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== Selected publications ==
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* {{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Unwin|first2=David M.|last3=Martill|first3=David M.|last4=Baidder|first4=Lahssen|last5=Zouhri|first5=Samir|displayauthors=1|date=2010-05-26|title=A New Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0010875|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=5|issue=5|pages=e10875|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0010875|issn=1932-6203|pmc=PMC2877115|pmid=20520782|via=}}
*{{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Kutschera|first2=Ulrich|author-link2=Ulrich Kutschera|year=2013|title=The ornithologist Alfred Russel Wallace and the controversy surrounding the dinosaurian origin of birds|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12064-013-0192-5|journal=Theory in Biosciences|language=en|volume=132|issue=4|pages=267–275|doi=10.1007/s12064-013-0192-5|issn=1611-7530|via=}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Varricchio|first2=David J.|last3=Sereno|first3=Paul C.|last4=Wilson|first4=Jeff A.|last5=Dutheil|first5=Didier B.|last6=Martill|first6=David M.|last7=Baidder|first7=Lahssen|last8=Zouhri|first8=Samir|displayauthors=3|date=2014-03-06|title=Dinosaur Footprints and Other Ichnofauna from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090751|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=9|issue=3|pages=e90751|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0090751|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3946209|pmid=24603467|via=|author-link3=Paul Sereno}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Varricchio|first2=David J.|last3=Sereno|first3=Paul C.|last4=Wilson|first4=Jeff A.|last5=Dutheil|first5=Didier B.|last6=Martill|first6=David M.|last7=Baidder|first7=Lahssen|last8=Zouhri|first8=Samir|displayauthors=3|date=2014-03-06|title=Dinosaur Footprints and Other Ichnofauna from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Beds of Morocco|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090751|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=9|issue=3|pages=e90751|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0090751|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3946209|pmid=24603467|via=|author-link3=Paul Sereno}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Sereno|first2=Paul C.|last3=Sasso|first3=Cristiano Dal|last4=Maganuco|first4=Simone|last5=Fabbri|first5=Matteo|last6=Martill|first6=David M.|last7=Zouhri|first7=Samir|last8=Myhrvold|first8=Nathan|last9=Iurino|first9=Dawid A.|displayauthors=2|date=2014-09-26|title=Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6204/1613|journal=Science|language=en|volume=345|issue=6204|pages=1613–1616|doi=10.1126/science.1258750|issn=0036-8075|pmid=25213375|via=}}
* {{Cite journal|last=Ibrahim|first=Nizar|last2=Sereno|first2=Paul C.|last3=Sasso|first3=Cristiano Dal|last4=Maganuco|first4=Simone|last5=Fabbri|first5=Matteo|last6=Martill|first6=David M.|last7=Zouhri|first7=Samir|last8=Myhrvold|first8=Nathan|last9=Iurino|first9=Dawid A.|displayauthors=2|date=2014-09-26|title=Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur|url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/345/6204/1613|journal=Science|language=en|volume=345|issue=6204|pages=1613–1616|doi=10.1126/science.1258750|issn=0036-8075|pmid=25213375|via=}}

Revision as of 00:24, 31 May 2020

Nizar Ibrahim
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Berlin, Germany
CitizenshipGermany, Morocco
Alma materUniversity of Bristol (B.Sc.)
University College Dublin (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology, Anatomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Detroit Mercy

Nizar Ibrahim (born in 1982) is a US-based German-Moroccan vertebrate paleontologist and comparative anatomist, and National Geographic Explorer. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Early life

Nizar was born in 1982 in Berlin, Germany. His grandfather was the third Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdallah Ibrahim.[1] Since his childhood, he has been very enthusiastic about animals (their diversity, anatomy, and evolution). He also loved fiction and nonfiction stories of adventures around the world. At 5 years old, he decided that he was going to become a paleontologist while reading a book on dinosaurs.[2]

Educational background

He obtained a Bachelor of science in Geology and Biology from the University of Bristol in 2006. In 2011, he obtained his PhD from University College Dublin's School of Medicine and Medical Science in 2011. He carried out his postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago for four years.[1]

Career

He is currently an an assistant professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he teaches human anatomy, comparative anatomy and evolution of vertebrate animals.[1] Ibrahim is also a visiting researcher at the University of Portsmouth.[3] In Morocco, he works with a number of Moroccan researchers and students, they created a research group at Hassan II University.[1]

Recognition

In 2014, he was selected as a member of National Geographic's Emerging Explorer Program.[4]

In 2015, he was listed in Crain’s “40 Under 40”.[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ibrahim, Nizar (2020-04-30). "نزار إبراهيم: المغرب جنة الحفريات بالعالم .. و"كم كم" أخطر مكان" [Nizar Ibrahim: Morocco is a paradise of fossils in the world ... and "Kem Kem" is the most dangerous place] (Interview) (in Arabic). Interviewed by youssef lakhder. Hespress.
  2. ^ Khatla, Kenza (2020-05-07). "Nizar Ibrahim raconte la découverte du Spinoraure marocain". Medias24 (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-30.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Palaeontologists reveal 'the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth'". www.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. ^ "Postdoctoral scholar Nizar Ibrahim joins ranks of National Geographic's Emerging Explorers". Uchicago news. 2014-05-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Nizar Ibrahim". Crain's Chicago Business. 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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