Palaeo Vertebrate Lab
Center for Evolutionary Ecology
Centro Interuniversitario di Ecologia Evolutiva
Center for Evolutionary Ecology
Collaborators
Prof. Anastassios (Tassos) Kotsakis
Research interests: Systematics, evolution, biochronology, palaeobiogeography of Cenozoic micromammals of the Mediterranean area; insularity.
Present position: Collaborator of the Center for Evolutionary Ecology.
Research interests: Macroevolution and evolutionary ecology, crocodile cladistics, geometric morphometrics and evolution.
Ph.D. achieved in Geodynamics: "Theoretical morphology of crocodile skull by mean of 3 and 2-dimensional geometric morphometrics". Supervisors: Prof. T. Kotsakis (Roma Tre University) and Prof. Angela Delgado Buscalioni (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid).
Pasquale
Raia, M.S., Ph.D.Research interests: Mammalian community evolution, assembly, and mammals palaeobiology. Recostruction of fossil mammals body size and feeding habits. Evolution of mammals on islands.
Ph.D. Thesis in Ecological Sciences (2004): "The evolutionary ecology of large mammal communities of Italy during the Ice Ages". Supervisors: Prof. A. Loy (University of Molise) and Prof. T. Kotsakis (Roma Tre University).
Federica
Marcolini, M.S., Ph.D.
Research interests: Old and New World rodent, with a particular emphasis on Pliocene and Pleistocene arvicolids. Morphometry and applied mathematics as well as quantitative statistical methods applied to palaeontology.
Ph.D. Thesis in Earth Sciences (2002), curriculum Biostratigraphy, Palaeoecology, Palaeobiology:Continental Lower Valdarno rodent biochronology and two new methods for the systematics of Mimomys (Arvicolidae, Rodentia)”. Supervisors: Prof. F.P. Bonadonna (University of Pisa) and Prof. T. Kotsakis (Roma Tre University).
Paolo Colangelo, M.S., Ph. D.
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell'Uomo Universitá degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" Via Borelli 50 00161, Roma Italy paolo.colangelo@uniroma1.it.
Molecular systematic and phylogeography of extant African micromammals. Geometric morphometrics applied to micromammals evolutionary ecology.
Leonardo Maiorino, M.S.
Master Thesis on Vertebrate Paleontology (2009): “Geometric Morphometrics Analysis in 2-Dimensions applied to Skulls and Mandibles of Plio-Pleistocene Rhinoceroses of Europe”. Supervisors: Prof. A. Kotsakis and Paolo Piras PhD (Roma Tre University).
Research Interests: Systematics and Evolutionary Paleobiology of Plio-Pleistocene and extant Rhinoceroses, Geometric Morphometrics and Comparative methods.
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