Gerstner Scholars Program

Generously funded by the Gerstner Family Foundation, the Gerstner Scholars program will encourage and support groundbreaking research in biology, with an emphasis on genomics, including such topics as microbes, mammals, invertebrates, marine life, and computational biology.

 
The work of scholars at AMNH co-supported through this competitive program will have implications for such broad themes as:
 
  • Human and medical research that is informed by understanding the scientific composition and behavior of other species; and
  • Advancing our understanding of the evolution and diversity of species and the "tree of life."
Chosen for their creative approaches to research questions that are likely to lead to important new discoveries in their respective fields, Gerstner Scholars will include biological scientists who have demonstrated outstanding performance that merits recognition early in their careers.  Awardees must have received their degree or deposited their dissertation before they begin their appointment.

Current Gerstner Scholars

Dr. Christian Kammerer, Division of Paleontology and RGGS

Research Interests: Anatomy and phylogeny of early cynodonts and the evolutionary transitions leading to Mammalia; high-resolution CT methods

Phd: University of Chicago, Committee on Evolutionary Biology; “Cranial Disparity in the Non-Mammalian Synapsida,"  2009

 

 

 

 

Dr. Carsten Kamez, Division of Invertebrate Zoology and RGGS

Research Interests: Morphology of scorpions and their evolutionary history; high-resolution CT methods

PhD: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), department of biology, specialization in zoology "Book-lung morphology -- Implications for Arachnid Phylogeny (Arachnida, Chelicerata)", 2009