( cuticular analytical investigations on pteridosperms from the Stefan (Upper Carboniferous) of Blanzy-Montceau (Massif Central, France) ). As a post-doctoral student , he was at the University of Kansas (where he has been an affiliate of the Faculty of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) with Thomas N. Taylor from 1999 to 2000 and 2002 to 2003 . In 2002 he completed his habilitation in Münster. From 2003 he was curator for fossil plants and scientist at the Bavarian State Collection for Geology and Paleontology in Munich and since 2007 professor for palaeobotany at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
In 2018 Krings received the Friedrich von Alberti Prize of the Paleontological Society .
His research focuses on in situ microorganisms in Upper Palaeozoic Cherts and taxonomy, morphology, biology and ecology of Upper Palaeozoic seed plants as well as ferns and gymnosperms from Triassic and Cretaceous.
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| SURNAME | Krings, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paleobotanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th November 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |