
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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