英国古植物学家Margaret E. Collinson教授曾经师从于William Gilbert Chaloner (FRS, 1928--)。Margaret E. Collinson教授现供职于伦敦大学皇家Holloway 学院地质系。

    2004—2008年，Margaret E. Collinson担任国际古植物学协会(International Organization of Palaebotany-IOP)主席。

（1）研究兴趣

--Evolution of English Palaeogene land ecosystems

--Biomolecular Palaeobotany

--The geochemical characterisation ofcuticles and propagules

--Use of oxygen isotopes from biogenicphosphates in palaeoclimate determination

--Taphonomy and the fate of plants,especially charcoal, in sediments

--Tertiary floras, vegetation and climate

--Palaeogene palynology

--Fern Palaeobiology

--Plant mesofossils (especially waterferns) at the K/T boundary

--Animal/plant interactions in the fossilrecord

--Global change across the K/T,Palaeocene/Eocene and Eocene/Oligocene boundaries

--Evolution and functional biology ofancient plants

--Evolutionary pattern in plant assemblages

--Biological self assembly

(2)部分出版物：

Did fire play a role in formation of dinosaur-richdeposits? An example from the Late Cretaceous of Canada

Brown, S. A. E., Collinson, M. E. & Scott, A. C.Sep 2013In : Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments.93, 3, p.317-32610 p.

A 450-Million-Year History of Fire

Belcher,C. M., Collinson, M. & Scott, A. C.9 Apr 2013Fire Phenomena and the EarthSystem: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science. Belcher, C. M.(ed.). 1st ed. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, p. 229-24921 p.

Inconsistent redefining of the carbon spherule"impact" proxy

Hardiman, M., Scott, A. C., Collinson, M. E. & Anderson, R. S. 21 Aug 2012In : Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.109, 34, p. E2244-E22441 p.

Cretaceous wildfires and their impact on the Earth system

Brown, S., Scott, A. C., Glasspool, I. J. & Collinson, M.Aug 2012In : Cretaceous Research.36, p. 162-19029 p.

Coeval Eocene blooms of the freshwater fern Azolla in andaround Arctic and Nordic seas

Barke,J., van der Burgh, J., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, H., Collinson, M., Pearce, M., Bujak, J.,Heilmann-Clausen, C., Speelman, E., van Kempen, M., Reichart, G-J., Lotter, A.& Brinkhuis, H. 2012In :Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

Evaluating the extent to which wildfire history can beinterpreted from inertinite distribution in coal pillars: An example from theLate Permian, Kuznetsk Basin, Russia

Hudspith, V., Scott, A. C., Collinson, M. E., Pronina, N. & Beeley, T. 2012In : International Journal of CoalGeology.p. 13-25

Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota,Germany

Collinson, M., Manchester, S. & Wilde, V. 2012In : Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft fürNaturforschung .57X, p. 1-249

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相关阅读：

Margaret E. Collinson

http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/margaret-collinson_aaab3619-3c87-4750-9bcb-e845e326b952.html

Seward umbrella of world palaeobotany

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-845010.html

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《古植物学的故事》（英国专辑）

Storyof Palaeobotany Series (special issue for British palaeobotany)

http://bbs.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=225931&do=blog&quickforward=1&id=411212

2011-2-822:00

国际古植物学协会官员名单

Presidents and other officers of IOP---International Organization of Palaebotany

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-843285.html

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