Dr. Gongle Shi (史恭乐) is a young palaeobotanist of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Gongle studied as an undergraduate student in Nanjing University and got his B.Sc. in 2004. He completed his graduate study in Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and got his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in 2007 and 2011 respectively.

Dr. Shi focuses on the research of the Cenozoic plants and palaeoclimate. His recent publications are listed below:

Shi Gongle, Zhiyan Zhou, Zhiming Xie, 2012. A new Calocedrus from South China and its implication for transpacific floristic exchanges. American Journal of Botany, 99(1): 1–13. 2012.

Shi Gongle, Zhou Zhiyan, Xie Zhiming, 2011. Cupressus foliage shoots and associated seed cones from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 166(3-4), 325-334.

Jacques F.M.B., Shi Gongle, Wang Weiming, 2011. Reconstruction of Neogene zonal vegetation in South China using the Integrated Plant Record (IPR) analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 307(1-4), 272-284.

El-Soughier M.I., Mehrotra, R.C., Zhou Zhiyan, Shi Gongle, 2011. Nypa fruits and seeds from the Maastrichtian-Danian sediments of Bir Abu Minqar, South Western Desert, Egypt. Palaeoworld 20, 75-83.

Shi Gongle, Li Haomin, 2010. A fossil fruit wing of Dipterocarpus from the middle Miocene of Fujian, China and its palaeoclimatic significance. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 162, 599-606.

Shi Gongle, Zhou Zhiyan, Xie Zhiming, 2010. A new Cephalotaxus and associated epiphyllous fungi from the Oligocene of Guangxi, South China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 161, 179-195.

Li L., Zhu C., Li L.G., Zhao Q.H., Shi G., Zheng, C.G., Fan, C., 2009. Evidence for marine transgression between 7500-5400 BC at the Luotuodun Site in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Journal of Geographical Sciences 19, 671-680.

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Key words:中国青年古植物学家; 史恭乐博士