| Gundolf Ernst | |
| Birth Date: | August 29, 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg |
| Death Place: | Berlin |
| Field: | Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology |
| Work 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.