Dr. Patrick Grunert - Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Dr. Patrick Grunert
Contact Information
Institute for Earth Sciences, University of Graz
Heinrichstraße 26, A-8010 Graz
+43-316-380-8735
patrick.grunert@uni-graz.at
Educational Background
2007-2011 University of Graz
Ph.D. with honours, Earth Sciences/Geobiology
Thesis: Integrated Facies-analysis and Stratgraphy of the Early Miocene North Alpine
Foreland Basin; Werner E. Piller, Mathias Harzhauser
2002-2007 University of Vienna
M.Sc. with honours, Biology/Paleobiology
Extra-curricular education
Thesis: Early Miocene Oceanography of the eastern North Alpine Foreland Basin based on
Foraminiferal Stable Isotope signatures; Mathias Harzhauser
2010 ECORD Summer School “Dynamics of Past Climate Changes”
MARUM, University of Bremen, Germany
2008 Urbino Summerschool in Paleoclimatology
University of Urbino, Italy
2006 Master courses in Biology and Earth Sciences (Erasmus-programme)
Humboldt-University of Berlin and Free University of Berlin
Academic Experience & Related Employment
2012-present Postdoctoral researcher
in the project Pliocene and Pleistocene foraminiferal assemblages of the Gulf of Cadiz
(IODP Expedition 339); Werner E. Piller
University of Graz, Institute for Earth Sciences
2011-2012 Shipboard scientist on IODP Expedition 339 (Mediterranean Outflow)
2009-present Teaching assistant
University of Graz, Institute for Earth Sciences
Micropalaeontology (Undergraduate level); Werner E. Piller
Electron Microscopy for Earth Scientists (Undergraduate level); Karl Ettinger
Use of Proxies in Geobiology (Undergraduate level); Bernhard Hubmann

2007-2011 Research assistant
in the project Integrated Facies-Analysis in the Oligo-Miocene of the North Alpine Foreland
Basin; Werner E. Piller, Mathias Harzhauser, Hanns Sperl, Ralph Hinsch
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Commission for the Palaeontological and Stratigraphical
Research of Austria
2006-2007 Teaching assistant
2005-2007 Assistant
Internships
University of Vienna, Department of Paleontology
Palaeontological field-courses (Undergraduate level); Peter Pervesler
Natural History Museum Vienna, Geological-Paleontological Department
Inventory and rearrangement of micropalaeontological and invertebrate collections
Participation in field-work
2006 Natural History Museum Berlin; David Lazarus
Field-Work
Inventory and documentation of the micropalaeontological collection
Methods of preparation
Extensive excursions during my undergraduate and graduate studies include Austria, Bulgaria, France,
Germany, Italy, Oman, Romania, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America. From
November 17 th , 2011 to January 17 th , 2012 I participated in IODP Expedition 339 in the North Atlantic.
Awards & Grants
2012 Otto Ampferer Award for Outstanding Achievements in Earth Sciences
Geological Society of Austria
2010 Excellent Oral Presentation Award for the presentation “The sedimentary archives of the
Central Paratethys as a recorder of Miocene climate in Central Europe”
ECORD Summer School 2010, MARUM, University of Bremen
Travel Stipend for AAPG 2010 Annual Convention & Exhibition in New Orleans
AAPG Student Chapters Committee and Shell
2009 Grant for Presentation of Original Scientific Work
University of Graz, Doctoral School for Earth Sciences
2008 Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
University of Vienna, funded by private foundations
Grant for Participation in Urbino Summerschool in Paleoclimatology 2008
Commission for the Paleontological and Stratigraphical Research of Austria, Austrian
Academy of Sciences

2006 Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
University of Vienna, funded by private foundations
Keynote lectures
Grant for Studying Abroad (Erasmus)
European Union, Austrian Ministry of Sciences
2011 Grunert, P., Hinsch, R., Čorič, S., Soliman, A., Harzhauser, M., Piller, W.E., Sperl, H.:
Services
Sequence stratigraphy of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: a case study from the Early
Miocene Hall Formation. AAPG International Conference and Exhibition 2011.
2010-present Reviewer for Global and Planetary Change, Marine Micropaleontology, Newsletters on
Stratigraphy
2009-present Member of the scientific board of the Palaeontological Society of Austria (ÖPG)
2008-present Lab coordinator, technical assistant
Memberships
University of Graz, Institute for Earth Sciences
Stable Isotope Laboratory, Scanning Electron Microscope
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft (ÖGG)
Österreichische Paläontologische Gesellschaft (ÖPG; Palaeontological Society of Austria)
Publications
Only research papers are listed. For a complete record of my publications (including conference abstracts,
popular science and history of science) please visit my homepage or check the Performance Record of the
University of Graz.

Grunert, P., Hinsch, R., Sachenhofer, R., Ćorić, S., Harzhauser, M., Piller, W.E., Sperl, H. (2013). Early
Burdigalian infill of the Puchkirchen Trough (North Alpine Foreland Basin, Central Paratethys): facies
development and sequence stratigraphy. Marine and Petroleum Geology 39, 164-186.
Grunert, P., Soliman, A., Ćorić, S., Roetzel, R., Harzhauser, M., Piller, W.E. (2012). Facies development
along the tide-influenced shelf of the Burdigalian Seaway: an example from the Ottnangian stratotype
(Early Miocene, middle Burdigalian). Marine Micropaleontology 84-85, 14-36.
Harzhauser, M., Newman, W.A., Grunert, P. (2011). A new Early Miocene barnacle lineage and the roots of
sea-turtle fouling Chelonibiidae (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9/4,
473-480.
Harzhauser, M., Piller, W.E., Müllegger, S., Grunert, P. (2011). Changing seasonality patterns in Central
Europe from Miocene Climate Optimum to Miocene Climate Transition deduced from the Crassostrea
isotope archive. Global and Planetary Change 76, 77-84.
Paulissen, W.E., Luthi, S.M., Grunert, P., Ćorić, S., Harzhauser, M. (2011). Integrated high-resolution
stratigraphy of a Middle to Late Miocene sedimentary sequence in the central part of the Vienna Basin.
Geologica Carpathica 62, 155-169.
Reuter, M., Brachert, T.C., Grunert, P. (2011). Fossil round karren from Cyprus: a latest Miocene record of a
humid-temperate climate in the eastern Mediterranean. Facies 57, 39-50.
Grunert, P., Soliman, A., Ćorić, S., Scholger, R., Harzhauser, M., Piller, W.E. (2010). Stratigraphic re-
evaluation of the stratotype for the regional Ottnangian stage (Central Paratethys, middle Burdigalian).
Newsletters on Stratigraphy 44, 1-16.
Grunert, P. , Harzhauser, M., Rögl, F., Sachsenhofer, R., Gratzer, R., Soliman, A., Piller, W.E. (2010).
Oceanographic conditions as a trigger for the formation of an Early Miocene (Aquitanian) Konservat-
Lagerstätte in the Central Paratethys Sea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292,
425-442.
Grunert, P., Soliman, A., Harzhauser, M., Müllegger, S., Piller, W.E., Rögl, F. (2010). Upwelling conditions
in the Early Miocene Central Paratethys Sea. Geologica Carpathica 61/2, 129-145.
Grunert, P. (2009). Rise and fall of an ancient sea. Initial results from an integrated study on the Central
Paratethys. In: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Ed.), Erstausgabe. Veröffentlichungen junger
Wissenschaftler der Universtät Graz, Vol. 2, 157-167.
Languages

German, English, French, Spanish
Last update: November 10 th , 2012