Umbrella of American Paleobotany-166

Dr.Maria Alejandra Gandolfo completed her botanical and paleobotanical trainings in Argentina and she got her Ph.D. degree (Botany) from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1994. At present, Dr. Gandolfo is working within the L.H. Bailey Hortorium Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University.

∮1 Education Background  

1994--Ph.D. (Botany) Universidad de Buenos Aires,Argentina
(Dissertation: Evolution of the genus Nothofagus Blume based on foliar morphology)
1986--M.S. (Biology) Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas,Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Thesis: A new species fossil of the genus Akania (Akaniaceae) from Paleocene sediments of Patagonia; Summa Cum Laude)
1983--B.S. (Biology) Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas,Buenos Aires, Argentina.

∮2 Teaching

Cornell University

2014--present HORT 1450- The Art of Plant Anatomy

∮3 Research interests

Plant Evolution; Plant Structure and Anatomy;Angiosperm Origin and Diversification; Plant Evolution;

Paleoenvironments and paleoclimate of Cretaceous and Tertiary floras of Patagonia and the Southern Hemisphere. Systematics of Patagonian modern floras.

∮4 Service for BSA

Dr. M. Alejandra Gandolfo served as chairperson for the paleobotanical section of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) during 2012—2013. She is serving as Bibliography Editor for the paleobotanical section.

Year-2013

Year-2015

http://www.botany.org/paleo/officers.html#Former

FormerSection Officers, Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America

∮5 Publications (see Appendix 1)

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Qigao Sun: Umbrella of American Paleobotany (No.166)

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.424) [The 425^th issue in total]

[January 30, 2016]

Further reading:

Dr. Maria A.Gandolfo-Nixon

http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/paleo/alejandra.html

http://bhort.bh.cornell.edu/histology/labeng.html

古植物学的故事372期[总第373期]

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.372) [The 373rd issue intotal]

尊重自然历史尊重学术历史

铁打的营盘VS流水的兵:Paleobotany vs Paleobotanist

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-903352.html

2015-7-6 22:06

古植物学的故事228期[总第229期]

Story of Palaeobotany Series (No.228) [The 229th issue in total]

Umbrella of American palaeobotany--1: An unfinished list of American palaeobotanists

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-826366.html

2014-9-10 05:45

古植物学的故事370期[总第371期]

Story of Paleobotany Series (No.370) [The 371^st issue in total]

Umbrella of American paleobotany-129-

Open the Umbrella of American paleobotany--撑开美国古植物学之伞

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-901814.html

2015-7-1 00:02

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Appendix 1:Some recent publications of Dr. M. Alejandra Gandolfo [Source: Dr. M. Alejandra Gandolfo ’s CV]

Gandolfo, M.A., M.C. Zamaloa, and N. Caviglia. In press. Revisiting the Argentinean monocotyledon fossil record. The Botanical Review.  

Hertweck,K.L., M.S. Kinney, S.A. Stuart, O. Maurin, S. Mathews, M.W. Chase, M.A.Gandolfo and J. C. Pires. In press. Phylogenetics, Divergence times, and diversification from three genomic partitions in monocots. Botanical Journal ofthe Linnean Society.  

Iles, W.J.D.,S.Y. Smith, M.A. Gandolfo and S.W. Graham. In press. A review of monocot fossils suitable for molecular dating analyses. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.  

Gallego, J.,M.A. Gandolfo, N.R. Cúneo and M.C. Zamaloa. 2014. Fossil Araceae from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina with implications on the origin of free-floating aquatic aroids. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.017.

Cúneo, N.R.,M.A. Gandolfo, M.C. Zamaloa and E.J. Hermsen. 2014. Late Cretaceous aquatic plant world in Patagonia, Argentina. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104749. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104749

Puebla, G.G.,M. Prámparo and M.A. Gandolfo. 2014. Aquatic ferns from the Upper Cretaceous Loncoche Formation, Mendoza, central-western, Argentina. Plant Systematics and Evolution DOI 10.1007/s00606-014-1096-7.

Gandolfo,M.A., N.R. Cúneo and E.J. Hermsen. 2014. Preliminary report on the paleoflora of the La Colonia Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Mexicana de Geología 66: 11-23  (Invited contribution).  

Hermsen, E.J., M.A. Gandolfo and N. R. Cúneo. 2014. New fossil Marsileaceae from the Cañadón de Irupé locality, Upper Cretaceous LaColonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Plant Systematics and Evolution 300:369-386.

Gandolfo, M. A., E. J. Hermsen, M. C. Zamaloa, K. C. Nixon,C. C. González, P. Wilf, N. R. Cúneo, and K. R. Johnson. 2011. Oldest known Eucalyptus macrofossils are from South America. PLoS One 6(6): e21084.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021084.

Gandolfo M.A., M.C. Zamaloa, M.C, R.N. Cúneo, and A. Archangelsky. 2009. Potamogetonaceae fossil fruits from the Tertiary of Patagonia, Argentina. International Journalof Plant Sciences 170: 419- 428.  

Crepet, W.L.and M.A. Gandolfo. 2008. Paleobotany in the post-genomic era:introduction.  Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 1-2.  

Gandolfo, M.A., K. C. Nixon, and W. L. Crepet. 2008. Selection of fossils for calibrationof molecular dating models. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95: 34-42.  

Prámparo,M.B., M. Quattrocchio, M.A. Gandolfo, M. C. Zamaloa y E. J. Romero. 2007. Historia evolutiva de las angiospermas(Cretácico-Paleógeno) en Argentina a través de los registros paleoflorísticos.Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, Publicación Especial 11, Ameghiniana 50°Aniversario: 157-172.  

Gonzalez, C., M. A. Gandolfo, M.C. Zamaloa, R. N. Cúneo, P.Wilf, and K. Johnson. 2007. Revision of the Proteaceae macrofossil record from Patagonia, Argentina. The Botanical Review 73:235-266.  

Gandolfo,M.A. 2006.  Patagonia: A Paleobotanist’sparadise. American Paleontologist 14: 23-26.

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