
Organização/Local de trabalho
V.L.Komarov Botanical Institute, St.Petersburg, since 1977Localização
Saint Petersburg, Russia Russian FederationCargo
Senior Research Scientist, PhDSetor
Education
Sobre
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS Diversification and biogeography of Cenozoic Angiosperms, Conifes and Pteridophytes. Origin and diversification of Northern Hemisphere: paratropical and temperate floras. Fossil record, diversity, phylogeny and evolution of Seagrasses. History of botany and paleobotany. I use fossil plants to investigate ancient ecosystems, past environmental change; the evolution and extinction of plants. I emphasize questions with relevance for modern climate change, biodiversity, biogeography, and ecological processes. Principal field areas include European Russia, Caucasus, Ukraine, Western Siberia and the Glorious Kazakhstan.