Dave Burbank
María Alejandra Gandolfo-Nixon
Associate Professor; LH Bailey Hortorium, Plant Biology Section
School of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life sciences
Contact Information
406 Mann Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 255-3273
María Alejandra Gandolfo-Nixon
Associate Professor; LH Bailey Hortorium, Plant Biology Section
School of Integrative Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life sciences
Expertise
Evolutionary biology, paleobotany; plant anatomy and morphology; plant evolution; paleoenvironments; paleoclimates
Current Research Interest
Origin of angiosperms; evolution of seed plant characters through time; evolution of floras in the Southern Hemisphere; influence of climate on floras, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction; Cretaceous-Tertiary Patagonian and Antarctic floras; evolutionary processes in the fossil record
Distinction
Botanical Society of America Michael Cichan Award
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Council for International Exchange Scholars (CIES), Fulbright Scholar Award
American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Award
Selected Publications
Gandolfo, María A., Elizabeth J. Hermsen, María C. Zamaloa, Kevin C. Nixon, Cynthia C. González, Peter Wilf, N. Rubén Cúneo, and Kirk R. Johnson. “Oldest known Eucalyptus Macrofossils Are from South America.” PLOS One 6 (2011): e21084.
Wilf, Peter, Kevin C. Nixon, María A. Gandolfo, and N. Rubén Cúneo. “Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan Legacy on Asian Rainforests.” Science 364 (2019): 972-981.