Serge Vikulin

Saint Petersburg, Russia Russian Federation

Senior Research Scientist, PhD

Education

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS Diversification and biogeography of Cenozoic Angiosperms, Conifes and Pteridophytes. Origin and diversification of Northern Hemisphere: paratropical and temperate floras. Fossil record, diversity, phylogeny and evolution of Seagrasses. History of botany and paleobotany. I use fossil plants to investigate ancient ecosystems, past environmental change; the evolution and extinction of plants. I emphasize questions with relevance for modern climate change, biodiversity, biogeography, and ecological processes. Principal field areas include European Russia, Caucasus, Ukraine, Western Siberia and the Glorious Kazakhstan.