Ecology of the past

An African Pollen Database data steward training event was held at the Institute for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Dyanmics (University of Amsterdam, 27-29 January 2020) where training in the use of the Neotoma database was provided by Eric Grimm. The participants are now enabled curate and archive data within Neotoma. If you have a palaeoecological data set that you would like to contribute to Neotoma, or if you would like training as well, these people can now help you. Contact details below:

Name: Alejandra Domic
Scientific focus: Paleoecology and conservation of semiarid ecosystems in South America and Africa
Nationality: Bolivian
Current institution: Penn State (USA)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-3967
Favourite pollen grain: Polylepis and Cucurbita

Name: Michele Dinies
Scientific focus: Palaeoecology in Central Africa and Arabia
Nationality: German
Current institution: FU Berlin and Deutsches Archaologisches Institut (Germany)
Favourite pollen grain: Vitis and Commiphora

 

Name: Lydie Dupont
Scientific focus: De­vel­op­ment of the African ve­get­a­tion in as­so­ci­ation with cli­matic change. Marine sediment cores.
Current institution: Marum (Germany)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9531-6793

 

Name: Jemma Finch
Scientific focus: Ecosystem change in East and southern African mountains and coastal environments
Nationality: South African
Current institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6678-6910
Social media: @Afropollen
Favourite pollen grain: Polygala, Eriocaulon, Ilex and Brachystegia

Name: Esther Githumbi
Scientific focus: East African vegetation history, landcover reconstructions
Nationality: Kenyan
Current institution: Linnaeus University (Sweden)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6470-8986
Social media: @esthergithumbi
Favourite pollen grain: Podocarpus

Name: William Gosling
Scientific focus: Tropical vegetation dynamics
Nationality: British
Current institution: University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-8401
Social media: @palaeolim
Favourite pollen grain: Bombacaceae

Name: Johannes de Groeve
Scientific focus: Ecological database management
Nationality: Belgian
Current institution: University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1274-3237
Favourite pollen grain: Pinus 

 

Name: Sarah Ivory
Nationality: American
Current institution: Penn State (USA)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-4406
Social media: @sjivory
Favourite pollen grain: Brachystegia !!!

 

Name: Adele Julier
Scientific focus: Palaeoecology of tropical Africa, particularly forest-savanah transitions and pollen-vegetation relationships.
Nationality: British
Current institution: University of Cape Town (South Africa)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-6008
Social media: @ACMJulier
Favourite pollen grain: Duparquetia orchidacea

Name: Chris Kiahtipes
Scientific focus: Influence of human societies and climate change on vegetation cover in Africa’s Congo Basin
Nationality: USA
Current institution: University of South Florida (USA)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8758-4605
Social media: @Ckiahtipes

Name: Rahab KINYANJUI
Scientific focus: Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of East African ecosystems. Geological period ranges from Miocene to present.
Nationality: Kenyan
Current institution: National Museum of Kenya (Kenya)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2032-8321
Social media: @rkinyanji
Favourite pollen grain: Commelina

Name: Willem Koster
Scientific focus: Quantitative reconstructions of late Holocene landcover
Nationality: Dutch
Current institution: University of St Andrews (UK)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-3072
Social media: @WW_Koster
Favourite pollen grain: Tilia

Name: Kevin Lemonnier
Scientific focus: West african palynology
Nationality: French
Current institution: LOCEAN-CNRS (France)
Favourite pollen grain: Impatiens

 

Name: Lynne Quick
Scientific focus: palaeoecology and palaeoclimates of southern African
Nationality: South African
Current institution: Nelson Mandela University (South Africa)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6735-7106
Social media: @DrLJQuick
Favourite pollen grain: Protea

Name: Estelle Razanatsoa
Scientific Focus: Landscape history, climate change impact, vegetation and climate reconstruction, conservation of tropical ecosystems
Nationality: Madagascar
Current institution: University of Cape Town (South Africa)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-1411
Social media: @Razanatsoa Research Gate
Favourite pollen grain: Croton