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Tim Cifer, PhD
Research Associate

+386 1 4706 375

tim.cifer@zrc-sazu.si


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Tim Cifer is a research associate at the Ivan Rakovec Institute of Palaeontology ZRC SAZU, where he focuses on radiolarian research. In 2016, he completed his master's degree in geosciences in Münster, Germany, and enrolled in a doctoral program in Ljubljana. In 2021, he received his PhD in geology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of Ljubljana. His research work covers the taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and paleoecology of Mesozoic radiolarians.


His research covers the study of radiolarians throughout the Mesozoic, with an emphasis on radiolarians of the Early Jurassic, where he focuses on taxonomic studies of radiolarians and the use of radiolarians for biostratigraphic purposes. In addition, he studies the influence of various environmental factors on the composition of radiolarian assemblages and differences between faunas of different biogeographical provinces. In his work, he collaborates with researchers and institutes from various European countries within the framework of international collaborations and projects.

CIFER, Tim, GAWLICK, Hans-Jürgen, KRISCHE, Oliver. Early Jurassic radiolarians from the Weitenau area (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria) and their implications for palaeogeography. Geologia Croatica : a journal of the Institute of Geology Zagreb and Croatian Geological Society. str. 1-14. ISSN 1330-030X. DOI: 10.4154/gc.2025.01.
 
CIFER, Tim, GORIČAN, Špela, DEMÉNY, Attila, GAWLICK, Hans-Jürgen. Radiolarian response to environmental changes at the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian transition in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Papers in Palaeontology. 2024, vol. 10, [issue] 4, e1581, str. 1-21. ISSN 2056-2799. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1581.
 
CIFER, TIM, GORIČAN, Špela. Late Sinemurian and Early Pliensbachian Radiolaria from Mount Rettenstein (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Part 2, Entactinaria and Spumellaria. Revue de micropaléontologie. 2023, vol. 81, str 1–36. ISSN 0035-1598. DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100752

CIFER, Tim, GORIČAN, Špela. Late Sinemurian and Early Pliensbachian Radiolaria from Mount Rettenstein (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Part 1, Nassellaria. Revue de micropaléontologie. 2023, vol. 79, str. 1–42. ISSN 0035-1598. DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2023.100717
 
GORIČAN, Špela, ĐAKOVIĆ, Martin, BAUMGARTNER, Peter O., GAWLICK, Hans-Jürgen, CIFER, Tim, DJERIĆ, Nevenka, HORVAT, Aleksander, KOCJANČIČ, Anja, KUKOČ, Duje, MRDAK, Milica. Mesozoic basins on the Adriatic continental margin : a cross-section through the Dinarides in Montenegro = Mezozojski bazeni na kontinentalnem robu Jadranske plošče : presek čez Dinaride v Črni gori. Folia biologica et geologica. [Tiskana izd.]. 2022, letn. 63, št. 2, str. 85-150, zvd., ilustr. ISSN 1855-7996. DOI: 10.3986/fbg0099.
 
CIFER, Tim, GORIČAN, Špela, AUER, Matthias, DEMÉNY, Attilla, FRAGUAS, Ángela,GAWLICK, Hans-Jürgen,RIECHELMANN, Sylvia. Integrated stratigraphy (radiolarians, calcareous nannofossils, carbon and strontium isotopes) of the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian transition at Mt. Rettenstein, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Global and Planetary Change. May 2022, vol. 212, article no. 103811, str. 1-16, ilustr. ISSN 0921-8181. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103811.
 
CIFER, Tim, GORIČAN, Špela, GAWLICK, Hans-Jürgen, AUER, Matthias. Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic radiolarians from Mount Rettenstein in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2020, 65, [issue] 1, str. 167-207, zvd., ilustr. ISSN 0567-7920. DOI: 10.4202/app.00618.2019.
Professional memberships
  • Member of the editorial board of the newsletter of the Slovenian geological society - Prelom
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Research areas
Stratigraphy P450
Palaeontology P006
Paleoekologija: glej B 300 in B330

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