President
Niall Paterson, Research GeologistCASP, Cambridge, UK (Board member 2021-2023)
- Ph.D. 2009, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Paleozoic and Mesozoic palynology, stratigraphy and the energy transition
- Main work: palynostratigraphy, paleoclimatology and paleoecology of the Permian and Triassic in the circum-Arctic and Western Europe
Past-President
Katrin Ruckwied, Petrostrat, Houston, USA (2021-2022)
Secretary
Stephen Stukins, Senior Curator of Micropalaeontology, Natural History Museum, London, UK (Board Member 2021-2022)
- Ph.D. 2011, University of Aberdeen, UK
- Mesozoic palynology; event stratigraphy; palaeoecology
Treasurer
Vladimir Torres Torres, Bio|Stratigrapher, ExxonMobil Upstream, Houston, USA (Board Member 2021–2022)
- Ph.D. 2006, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Cretaceous and Cenozoic palynology & paleoecology; emphasis on tropical vegetation & Cretaceous dinos; sequence stratigraphy, processing techniques
- Main work: improving stratigraphic frameworks and interpreting depositional environments of clastic rocks in South America
Directors-at-Large
Vera Korasidis, Research Fellow & Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Australia | Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution (Board Member 2020–2022)
- Ph.D. 2019, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Cenozoic terrestrial palynology; vegetation dynamics in the context of palaeoclimatic and palaeoecological stress; taxonomy; geochemistry
- Main work: paleoecology & geochemistry of Paleocene–Eocene pollen, including PETM, in North America and Australia
Julia Gravendyck, Post-Doc, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (Board Member 2021–2023)
- Ph.D. 2021, Freie Universität Berlin & Botanical Garden Berlin, Germany
- Mesozoic paleobotany/palynology; taxonomy/nomenclature, vegetation dynamics & environmental stress; early angiosperm evolution
- Main work: palynostratigraphy & paleoecology of the Triassic–Cretaceous in Europe
Student Director-at-Large
Damián Cárdenas Loboguerrero, Independant consultant and palynoogist, Columbia (Board Member 2020–2022)
- PhD 2021, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
- Mesozoic and Cenozoic palynological record in the tropical Americas. Application of geometric morphometrics in palynology
- Main work: Cretaceous and Neogene dinoflagellate cysts, pollen grains and spores from the tropical Americas
Managing Editor of Palynology
James Riding, Emeritus, British Geological Survey, Nottingham UK
- Ph.D. 1986, University of Sheffield, UK
- Mesozoic & Cenozoic palynology with emphasis on the Jurassic, Cretaceous & Miocene; dinoflagellates and their cysts; forensic palynology; history of palynology; plankton evolution; preparation techniques; provincialism
- Main work: palynology of the Jurassic & Cretaceous of the world
Ex-officio members
Webmaster & Website Content
Fabienne Marret, University of Liverpool, UK
Julia Gravendyck, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Newsletter Editor
Jan Hennissen, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK
GSA Liaison
Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
IFPS Councillor
Fabienne Marret, University of Liverpool, UK
Standing committees (2021-2022)
Awards Committee
Marie Thomas (Chair), Hess Corporation, Houston, USA
Annette E. Götz, Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie, Hannover, Germany
Jan Hennissen, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK
Nominating Committee Chair
Stephen Stukins, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Ballot Committee Chair
Vera Korasidis, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA (2020–2022)