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Robert Gastaldo

Title

Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology, Emeritus

Department

Geology

Information

Address

5807 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Education

  • Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1978
  • M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1975
  • B.A., Gettysburg College, 1972

Areas of Expertise

  • Evolution of terrestrial plants and peat-forming environments
  • Paleoecology and taphonomy
  • Extinctions and recovery
  • Sedimentology and stratigraphy
  • Deep-time climate proxies

Personal Information

  • Fulbright Fellowship, Sub-Saharan Africa, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2013
  • Paleontological Society Fellow, 2008-present
  • Distinguished Service Award, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), 2008
  • PALAIOS 2004 Best Paper Award - Honorable Mention
  • Councilor-at-Large, Paleontological Society, 2002-2004
  • 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; 2012
  • 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
  • Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
  • Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America

 

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