Overview
Profile summary
since 2019: Admissions Tutor for Earth Sciences Degree Programs
since 2014: Lecturer in Palaeontology
07/11 – 08/14 University of Glasgow Postdoctoral Research Associate
07/09 – 06/11 University of Glasgow Volkswagen Research Fellow
01/07 – 06/09 University of Uppsala VR-Research Fellow
04/06 – 12/06 University of Cambridge Postdoctoral Research Associate
Roles on external bodies
since 2024: External examiner for the University of Leicester
Teaching interests
I teach palaeontology and geological field skills across all Earth Science degree programmes.
Module Leader for:
GEOL2017 (The Building of Britain)
GEOL3016 (Geoscience Research Project)
Contributing to:
GEOL 1008 (Sustainable Geoscience)
GEOL 1010 (Climate, Tectonics and Hazards)
GEOL 1011 (The Life and Death of an Ocean)
GEOL 2016 (Ocean Geoscience)
GEOL3021 (Frontiers in Geoscience)
GEOL3024 (Environmental Change Through Earth History)
External positions
Visiting Professor, University of Vienna
18 May 2024 → 14 Jun 2024
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 25 Article
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Palaeozoic stromatoporoids and chaetetids analysed using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD); implications for original mineralogy and microstructure
Balthasar, U., Kershaw, S., Da, S.A.-C., Seuss, B., Cusack, M., Eichenseer, K. & Chung, P., 5 Jan 2021, In: Facies. 67, 1, p. 0-0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Small shelly fossils and carbon isotopes from the early Cambrian (Stage 3-4) Mural Formation of western Laurentia
Skovsted, C. B., Balthasar, U., Vinther, J. & Sperling, E. A., 15 Jun 2020, In: Papers in Palaeontology. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brachiopod Shell Thickness links Environment and Evolution
Balthasar, U., Jin, J., Hints, L. & Cusack, M., 15 Oct 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Palaeontology. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Jurassic shift from abiotic to biotic control on marine ecological success
Eichenseer, K., Balthasar, U., Smart, C. W., Stander, J., Haaga, K. A. & Kiessling, W., 1 Jul 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the edge of exceptional preservation: insights into the role of redox state in Burgess Shale-type taphonomic windows from the Mural Formation, Alberta, Canada
Sperling, E. A., Balthasar, U. & Skovsted, C. B., Sept 2018, In: Emerging topics in life sciences. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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A tropically hot Late Jurassic North American Sundance Sea: Evidence for the Oxfordian Warm Interval
Reynolds, R. (Creator), Jerrett, R. (Contributor), Marca, A. (Contributor), Bernasconi, S. (Contributor), Davies, M. (Contributor), Nowell, G. (Contributor), Dennis, P. (Contributor), Paxton, R. (Contributor), Balthasar, U. (Contributor) & Price, G. (Contributor), University of Plymouth, 1 May 2026
DOI: 10.24382/1d114a19-9d2f-4cc7-80dd-3a61db8910d6, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/54/
Dataset
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Temperature effects on the distribution of aragonitic and calcite-secreting epifaunal bivalves
Eichenseer, K. (Creator), Balthasar, U. (Creator), Smart, C. W. (Creator) & Kiessling, W. (Creator), ZENODO, 9 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5494452, https://zenodo.org/records/5494452
Dataset