Anastasia Zolina
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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.
Position: Research Scientist, Academic Secretary
E-mail: azolina@binran.ru
Research interests:
- The Cretaceous and Paleogene floras.
- The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.
- Early angiosperms evolution.
- Reconstruction of paleoclimates.
Education and work experience:
2011 — Graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University, Bachelor program
2013 — Graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University, Master program
2017–2021 — Post graduate course at the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
2013–2016 — Research Assistant, Komarov Botanical Institute
2016 — until now — Research Scientist, Komarov Botanical Institute
Grants and research projects:
- RFBR №15-04-05688 «The Cretaceous mountain floras of the Okhotsk-Chukotka volcanogenic belt: "cemetery of relicts" or "cradle of new species»
- RFBR №16-04-01411 «Distribution of early angiosperms in Northern Asia and their rise to dominance in the Cretaceous ecosystems»
- RFBR №18-34-00592 «Floristic changes near the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in the North East of Russia»
- RFBR №19-04-00943 «A comprehensive study of autochthonous locality of the early angiosperms from the early-middle Albian deposits of the Frentsevka Formation, Primorye»
- RFBR №19-34-90170 «Floristic and paleoecological analysis of the Maastrichtian flora of the Koryak Upland»
Professional memberships:
Expeditions:
A. Zolina took part in expeditions to Primorie, Kemerovo region, Kherson region, Bashkiria and southern Kazakhstan.
Editorial activity:
- Secretary of the Journal «Palaeobotany»
Scientific-organizational and teaching activities:
2016–2017 — teacher of plant cultivation at the center for rehabilitation of people with autism spectrum disorder "Anton is here next"
Selected publications:
Gnilovskaya is maiden name of A. Zolina
Jagt-Yazykova E.A., Zolina A.A., Golovneva L.B. New records of Diplomoceras (Ammonoidea, Diplomoceratidae) from Koryak Upland, North-West Pacific Province: taxonomic, biostratigraphical and palaeogeographical implications. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 2024. 103: 18.
Golovneva L.B., Volynets E.B., Zolina A.A., Sun Y. New species of Sapindopsis Fontaine (Platanaceae) from the mid-Cretaceous of northeastern Asia and their paleogeographical and evolutionary implications. Cretaceous research. 2023. 142: 105391.
Bapinaev R.A., Golovneva L.B., Zolina А.А., Averianov A.O., Skutschas P.P. New data on high-latitude hadrosaurid dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous Kakanaut Formation of Chukotka, Russia. Cretaceous research. 2023. 149: 105552.
Golovneva L., Bugdaeva E., Volynets E., Sun Y., Zolina A. Angiosperm diversification in the Early Cretaceous of Primorye, Far East of Russia. Fossil Imprint. 2021. 779(2): 231–255.
Zolina A. A., Manchester S. R., Golovneva L. B. Typification of the genus Zizyphoides Seward et Conway (Magnoliophyta, Trochodendraceae). Acta Palaeobotanica. 2021. 61(2): 123–135.
Zolina А.А.,Golovneva L.B., Spicer R.A. Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) climate of the Koryak Upland of North-East Russia based on a quantitative analysis of a palaeo-polar flora. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2020. 560: 109997.
Zolina A., Golovneva L., Nosova N., Grabovskiy A. A new species of Phoenicopsis (Leptostrobales) from the Maastrichtian-Danian of Chukotka, Russia. Geobios. 2020. 63: 67–75.
Golovneva L.B., Zolina A.A. Fossil evidence of initial radiation of Cercidiphyllaceae. Palaeobotany. 2018. 9: 54–75.
Zolina A.A., Golovneva L.B. The Late Cretaceous Pterophyllum (Bennettitales) in the North-East of Russia. Cretaceous Research. 2018. 82: 56–63.
Golovneva L.B., Alekseev P.I., Gnilovskaya A.A., Yudova D.A. The genus Trochodendroides (Cercidiphyllaceae) in the Cretaceous floras of North-East of Russia. Palaeobotany. 2017. 8: 122–179.
Gnilovskaya A.A. Golovneva L.B. Fagaceous foliage from the latest Cretaceous of the Koryak Upland (northeastern Russia) and its implications for the evolutionary history of Fagaceae. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 2016. 228: 57–66.
Gnilovskaya A.A. Distribution and variability of Nilssonia serotina Heer (Cycadales) in the Cretaceous and Paleogene floras of Northern Pacific Region. Palaeobotany. 2016. 7: 56–65.
Alekseev P.I., Gnilovskaya A.A. The Diversity of Pinaceae Pollen cones from Baltic amber. Palaeobotany. 2016. 7: 47–55.
Golovneva L.B., Gnilovskaya A.A. Fossil plants from the Vysokorechenskaya Formation (the Upper Cretaceous, Korayk Upland). Palaeobotany. 2015. 6: 36–47.
Antonova I.S., Gnilovskaya A.A. Shoot systems of Acer negundo L. (Aceraceae) crown in different age stages. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 2013. 98(1): 53-58. [in Russian]