{"id":22416,"date":"2025-01-13T10:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idiv.de\/?post_type=staff-manager&#038;p=22416"},"modified":"2025-10-16T23:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T22:37:46","slug":"gemma-benevento","status":"publish","type":"staff-manager","link":"https:\/\/www.idiv.de\/de\/staff\/gemma-benevento\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Benevento"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row pt-5 mb-5 profile-info\">\n            \n            <div class=\"col-md-6 offset-md-2\">\n                <div class=\"basic-info pt-3 text-md-start text-center\">\n                    <h2>\n                        Dr. \n                        Gemma \n                        Benevento                    <\/h2>\n                    <p>Post-Doktorandin<\/p>\n                                            <div class=\"groups\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idiv.de\/de\/forschung\/kernforschungsgruppen\/biodiversitat-im-anthropozan\/\" class=\"nmb btncf arrow pe-3\">Biodiversit\u00e4t im Anthropoz\u00e4n <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"7.621\" height=\"12.243\" viewBox=\"0 0 7.621 12.243\"><path id=\"Icon_feather-chevron-right\" data-name=\"Icon feather-chevron-right\" d=\"M17.5,17l-4-4,4-4\" transform=\"translate(19.621 19.121) rotate(180)\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#447226\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"3\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-md-4 col-lg-4 text-center p-4\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.idiv.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Gemma-Benevento-Portrait.png\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gemma Benevento at The Giants Causeway, Ireland. (Photo: John Clarke\/Gemma Benevento)\" \/>            <\/div>\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-6 offset-md-2\">\n                    <div class=\"affiliations\">\n                        <h4 class=\"affiliations-title\">Affiliationen<\/h4>\n                        <p class=\"affiliations-body\">\n                            Friedrich-Schiller-Universit\u00e4t Jena                        <\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-3 offset-md-2\">\n                    <div class=\"address\">\n                        <h4 class=\"address-title\">Adresse<\/h4>\n                        <div class=\"address-body\">\n                            <p class=\"mb-0\">Puschstra\u00dfe 4<br>04103 Leipzig<\/p>\n                                                            <p class=\"mb-0\">Raum: A.03.05<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n                            <div class=\"col-md-3 \">\n                    <div class=\"contact\">\n                        <h4 class=\"contact-title\">Kontakt<\/h4>\n                        <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                                                            <p class=\"mb-0\">E-Mail: <a href='&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;:&#x67;&#x65;m&#109;&#x61;&#46;&#98;&#x65;n&#101;&#x76;e&#110;&#x74;o&#64;&#x69;&#x64;&#105;&#x76;&#x2e;&#100;&#x65;' class='text-decoration-none'>&#103;&#x65;&#109;&#x6d;&#97;&#x2e;&#98;&#x65;&#110;&#x65;&#118;&#x65;&#110;&#x74;&#111;&#x40;&#105;&#x64;&#105;&#x76;&#46;&#x64;&#101;<\/a><\/p>\n                                                                                        <p class=\"mb-0\">Telefon: <a href='tel:+49 341 9733242' class='text-decoration-none'>+49 341 9733242<\/a><\/p>\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            \n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n<div class=\"textbildrepeater pb-24 pt-0 no-bg modulclass \" id=\"\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n                                                                <div class=\"pb-24   mod_text  col-md-8 offset-md-2 pos_top\">\n                            <div class=\"textrepeater \" id=\"\">\n    <h3><strong>Wissenschaftliche Interessen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ich bin Makroevolution\u00e4re Pal\u00e4obiolog<span lang=\"DE\">in<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 fasziniert davon, wie und warum die taxonomische und \u00f6komorphologische Vielfalt so ungleichm\u00e4\u00dfig \u00fcber den Stammbaum des Lebens verteilt ist. Warum umfassen manche Kladen nur wenige, einander \u00e4hnliche Arten, w\u00e4hrend andere Tausende von Arten mit unterschiedlichsten \u00d6kologien und Morphologien hervorbringen \u2013 verbreitet \u00fcber alle Kontinente? Warum \u00fcberstehen manche Linien oder Merkmalskomplexe gro\u00dfe Aussterbeereignisse nahezu unbeschadet, w\u00e4hrend andere ausgel\u00f6scht werden? Welche biotischen und abiotischen Faktoren steuern diese Muster und pr\u00e4gen letztlich die Biodiversit\u00e4t, die wir in der Erdgeschichte und heute beobachten?<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>In meiner Forschung konzentriere ich mich vor allem auf die Evolution der S\u00e4ugetiere im Verlauf der Erdgeschichte. Dabei kombiniere ich fossile und rezente Datens\u00e4tze zu taxonomischer Diversit\u00e4t und \u00f6komorphologischen Merkmalen, um langfristige evolution\u00e4re Dynamiken zu quantifizieren. S\u00e4ugetiere entstanden vor \u00fcber 200 Millionen Jahren und besetzten zun\u00e4chst \u00f6kologische Nischen neben den Dinosauriern. Nach dem Massenaussterben, das alle Nicht-Vogel-Dinosaurier ausl\u00f6schte, erlebten sie eine bedeutende adaptive Radiation und wurden zur dominanten Tetrapodengruppe in den Land\u00f6kosystemen des K\u00e4nozoikums \u2013 dem \u201eZeitalter der S\u00e4ugetiere\u201c.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Im Zentrum meiner Arbeit steht das Ziel, die gro\u00dfen Zusammenh\u00e4nge zwischen evolution\u00e4ren Innovationsmustern, Umweltver\u00e4nderungen und Biodiversit\u00e4t im Laufe der Erdgeschichte besser zu verstehen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"textbildrepeater pb-24 pt-0 no-bg modulclass \" id=\"\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n                                                                <div class=\"pb-24   mod_text  col-md-8 offset-md-2 pos_top\">\n                            <div class=\"textrepeater \" id=\"\">\n    <h3>Meine Publikationen vor iDiv<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Benevento, G.L.<\/strong> (2025) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/abstract\/S0960-9822(25)00297-0\">Mammalian evolution: Digging for lower extinction rates<\/a>. <em>Current Biology<\/em> <strong>35(<\/strong>8), pp. R295-R297.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benevento, G.L.<\/strong>, R. B. J. Benson, R. Close and R. J. Butler (2023)<em>\u00a0<\/em>Early Cenozoic increases in mammal diversity cannot be explained solely by the dinosaur incumbency hypothesis.<em> Palaeontology <\/em><strong>66<\/strong>, e12653. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/pala.12653\">10.1111\/pala.12653<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brocklehurst, N., E. Panciroli, <strong>G. L. Benevento <\/strong>and R.B.J Benson (2021) Mammaliaform extinctions as a driver of the Cenozoic mammal radiation. <em>Current Biology<\/em>\u00a0<strong>31<\/strong>, 2955-2963. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982221005911\">10.1016\/j.cub.2021.04.044<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brocklehurst, N. and <strong>G. L. Benevento<\/strong> (2020) Dental characters show higher rates of evolution in mammals, but not reduced independence. <em>PeerJ<\/em>\u00a0<strong>8<\/strong>, e8744. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32231876\/\">10.7717\/peerj.8744<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benevento, G.L.<\/strong>, R. B. J. Benson and M. Friedman (2019) Patterns of mammalian jaw ecomorphological disparity during the Mesozoic\/Cenozoic transition. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/em>\u00a0<strong>286<\/strong>: 20190347. 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