Environmental Geoscience
People
Dr Anne-Marie Tosolini
Lecturer
Contact Details
Email: A.Tosolini@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9479 1274
Fax: +61 3 9479 1272
Room 286
Physical Sciences 4 Building
Environmental Geoscience
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3086
Australia
Research Interests
- Palaeobotany: plant evolution/extinction
- Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments
- Palaeoclimates from fossil plants
- Limestone sedimentology and palaeontology
Teaching
First year geology (GEO1PRO & GEO1ERS)
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons), Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 1996. Thesis: The Palaeoecology of the Rocky Camp Member of the Buchan Group, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Ph.D., School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, 2001. Thesis: Biofacies analysis of the Lower Cretaceous, non-marine, hydrocarbon source rocks of the Otway and Strzelecki Groups, southeastern Australia.
Biographical Notes
I developed interests in sedimentology and palaeontology through my undergraduate course in Geology and Zoology. My Honours focused on ecology of corals in limestones. My PhD allowed me to diversify my interests in past environments by studying Cretaceous plants and sediments of Victoria, in order to reconstruct the forests roamed by dinosaurs. I went to U.K. to do research at the Centre for Polar Science, Leeds University and British Antarctic Survey. After two months collecting fossil plants in Antarctica, I researched palaeoclimates and biodiversity of the flora from the Palaeocene-Eocene interval. My teaching experience includes a DipEd and first year Environmental Science at both Deakin and La Trobe Universities.
Recent Publications
A complete list of recent publications is available.
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