Seminar series

Lectures on current research topics.
Free admission.
At 18:15-19:00 in lecture hall KO2-E-72a/b, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich.

Mittwoch, 18.02.2026 Dr. Maria Morell Ybarz (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany) Effects of noise and other factors on hearing of marine mammals

Mittwoch, 04.03.2026 Dr. Samuel Cooper (Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany) The secret lives of pachycormid fishes: decoding the origins and evolutionary history of a successful group of Mesozoic stem-teleosts

Mittwoch, 25.03.2026 Dr. Daniela Winkler (University of Bonn, Germany) Microwear research in dinosaurs

Donnerstag, 07.05.2026  As part of "WISSEN TO GO" in the Museum cinema at 6.00pm!! Dr. Carina Hoorn (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) From Andes to Atlantic: The evolution of the Amazon River

Mittwoch, 20.05.2026 Dr. Steffen Trümper (University of Münster, Germany) Microfungi, sharks and volcanoes: Fossil lake ecosystems as archives for deep-time climate change