Nizar Ibrahim Explained

Nizar Ibrahim
Birth Place:West Berlin, West Germany[1]
Alma Mater:University of Bristol (B.Sc.)
University College Dublin (Ph.D.)
Fields:Paleontology, Anatomy
Workplaces:University of Portsmouth
Nationality:German

Nizar Ibrahim (born in 1982) is a German-Moroccan vertebrate paleontologist and comparative anatomist. He is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.[2] Ibrahim has led several expeditions to Africa's Sahara and is notable for his research on fossil vertebrates from the Kem Kem Group, including pterosaurs, crocodyliforms, and dinosaurs.[3] [4] [5] In recent years, research led by Ibrahim radically changed ideas about the morphology and life habits of one of the largest predatory dinosaurs, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.[6] [7] Ibrahim also has interests in bioinformatics and contributed to the NSF-funded Phenoscape project.[8] He regularly engages with the public and is a speaker with the National Geographic Speakers Bureau.[9] [10] [11]

Biography

Youth and education

Nizar Ibrahim was born on 8 September 1982 in West Berlin, West Germany.[12] He has German and Moroccan ancestry, with his grandfather being the third Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdallah Ibrahim.[13] Since his childhood, he has been very enthusiastic about animals and 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.[14]

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. He carried out his postdoctoral studies at the University of Chicago for four years.

Career

He was an assistant professor at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he taught human anatomy, comparative anatomy, and evolution between 2018 and 2020. Ibrahim is a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.[15] In Morocco, he works with a number of Moroccan researchers and students based at Hassan II University. Ibrahim was one of 21 people selected as a TED fellow in 2015, which makes him the "first paleontologist in the history of the program".[16]

Awards and recognition

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/tenacious-to-the-bone
  2. Web site: Dr Nizar Ibrahim .
  3. News: 2020-03-30. Three New Species of Flying Reptiles Discovered – Pterosaurs That Inhabited the Sahara 100 Million Years Ago. en-US. SciTechDaily. 2020-06-02.
  4. News: Owen. James. 2010-05-28. New Giant Flying Reptile Found; Hunted on Foot?. en. National Geographic News. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920143353/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/5/100528-oldest-pterosaur-science-sahara/. dead. 20 September 2020. 2020-06-02.
  5. Web site: 2015-06-05. The dinosaur hunter: TED Fellow Nizar Ibrahim searches for lost worlds. 2020-06-02. TED Blog. en.
  6. Ibrahim. N.. Sereno. P. C.. Dal Sasso. C.. Maganuco. S.. Fabbri. M.. Martill. D. M.. Zouhri. S.. Myhrvold. N.. Iurino. D. A.. 2014-09-26. Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur. Science. en. 345. 6204. 1613–1616. 10.1126/science.1258750. 25213375. 2014Sci...345.1613I. 34421257. 0036-8075.
  7. Ibrahim. Nizar. Maganuco. Simone. Dal Sasso. Cristiano. Fabbri. Matteo. Auditore. Marco. Bindellini. Gabriele. Martill. David M.. Zouhri. Samir. Mattarelli. Diego A.. Unwin. David M.. Wiemann. Jasmina. 2020-04-29. Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur. Nature. 581. 7806. 67–70. 10.1038/s41586-020-2190-3. 32376955. 2020Natur.581...67I. 216650535. 0028-0836.
  8. Web site: Acknowledgments - phenoscape. wiki.phenoscape.org.
  9. Web site: Speakers Bureau. https://web.archive.org/web/20191002075644/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/events/speakers-bureau/. dead. 2 October 2019. National Geographic.
  10. Web site: Nizar Ibrahim - Global Philanthropy Forum . philanthropyforum.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814000311/https://philanthropyforum.org/people/nizar-ibrahim/ . 2016-08-14.
  11. Web site: Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim - The perfect adventure . Nicole . Trask . MonteCristo Magazine . 29 October 2018 . 5 February 2022.
  12. https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/tenacious-to-the-bone
  13. Ibrahim. Nizar. youssef lakhder. نزار إبراهيم: المغرب جنة الحفريات بالعالم .. و"كم كم" أخطر مكان. Hespress. 2020-04-30. Nizar Ibrahim: Morocco is a paradise of fossils in the world ... and "Kem Kem" is the most dangerous place. ar.
  14. News: Nizar Ibrahim raconte la découverte du Spinoraure marocain. Khatla. Kenza. 2020-05-07. Medias24. fr-fr. 2020-05-30.
  15. News: Palaeontologists reveal 'the most dangerous place in the history of planet Earth'. www.port.ac.uk. en. 2020-05-30.
  16. News: Jiang. Kevin. 2014-12-22. Nizar Ibrahim named 2015 TED Fellow. Uchicago News. 2020-05-31.
  17. News: 2014-05-16. Postdoctoral scholar Nizar Ibrahim joins ranks of National Geographic's Emerging Explorers. Uchicago news.
  18. Web site: Nizar Ibrahim. 2015. Crain's Chicago Business. 2020-05-30.
  19. News: Greshko. Michael. These are the top 20 scientific discoveries of the decade. National Geographic. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206195325/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/12/top-20-scientific-discoveries-of-decade-2010s/. dead. 6 December 2019.

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