Dr. Francesca Galasso

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPalaeontology
Keywordsclimatic extreme, palynology, teratololgy, volcanism, malformation

Current contact address

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. William Joseph FosterSenckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Dr. Phillip JardineForschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. William Joseph FosterInstitut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg (UHH), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Galasso, F., Frank, B., A, Foster, J., W., Heavy metal toxicity and its role as a major driver of past biodiversity crises. In: Communications earth & environment, 2025,
2025SZ Buchwald, AB Frank, D Birgel, K Senger, T Mosociova, Y Pei, B Beaty, LG Tarhan, F Galasso, MA Gómez Correa, SE Grasby, U Struck, D Yuan, R Steinkrauss, J Gliwa, N Lahajnar, J Peckmann, WJ Foster: Reconstructing environmental and microbial ecosystem changes across the Permian–Triassic mass extinction at Lusitaniadalen, Svalbard. In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 2025,
2025Elke Schneebeli-Hermann, Francesca Galasso: Resilient gymnosperms: reassessing floral dynamics at the Permian–Triassic extinction in Meishan. In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2025,
2024SZ Buchwald, D Birgel, K Senger, T Mosociova, Y Pei, V Zuchuat, LG Tarhan, AB Frank, F Galasso, MA Gómez Correa, E Koşun, B Karapunar, X Wang, E Kustatscher, H Prinoth, N Lahajnar, R Steinkrauss, J Peckmann, WJ Foster: Phytoplankton blooms on the Barents Shelf, Svalbard, associated with the Permian–Triassic mass extinction. In: AGU Advances, 2024,
2024Stephen Ajuaba, Reinhard F. Sachsenhofer, Francesca Galasso, Thorsten U. Garlichs, Doris Gross, Elke Schneebeli‑Hermann, David Misch, Jonathan E. Oriabure The Toarcian Posidonia Shale at Salem (North Alpine Foreland Basin;South Germany): hydrocarbon potential and paleogeography. In: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2024,
2024Francesca Galasso, William Foster, Bas van de Schootbrugge: Warming, stress and survival: terrestrial vegetation dynamics during the Toarcian hyperthermal event. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2024,