Anne Schulp appointed as professor of Vertebrate Paleontology
As of February 1, 2019, Dr Anne Schulp is appointed as part-time professor on the chair of Vertebrate Paleontology in the Department of Earth Sciences. Anne obtained his PhD in 2006 at the VU Amsterdam on marine reptiles (mosasaurs) from the Maastricht Formation. He is currently (and will continue to be) a researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre with a special interest in reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs.
Career
In the past two decades, Anne worked extensively in the Middle East, on dinosaurs from Oman, and dinosaur tracks from Yemen, and in Angola, where the PaleoAngola Project resulted in the discovery of a new dinosaur Angolatitan, and multiple new mosasaurs, including Prognathodon kianda.
As of 2013, Anne is a researcher at Naturalis. The development of the new dinosaur gallery of the new museum involved the excavation of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in Montana, US, as well as the discovery and excavation of a herd of the horned dinosaur Triceratops in Wyoming. At Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Anne Schulp is the honorary curator of palaeontology.
Vertebrate Paleontology
The primary focus of the Chair in Vertebrate Palaeontology is on education and outreach. Anne's appointment is a continuation of the partnership between Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and Naturalis. In 2019, Anne will take over the teaching activities of Prof. Jelle Reumer, in the run-up to his retirement at the end of the year.
"I鈥檓 particularly looking forward to being able to tighten the links between Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, the natural history museums and the amateur fossil collectors community in vertebrate palaeontology, in The Netherlands and abroad," Anne says. "The chair has a major emphasis on teaching and outreach. Combined with my position as a researcher at Naturalis, I鈥檓 convinced we will be able to start even more wonderful projects together in years to come."