Prof. Matthias Alberti is a professor at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. He received his bachelor degree from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in 2004, master degree from University of the Free State in 2005, and PhD from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in 2008.

Prof. Matthias Alberti was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship in 2016, Poster Award of the 9th International Congress of Jurassic Systems in 2014; The German Research Foundation Bernd Rendel Award in 2013, the "Young Paleontologist Award" (third place) in 2012, and the "Best Paper Award" awarded to a young researcher from Humboldt University for the best presentation in 2011, who received a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service Program to study at a German university for two semesters in 2005.His research focuses on reconstructing environmental conditions and ecosystems in Earth’s history. Published articles cover study areas on four continents (Asia, North America, South America, and Africa) and different time intervals (Meso- and Cenozoic). Previous work dealt with ammonite taxonomy, ichnology, palaeoecology, sedimentology, and palaeoclimatology. Currently, he concentrates mainly on reconstructing temperature and rainfall patterns with the help of geochemical analyses of calcareous invertebrate shells. He has published 64 publications (including 56 peer-reviewed articles in international journals). His H-index is16 and his i10-index is 30.