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Gerhard W. Weber, Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr.
- Deputy head of the Department
- Department of Anthropology
- University of Vienna
Gerhard W. Weber is Associate Professor and Deputy Head at the Department of Anthropology, University of Vienna.
His current research activities centre on the evolution, growth and development of humans, their ancestors, and their closest relatives. Main focus is the quantitative analysis and comparison of hominoid skulls using geometric properties.
Within the Department he leads the working group "Virtual Anthropology" (multidisciplinary extension of anthropology into the digital world), he has been field director several times of our plio-pleistocene investigations in Ethiopia, and he is coordinator of several research projects, including EU MRTN-CT-2005-019564 € 3.3 Mio (EVAN).
His teaching comprises applied statistics for biologists, human evolution, and Virtual Anthropology.
Curriculum Vitae
| Date of Birth | 29th August 1961 |
| Place of Birth | A-2340 Moedling |
| Education | Realgymnasium Franz Keim-Gasse / Moedling Vienna Business School / Moedling University of Vienna: Ph.D. (1991) |
| Areas of Interests | Hominid evolution, external & internal cranial anatomy of modern and fossil hominins, phenotypic variation, growth, brain evolution, Virtual Anthropology, biometry, parameterised skull reference models, digital archive of hominids, rapid prototyping models for research and education |
Research grants and awards:
| 2007-2011 | NSF Hominid Grant 2007, NSF 01-120, $ 420,000.00, "The Mechanics of Primate and Early Hominid Feeding within the Context of Hypotheses about Australopithecine Diets" |
| 2006-2009 | EU FP6 Marie Curie Actions, MRTN-CT-2005-019564, € 3,297,626.00, "European Virtual Anthropology Network – EVAN" |
| 2004-2006 | Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, GZ200.093_I-VI_2004, € 158,805.00, "The 3D Archive of Fossil Hominid Anatomy for Research and Teaching" |
| 2001-2004 | Austrian Science Foundation, P14738-B02, € 195,000.00, "Morphological comparison and fragment reassembly of fossil and modern skulls using parameterised reference models" |
| 1998-1999 | Austrian National Central Bank (OeNB), Jubilaeumsfondprojekt No. 7293, € 9,000.00, "Virtual Anthropology - 3D-Reconstructions of fossil and modern skulls" |
| 1999 | Niederösterreichischer Kulturpreis für Wissenschaft (Science award for Lower Austria), € 4,000.00 |
Memberships:
| since 1996 | European Anthropological Association (EAA) |
| since 2002 | American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) |
| since 2003 | American Association of Anatomists (AAA) |
Selected Cooperations:
Department of Radiology II, University Clinic Innsbruck ,
Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
Institute of Mathematics, University of Vienna , Waehringer Str.
17, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Department of Anthropology, Natural History Museum ,
Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Department of Anatomy, University of Vienna , Währinger
Str. 18, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Department of Geology and Petrology, University of Vienna
, Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna ,
Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington
University Medical School , 660 South Euclid Ave, MO 63110 St. Louis,
USA
Department of Anthropology, Florida State University , FL
32306, Tallahassee, USA
Wake Forest University, P.O. Box 7807, NC 27109 Winston-Salem,
USA
Department of Palaeoanthropology, Researchinstitute
Senckenberg, D-60325, Fankfurt/Main, BRD
Department of Geology and Palaeontology, State Museum of
Hessia, Darmstadt, GERMANY
Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of the
Witwatersrand Medical School , 7 York Road, Parktown 2193,
Johannesburg, SA
Department of Palaeontology, Transvaal Museum , P.O. Box
413, Pretoria 0001, SA
Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "L. Pigorini", Sezione
di Antropologia , P.le G. Marconi 14, I-00144 Roma, ITALY
Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb,
CROATIA
Department of Anatomy & Histology, Muhimbili University
College of Health Science , P.O. Box 65453, Dar-es-Salaam,
TANZANIA
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan , 300 North
Ingalls Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007, USA