Gundolf Ernst

Gundolf Ernst
Born August 29, 1930
Hamburg
Died April 25, 2002
Berlin
Nationality German
Fields Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology
Institutions Braunschweig University of Technology, Free University of Berlin
Alma mater University of Hamburg
Doctoral advisor Friedrich Karl Drescher-Kaden
Doctoral students 4
Known for Research of Cretaceous stratifications

Gundolf Ernst (August 29, 1930 April 25, 2002) was a German geologist[1] and mineralogist.

Gundolf Ernst was the son of Wilhelm Ernst, geologist at Hamburg University, and his wife Elisabeth, née Thüme. He grew up in Ahrensburg and came in contact with the archaeologist Alfred Rust while still a boy. After his graduation he studied geology at Hamburg University and finished his doctoral thesis in the field of mineralogy in 1961. He became a specialist in the study of the Cretaceous, especially fossilized sea urchins of this period. From 1964 to 1976 he worked as a paleontologist at the Braunschweig University of Technology. In 1976 he became a professor at the Free University of Berlin, where he continued until retirement. His research led him to many countries, among others England, Spain, Poland, Tanzania and the Adriatic Sea coast.

Selected Works

References

  1. information source Festschrift 1995 https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/bitstream/handle/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-33A7-9/1995-ernst.pdf?sequence=1
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