Eva-Maria Sadowski

Dr. Eva-Maria Sadowski is a Researcher at the Museum of Natural History Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research, Berlin. Her work focuses on seed plant evolution and paleobotanical reconstruction of amber-preserved ecosystems spanning the Mesozoic to Recent eras.

• Research Themes
  • Evolutionary morphology of seed plants
  • Paleoecological reconstruction using amber inclusions
  • Biogeographic patterns of plant lineages
  • Amber forest dynamics in Cretaceous-Cenozoic
• Methodologies
  • Micro-CT and synchrotron imaging
  • Amber conservation protocols
  • Light and scanning electron microscopy
  • FTIR spectroscopy for resin analysis
• Students and Collaborators
  • Doctoral student: Simon Beurel
  • Master's students: Julina Schulz, Vera Grießer, Jonathan Pöhl
  • Collaborators: Dr. Alexander R. Schmidt, Dr. Carole Gröhn

Scientific Projects:

• DFG Project 423862824 - Reconstructing East Asian amber forests via seed plant inclusions
• DFG Project 535296903 - Holistic reconstruction of Baltic amber forests

Lab Infrastructure:

• Amber preparation laboratory
• Micro-CT scanning facilities
• Light and electron microscopy units
• Rock thin-section preparation