Directory

Robert A. Gastaldo
Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology
Geology- Department Chair



Phone: 207-859-5807
Fax: 859-5868
Email:
ragastal@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5807 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8858

Semester Schedule

Education


B.A. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325, 5/72
M.S. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, 5/75
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 6290l, 8/78

Areas of Expertise:
  • Paleobotany and coal geology, the evolution of terrestrial plants and peat-forming environments through time
  • Paleoecology and taphonomy, the preservation of organic matter in the stratigraphic record and the evaluation of past ecosystems
  • Modern wetland environments

View Curriculum Vitae

Professional Information


PALAIOS 2004 Best Paper Award - Honorable Mention
Councilor-at-Large, Paleontological Society, 2002-2004
Invited Participant – Paleontological Society Short Course 1999
Invited Participant – Penrose Conference 1998
College of Science & Mathematics Research Award, Auburn University (Physical Sciences) 1997-1998
Smithsonian Institution Short-Term Visitor 1997
NSF EAR Geology & Paleontology Panel Member 1997-2000
Member, SEPM Council 1996-2002
Distinguished Lecturer, GSA Coal Geology Division 1996-1998
Fellow, Geological Society of America 1994-present
Distinguished Lecturer, Paleontological Society 1994-1995; 1995-1996
Adjunct Professor of Geology, University of Pennsylvanian, Department of Geology 1992-present
Senior U.S. Research Award, Forschungspreisträger, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn 1991-1992.
Chairman, Coal Division, Geological Society of America 1991-1992; Chairman-elect 1990-1991
Alumni Professorship, Auburn University 1990-1991; 1992-1996
Visiting Curator, Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 1986-1987 (NSF BSR 8702337 curatorial grant)
Research Collaborator, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution (renewed 1998-present)
President, Southeastern Section Paleontological Society 1986-87; President-elect 1985-86
Fulbright Fellowship, Netherlands American Commission for Educational Exchange, Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology, Utrecht, The Netherlands 1982
International Lecturer: United States - United Kingdom Educational Commission, London 15 May - 24 May 82; Franco-American Commission for Educational Exchange, Paris 1 June - 5 June 82
Auburn University, Department of Geology, Best Teacher 1981-1982; 1985-1986
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
Member Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America

Publications

http://www.colby.edu/~ragastal/Publications.htm

Publications of Prof. Robert A. Gastaldo