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Nadia Belinda Fröbisch (née Stöcker) is a German vertebrate paleontologist and developmental biologist who specializes in the evolution and development of amphibians. She is currently a professor at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin in the Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity.[1]

Academic and professional background

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Fröbisch obtained her vordiplom (B.Sc. equivalent) at the University of Bonn in Germany (1996-1999), after which she spent a year as a visiting student at the University of Calgary and volunteered at the Royal Tyrell Museum.[2][3] Following that, she pursued her diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) at the University of Bonn (2000-2003) under the supervision of Martin Sander, where she studied Middle Triassic ichthyosaurs. Fröbisch then went on to pursue her doctoral studies at McGill University (2003-2008) under the supervision of Robert Carroll and Hans Larsson, where she studied the extinct dissorophoid temnospondyls, a close relative of modern amphibians.[4] She went on to hold postdoctoral positions at the University of Toronto Mississauga (supervised by Robert Reisz) and the University of Chicago (supervised by Neil Shubin). She is currently a professor at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and is technically affiliated with Humboldt University.[5]

She won the Canadian Paleontology Conference's Bolton Award in 2006, given to the best student presentation, and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Romer Prize in 2006, a prestigious award given for the best student talk based on doctoral research.[6] She appeared in an episode of National Geographic's TV series "Naked Science"[7] and was a Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Distinguished Lecturer from 2018 to 2020; this program was originally an initiative of the Paleontological Society to make accomplished scientists available for public lectures.[8][9]

Academic contributions

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Fröbisch's research focuses primarily on the evolution and development of extinct and extant amphibians through the combined use of paleontological and modern developmental approaches. In particular, she is well known for her work examining patterns of limb development[10][11][12][13] and regeneration.[14][15][16] Although her work primarily utilizes amphibian models, with a secondary eye towards lungfish, she has also published on ichthyosaurs,[17][18] pterosaurs,[19] and chondrichthyans.[20] Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including Nature, JAMA Oncology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Biological Reviews. She also serves on the editorial board of several paleontological journals, including PalZ,[21] the Journal of Paleontology,[22] and Paleobiology.[23]

Fröbisch has contributed to naming several new species of extinct tetrapods, outlined below:

Year Taxon Authors
2013 Reiszerpeton renascentis gen. et sp. nov. Maddin, Fröbisch, Evans, & Milner[24]
2013 Thalattoarchon saurophagis gen. et sp. nov. Fröbisch, Fröbisch, Sander, Schmitz, & Rieppel[18]
2012 Cacops woehri sp. nov. Fröbisch & Reisz[25]
2008 Gerobatrachus hottoni gen. et sp. nov. Anderson, Reisz, Scott, Fröbisch, & Sumida[26]
2008 Paswioops mayi gen. et sp. nov. Fröbisch & Reisz[27]
2006 Caviramus schesaplanensis gen. et sp. nov. Fröbisch & Fröbisch[19]
2006 Cymbospondylus nichollsi sp. nov. Fröbisch & Sander[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Prof. Nadia Fröbisch, Ph.D." 2020-12-23.
  2. ^ "2006 (Romer Prize) - Nadia Fröbisch". 2020-12-23.
  3. ^ "Nadia Stoecker CV" (PDF). 2020-12-23.
  4. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia (2008). Ontogeny and phylogeny of small dissorophoid amphibians. Montreal: McGill University. pp. 1–360.
  5. ^ "Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Professorin N. Fröbisch". agnes.hu-berlin.de. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  6. ^ "SVP - Past Award Winners". 2020-12-23.
  7. ^ "Nadia Fröbisch". IMDb. 2020-12-23.
  8. ^ "Distinguished Lecture Program". 2020-12-23.
  9. ^ "SVP/Paleo Society Distinguished Lecturer Program". 2020-12-23.
  10. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Carroll, Robert L.; Schoch, Rainer R. (2007-01-12). "Limb ossification in the Paleozoic branchiosaurid Apateon (Temnospondyli) and the early evolution of preaxial dominance in tetrapod limb development". Evolution & Development. 9 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142x.2006.00138.x. ISSN 1520-541X. PMID 17227367. S2CID 10644859.
  11. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Shubin, Neil H. (2011-04-04). "Salamander limb development: Integrating genes, morphology, and fossils". Developmental Dynamics. 240 (5): 1087–1099. doi:10.1002/dvdy.22629. ISSN 1058-8388. PMID 21465623.
  12. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B. (2008-10-20). "Ossification patterns in the tetrapod limb - conservation and divergence from morphogenetic events". Biological Reviews. 83 (4): 571–600. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00055.x. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 18947337. S2CID 9148543.
  13. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Olori, Jennifer C.; Schoch, Rainer R.; Witzmann, Florian (2010). "Amphibian development in the fossil record". Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 21 (4): 424–431. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.001. PMID 19913630.
  14. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Bickelmann, Constanze; Olori, Jennifer C.; Witzmann, Florian (2015). "Deep-time evolution of regeneration and preaxial polarity in tetrapod limb development". Nature. 527 (7577): 231–234. Bibcode:2015Natur.527..231F. doi:10.1038/nature15397. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26503047. S2CID 1717512.
  15. ^ Darnet, Sylvain; Dragalzew, Aline C.; Amaral, Danielson B.; Sousa, Josane F.; Thompson, Andrew W.; Cass, Amanda N.; Lorena, Jamily; Pires, Eder S.; Costa, Carinne M.; Sousa, Marcos P.; Fröbisch, Nadia B. (2019-07-23). "Deep evolutionary origin of limb and fin regeneration". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (30): 15106–15115. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11615106D. doi:10.1073/pnas.1900475116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6660751. PMID 31270239.
  16. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Bickelmann, Constanze; Witzmann, Florian (2014-11-07). "Early evolution of limb regeneration in tetrapods: evidence from a 300-million-year-old amphibian". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1794): 20141550. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1550. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4211449. PMID 25253458.
  17. ^ a b Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Sander, P. Martin; Rieppel, Olivier (2006). "A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 147 (4): 515–538. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00225.x. ISSN 1096-3642.
  18. ^ a b Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Fröbisch, Jörg; Sander, P. Martin; Schmitz, Lars; Rieppel, Olivier (2013-01-22). "Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (4): 1393–1397. Bibcode:2013PNAS..110.1393F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1216750110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3557033. PMID 23297200.
  19. ^ a b Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2006). "A New Basal Pterosaur Genus from the Upper Triassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland". Palaeontology. 49 (5): 1081–1090. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49.1081F. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00581.x. S2CID 129741535.
  20. ^ Maxwell, Erin E.; Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Heppleston, Audrey C. (2008). "Variability and Conservation in Late Chondrichthyan Development: Ontogeny of the Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata)". The Anatomical Record. 291 (9): 1079–1087. doi:10.1002/ar.20719. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 18493933. S2CID 7393052.
  21. ^ "PalZ - Editors". 2020-12-23.
  22. ^ "Journal of Paleontology - Editorial Board". 2020-12-23.
  23. ^ "Paleobiology - Editorial Board". 2020-12-23.
  24. ^ Maddin, Hillary C.; Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Evans, David C.; Milner, Andrew R. (2013). "Reappraisal of the Early Permian amphibamid Tersomius texensis and some referred material". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 12 (7–8): 447–461. Bibcode:2013CRPal..12..447M. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.06.007. ISSN 1631-0683.
  25. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Reisz, Robert R. (2012). "A new species of dissorophid (Cacops woehri) from the Lower Permian Dolese Quarry, near Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 35–44. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32...35F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.633586. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 131513990.
  26. ^ Anderson, Jason S.; Reisz, Robert R.; Scott, Diane; Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Sumida, Stuart S. (2008). "A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders". Nature. 453 (7194): 515–518. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..515A. doi:10.1038/nature06865. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 18497824. S2CID 205212809.
  27. ^ Fröbisch, Nadia B.; Reisz, Robert R. (2008-12-12). "A new Lower Permian amphibamid (Dissorophoidea, Temnospondyli) from the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1015–1030. Bibcode:2008JVPal..28.1015F. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1015. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 128698929.
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