Lene Liebe Delsett

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Visiting address Kabelgata 40 (NHMs office at Økern)
Postal address Postboks 1172, Blindern 0318 Oslo

Research interests

  • Current project: ECHO - Evolutionary convergence in historical oceans. The case of whales and ichthyosaurs, funded by the Norwegian Research council, Young talents grant. ECHO runs 2023-2026 and aims to determine the extent to which extent, across different eras and levels of biological organization, the convergent evolution of streamlined marine tetrapods results from similar evolutionary pathways. We use microstructure and morphological data from fossil and extant specimens, and study feeding, reproduction and locomotion.
  • Ichthyosaurs: My PhD was on Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs in the family Ophthalmosauridae, focusing on phylogeny, taxonomy and evolution of anatomical features. I have also worked on Early-Middle Triassic ichthyosaurs from Svalbard, and specimens preserved with soft tissue from Solnhofen.
  • Whales: In addition to their evolution, I am interested in museum collections of whales and their collection history and possible resulting biases, which I study in the Collecting Norden project. 
  • Plesiosaurs: Late Jurassic- Cretaceous specimens from the Arctic, focus on palaeohistology and taxonomy.

Background

  • BSc in biology and MSc in geosciences
  • PhD in vertebrate palaeontology (2018), Natural History Museum, Oslo
  • US-Norway Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2021
  • Researcher in trans-disciplinary project Collecting Norden 2022-2023
Tags: vertebrate palaeontology, convergent evolution, ichthyosaurs, whales, collections, Svalbard, plesiosaurs

Publications

  • Delsett, L. L., Pyenson, N, Miedema, F. and Hammer, Ø. 2023. Is the hyoid a constraint on innovation? A study in convergence driving feeding in fish-shaped marine tetrapods. Paleobiology, 1-16. doi:10.1017/pab.2023.12
  • Delsett, L.L., Friis, H., Kölbl-Ebert, M & Hurum, J.H. 2022. The soft tissue and skeletal anatomy of two Late Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from the Solnhofen archipelago. PeerJ e13173. 
  • Delsett, L.L., Roberts, A.J., Druckenmiller, P.S., & Hurum, J.H. 2019. Osteology and phylogeny of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte (Spitsbergen, Norway). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (717-743).
  • Delsett, L. L., Roberts, A. J., Druckenmiller, P. S. & Hurum, J. H. 2017. A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from Svalbard, Norway, and evolution of the ichthyopterygian pelvic girdle. PLOS ONE 12(1): e0169971.
  • Liebe, L. & Hurum, J. H. 2012: Gross internal structure and microstructure of plesiosaur limb bones from the Late Jurassic, central Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology. 92 (2-3): 285-309. 
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2024). Collecting whales: processes and biases in Nordic museum collections. PeerJ. ISSN 2167-8359. 12. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16794.

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  • Einevoll, Gaute Tomas & Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Episode #70: Om fossiler. [Internet]. Podcast "Vett og vitenskap".
  • Kaasa, Janicke S.; Rokstad, Marte; Delsett, Lene Liebe & Spring, Ulrike (2023). Paleontologen, historikeren og litteraturviteren: Samtale om Collecting Norden. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 68–73.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Livet i havet kan ha kommet raskt tilbake etter tidenes verste masseutryddelse . [Newspaper]. forskning.no.
  • Sterri, Aksel Braanen; Moen, Ole Martin & Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Hvorfor oppfører vi oss som om vi er bedre enn andre dyr? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe; Ryall, Anka; Ellefsen, Bernhard & Sandberg, Sigri (2023). En kveld om Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen.
  • Rokstad, Marte; Delsett, Lene Liebe; Spring, Ulrike & Kaasa, Janicke S. (2023). Samtale: Paleontologen, historikeren og litteraturviteren. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 68–73.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe & Spring, Ulrike (2023). Hval på utstilling. Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. 2, p. 36–41.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Hedret for fremragende formidling. [Internet]. geoforskning.no.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Større enn blåhvalen? Paleobloggen.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe; Løvvik, Ole Martin; Strumke, Inga & Jemterud, Torkild (2023). Abels tårn - Den viktigste forskninga i 2022. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe; Kluge, Gert Werner & Jemterud, Torkild (2023). Abels tårn 9.juni. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe; Skogvoll, Vidar; Kline, Simon Hasselø & Jemterud, Torkild (2023). Abels tårn 18. august. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Har funnet komplett hode av forhistorisk rovdyr: - Et mirakel. [Internet]. NRK.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Lene vant gjev pris: - Jeg ble skikkelig overrasket. [Newspaper]. Dølen.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). 3500000000 år på tre kvarter.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Hvor ble det av dinosaurene?
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Talking about science.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Jordas middeltid i Arktis. Fossilene svarer på spørsmål om evolusjon.
  • Delsett, Lene Liebe (2023). Dolphins of the Mesozoic? Using Arctic ichthyosaurs to map the extent of convergent evolution to whales.

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Published Feb. 25, 2013 3:22 PM - Last modified Jan. 8, 2024 12:52 PM