Expertise

Palynology; Paleo-ecology; Quaternary ecology; Paleoclimatology; History of biodiversity; Paleobotany; Geo-ecology; Reconstruction of changes in vegetation and climate based on records of fossil pollen grains from sediment cores; Evolution of (tropical) ecosystems during Tertiary and Quaternary time; Correlation of climate records from marine and terrestrial sediments, and impact of orbital forcing on climatic change; Distribution of plant biodiversity and relationship with geological and climatic history