Nadia Fröbisch Explained

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

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

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:

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-12-23. Prof. Nadia Fröbisch, Ph.D..
  2. Web site: 2020-12-23. 2006 (Romer Prize) - Nadia Fröbisch.
  3. Web site: 2020-12-23. Nadia Stoecker CV.
  4. Book: Fröbisch, Nadia. Ontogeny and phylogeny of small dissorophoid amphibians. McGill University. 2008. Montreal. 1–360.
  5. Web site: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Professorin N. Fröbisch. 2021-01-02. agnes.hu-berlin.de.
  6. Web site: 2020-12-23. SVP - Past Award Winners.
  7. Web site: 2020-12-23. Nadia Fröbisch. IMDb.
  8. Web site: 2020-12-23. Distinguished Lecture Program.
  9. Web site: 2020-12-23. SVP/Paleo Society Distinguished Lecturer Program.
  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. 10.1111/j.1525-142x.2006.00138.x. 17227367. 10644859. 1520-541X.
  11. Fröbisch. Nadia B.. Shubin. Neil H.. 2011-04-04. Salamander limb development: Integrating genes, morphology, and fossils. Developmental Dynamics. 240. 5. 1087–1099. 10.1002/dvdy.22629. 21465623. 1058-8388. free.
  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. 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00055.x. 18947337. 9148543. 1464-7931.
  13. Fröbisch. Nadia B.. Olori. Jennifer C.. Schoch. Rainer R.. Witzmann. Florian. 2010. Amphibian development in the fossil record. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. en. 21. 4. 424–431. 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.001. 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. en. 527. 7577. 231–234. 10.1038/nature15397. 26503047. 2015Natur.527..231F. 1717512. 0028-0836.
  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. en. 116. 30. 15106–15115. 10.1073/pnas.1900475116. 0027-8424. 6660751. 31270239. 2019PNAS..11615106D . free .
  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. en. 281. 1794. 20141550. 10.1098/rspb.2014.1550. 0962-8452. 4211449. 25253458.
  17. 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. en. 147. 4. 515–538. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00225.x. 1096-3642. free.
  18. 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. en. 110. 4. 1393–1397. 10.1073/pnas.1216750110. 0027-8424. 3557033. 23297200. 2013PNAS..110.1393F. free .
  19. Fröbisch. Nadia B.. Fröbisch. Jörg. A New Basal Pterosaur Genus from the Upper Triassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland. 2006. Palaeontology. en. 49. 5. 1081–1090. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00581.x. 2006Palgy..49.1081F . 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. 10.1002/ar.20719. 18493933. 7393052. 1932-8486. free.
  21. Web site: 2020-12-23. PalZ - Editors.
  22. Web site: 2020-12-23. Journal of Paleontology - Editorial Board.
  23. Web site: 2020-12-23. Paleobiology - Editorial Board.
  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. 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.06.007. 2013CRPal..12..447M . 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. 10.1080/02724634.2012.633586. 2012JVPal..32...35F . 131513990. 0272-4634.
  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. 10.1038/nature06865. 18497824. 2008Natur.453..515A. 205212809. 0028-0836.
  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. 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1015. 2008JVPal..28.1015F . 128698929. 0272-4634.

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