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Alexandru Mihail Florian Tomescu, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae

Department of Biological Sciences 1 Harpst Street Humboldt State University Arcata, 95521-8299 USA

ORCID: 0000-0002-2351-5002

Phone: (+1) 707-826-3229 (office) / Fax: (+1) 707-826-3201 [email protected] Tomescu Lab Group web page: http://mihaibotany.online/#welcome Humboldt State University faculty web page: http://www.humboldt.edu/~biosci/faculty/tomescu.htm

Academic Background Ph.D., Biological Sciences – Environmental and , Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. 2004. Advisor: Dr. Gar W. Rothwell. Late - Early terrestrial biotas of , Ohio, and Pennsylvania: an investigation into the early colonization of land M.S., ( and ), University of Bucharest, . 1993. Advisor: Dr. Ovidiu Dragastan. The palynology of -bearing deposits of Oltenia (SW Romania)

Professional Experience and Appointments 2016-present – Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA. 2011-2016 – Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA. 2005-2011 – Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA. 2005-2006 – Visiting Scholar (summer), Department of Geological Sciences, University, Bloomington IN. 1999-2004 – Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens OH. 1999-2003 – Scientific Imaging Facility technician, Ohio University, Athens OH. 1999 – Archeological field camp supervisor for the National Center for Pluridisciplinary Research, National Museum of Romania. 1997-1999 – Research team leader, National Center for Pluridisciplinary Research, National History Museum of Romania. 1997-1998 – Adjunct lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest (Romania). 1996-1997 – Archeological field camp manager for the National Center for Pluridisciplinary Research, National History Museum of Romania. 1994 – Training in archeological palynology, Ministère de la Culture, Centre National de Préhistoire, Périgueux (), 6 months.

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1993-1999 – Research (Palynology, Geology), National History Museum of Romania. 1990 – Training in the stratigraphy of the Aquitanian Basin (SW France), Laboratoire de Recherches et Applications Géologiques, Université Bordeaux I, 4 weeks.

Academic Awards and Honors 2016 – Humboldt State University Outstanding Professor & the Humboldt State University Medal. 2011 – McCrone Promising Faculty Scholar Award, Humboldt State University. 2003 – Proposal of Exceptional Merit, Geological Society of America Ross Research Award. 2002 – Ohio University Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Graduate Student Senate, Ohio University, Athens OH. 2002 – Donald Clippinger Fellow, Ohio University, Athens OH. 2002 – Proposal of Exceptional Merit, Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant. 2001 – Botanical Society of America Karling Graduate Student Research Award. 2000 – Inducted to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. 1989 – Emil Racovita Prize for best presented paper in speleology (co-authored), Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology (Romania).

Grants and Research Contracts 1. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2019 “Enhancing HSU student research output and success in the job market through a high-impact training practice – field work to collect scientific samples and data”. Humboldt State University – Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Program. $ 5,000. 2. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2013 “-vegetation interactions in a warming world: establishing a long term collaboration on the Early of Patagonia ()”. U.S. National Science Foundation IIA-1322504. $ 70,482. 3. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2013 “Early Permian of Argentine Patagonia: A window into the of modern floras in a warming world, 290-280 million years ago”. American Philosophical Society. $ 4,800. 4. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2011 “The rooting systems of early vascular plants in the Early Beartooth Butte Formation () – a graduate and undergraduate research opportunity”. Humboldt State University Office of Research. $ 4,950. 5. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2010 “Early Devonian floras of western (Wyoming & Arizona)”. American Philosophical Society. $ 4,000. 6. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2010 “Devonian floras of western North America (Wyoming & Arizona)”. Humboldt State University Emeriti and Retired Faculty Association. $ 500. 7. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2008 “The origin and early evolution of land plants – a combined paleobiological-experimental study of from the Ordovician-Silurian of the Appalachian basin and the Devonian of Wyoming”. Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation & Office of Research, Graduate Studies, and International Programs. $ 11,080. 8. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2006 “Geochemistry of the oldest terrestrial macrophytes and associated rocks (Ordovician-Silurian of the Appalachian Basin, USA)”. Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation. $ 1,250. 9. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2005 “Exploring the biotic diversity of the Clarno Chert ( of ) – a poorly studied plant locality with potential”. Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation. $ 1,100.

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10. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2004 “The earliest freshwater trace fossils and their depositional environment in the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) lower Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia”. American Association of Petroleum Geologists W. David Wiman Memorial Grant. $ 1,000. 11. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2004 “The earliest freshwater trace fossils: well-developed stream communities and continental ecosystem interactions at the beginning of the Silurian (lower Massanutten Sandstone, Llandoverian, Virginia)”. Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant. $ 800. 12. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2004 “Interactions between freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems in an early stage of the colonization of land”. Paleontological Society Stephen J. Gould Student Grant. $ 500. 13. Rothwell, G.W. and A.M.F. Tomescu 2003 “Structure and systematics of the earliest terrestrial groundcover”. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant DEB- 0308806. $ 11,630. 14. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “Environments of the early terrestrial biota in the Massanutten Sandstone (Early Silurian, Virginia)”. Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. $ 500. 15. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “Depositional environments of the earliest megafossils in continental deposits - the Ashgillian (Late Ordovician) Oswego Sandstone of Pennsylvania”. Geological Society of America Ross Research Award, Proposal of Exceptional Merit. $ 1,300. 16. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “Systematic affinities of early terrestrial (Late Ordovician- Early Silurian) from eastern North America”. The Systematics Association (London). $ 1,360. 17. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “The Late Ordovician (Ashgillian) biota of the Oswego Sandstone of Pennsylvania: earliest in non-marine deposits”. Paleontological Society Stephen J. Gould Student Grant-in-Aid. $ 500. 18. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “Characterizing the earliest terrestrial organisms in the 445 million year old Oswego Formation (Pennsylvania)”. John Houk Memorial Research Grant, Ohio University. $ 400. 19. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2003 “Early terrestrial biota of Ohio”. Ohio Biological Survey. $ 250. 20. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2002 “Earliest evidence for well developed terrestrial groundcover and atmospheric oxygen levels that could support ”. Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant, Proposal of Exceptional Merit. $ 1,100. 21. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2002 “Earliest evidence for well developed terrestrial vegetation and high oxygen levels – the 440 million year old Oswego Sandstone (Pennsylvania)”. John Houk Memorial Research Grant, Ohio University. $ 750. 22. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2002 “In situ land plant fossils in the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia”. Paleontological Society Grant-in-Aid. $ 500 23. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2002 “Characterizing an early terrestrial biota from the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia”. Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. $ 300 24. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2001 “In situ preserved land plant fossils in the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia”. Botanical Society of America Karling Graduate Student Research Award. $ 500. 25. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2001 “In situ preserved land plant fossils in the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia”. Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant. $ 850. 26. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2001 “The earliest plants to live on land – testing for in situ occurrence in the 430 million year old Massanutten Sandstone (Virginia)”. John Houk Memorial Research Grant, Ohio University. $ 750. 27. Tomescu, A.M.F. 1994 Visiting Scientist fellowship for studies in archeological palynology. Ministère de la Culture (France). $ 9,500.

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28. Tomescu, A.M.F. 1990 Visiting Student fellowship for studies in the geology and stratigraphy of the Aquitanian. Laboratoire de Recherches et Applications Géologiques, Université Bordeaux I (France). $ 1,000.

Peer-reviewed Publications (** student co-author) 1. Pfeiler, K.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2020. An Early Devonian actinostelic with from the of Gaspé () and the importance of tracheid wall thickening patterns in early euphyllophyte systematics. Papers in Palaeontology (in press). doi: 10.1002/spp2.1335 2. Poschmann, M., R. Gossmann, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2020. Characterizing the branching architecture of drepanophycalean (Lycopsida): an exceptional specimen from the Early Devonian Hunsrück Slate, southwest , and its palaeobiological implications. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 94(1): 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s12542-018-00443-w 3. Bippus, A.C.**, I.H. Escapa, P. Wilf, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Fossil as a model system for biotic interactions across geologic time: evidence from Patagonia. PeerJ 7: e8244. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8244 4. Decombeix, A-L., A. Boura, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Plant hydraulic architecture through time: lessons and questions on the evolution of vascular systems. IAWA Journal 40: 387-420. doi: 10.1163/22941932-40190254 5. Lundgren, K.R.**, N.R. Cúneo, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. A new marattialean fern from the Lower Permian of Patagonia (Argentina) and its cautionary tales of synangial morphology and pinnule base characters. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180(7): 667-680. doi: 10.1086/704357 6. Escapa, I.H., A.M.F. Tomescu, M.T. Dunn, and R.A. Stockey. 2019. Integrative paleobotany: affirming the role of fossils in modern plant biology. Introduction and dedication. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 459-463. doi: 10.1086/704242 7. Tomescu, A.M.F. and A.T. Groover. 2019. Mosaic modularity: an updated perspective and research agenda for the evolution of vascular cambial growth. New Phytologist 222: 1719-1735. doi: 10.1111/nph.15640 8. Bickner, M.A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Structurally complex, yet anatomically plesiomorphic: permineralized plants from the Emsian of Gaspé (, Canada) expand the diversity of Early Devonian . IAWA Journal 40: 421-445. doi: 10.1163/22941932- 40190234 Cover illustration; invited paper 9. Tomescu, A.M.F. and K.K.S. Matsunaga**. 2019. Polar auxin transport and plant body plans. Reference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633- 8.20905-9 10. Noetinger, S., S.L. Strayer**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. wall ultrastructure and development in a basal euphyllophyte – dawsonii from the Lower Devonian of Quebec (Canada). American Journal of 105: 1212-1223. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1137 11. Rothwell, G.W, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. of death: the role of fossils in resolving the overall pattern of plant phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 105(8): 1239-1242. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1138 12. Elgorriaga, A.**, I.H. Escapa, G.W. Rothwell, A.M.F. Tomescu, and N.R. Cúneo. 2018. The origin of ; evolution of modern horsetails () within the major euphyllophyte Sphenopsida. American Journal of Botany 105(8): 1286-1303. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1125 13. Toledo, S.**, A.C. Bippus**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Buried deep behind the veil of : euphyllophyte relationships at the base of the clade. American Journal of Botany 105(8): 1264-1285. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1102

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14. Bippus, A.C.**, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Wanted dead or alive (probably dead): stem group . American Journal of Botany 105(8): 1243-1263. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1096 15. Savoretti, A.**, A.C. Bippus**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. in the Early : Tricarinella crassiphylla gen. et sp. nov. and the value of anatomically-preserved . Annals of Botany 121: 1275-1286. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy015 16. Pfeiler, K.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. An Early Devonian permineralized rhyniopsid from the Battery Point Formation of Gaspé (Canada). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 292- 302. doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy011 17. Tomescu, A.M.F., B. Bomfleur, A.C. Bippus**, and M.A. Savoretti**. 2018. Why are bryophytes so rare in the fossil record? A spotlight on and fossil preservation, p. 375-416. In: Krings, M., C.J. Harper, N.R. Cúneo, and G.W. Rothwell (eds.). Transformative paleobotany: Papers to commemorate the life and legacy of Thomas N. Taylor. Elsevier, New York. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-813012-4.00016-4 18. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Reciprocal illumination and fossils provide important perspectives in plant evo-devo: examples from auxin in -free plants, p. 221-225. In: Fernández, H. (ed.). Current advances in fern research. Springer, Berlin. 19. Rothwell, G.W. and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Structural fingerprints of development at the intersection of evolutionary and the fossil record. In: Nuño de la Rosa, L. and G.B. Müller (eds.). Evolutionary developmental biology – A reference guide. Springer, Berlin. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33038-9_169-1 20. Bippus, A.C.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Extending the fossil record of Polytrichaceae: Meantoinea alophosioides gen. et sp. nov., permineralized with gemma cups from Vancouver Island. American Journal of Botany 104: 584-597. doi:10.3732/ajb.1700002 21. Matsunaga, K.K.S.**, N.P. Cullen**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Vascularization of the rhizophore – anatomical fingerprints of polar auxin transport with implications for the deep fossil record. New Phytologist 216: 419-428. doi:10.1111/nph.14478 22. Tomescu, A.M.F., I.H. Escapa, G.W. Rothwell, A. Elgorriaga**, and N.R. Cuneo. 2017. Developmental programs in the evolution of Equisetum reproductive morphology – a hierarchical modularity hypothesis. Annals of Botany 119: 489-505. doi:10.1093/aob/mcw273 23. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. An organismal concept for Sengelia radicans gen. et sp. nov. – morphology and natural history of an Early Devonian . Annals of Botany 119: 1097-1113. doi:10.1093/aob/mcw277 Listed as one of the top five Altmetric-scoring papers in Annals of Botany for 2017 24. Burnett, J.K.**, E.R. Fryer**, C.R. Unger**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. Pinaceous from the Lower Cretaceous (–lower ) of California, USA – Lower Chickabally Member, Budden Canyon Formation. Ameghiniana 53: 685-694. doi:10.5710/AMGH.18.08.2016.2973 25. Shelton, G.W.K.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. Krassiloviella limbelloides gen. et sp. nov.: additional diversity in the pleurocarpous Tricostaceae (, Vancouver Island, ). International Journal of Plant Sciences 177: 792-808. 26. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2016. Development: paleobotany at the high table of evo-devo. Current Biology 26: R505-508. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.072 27. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2016. The Early Cretaceous Apple Bay of Vancouver Island: a hotspot of fossil diversity. Botany 94: 683-695. doi:10.1139/cjb-2016-0054 Invited paper 28. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. evolution at the base of the lycophyte clade – insights from an Early Devonian lycophyte. Annals of Botany 117: 585-598.

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29. Tomescu, A.M.F., A.A. Klymiuk**, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, A.C. Bippus**, and G.W.K. Shelton**. 2016. Microbes and the fossil record – selected topics in paleomicrobiology, p. 69-169. In: Hurst, C.J. (ed.) Advances in environmental microbiology. Vol 1. Their world: a diversity of microbial environments. Springer, Heidelberg. 30. Shelton, G.W.K.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Exploring the fossil history of pleurocarpous : Tricostaceae fam. nov. from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada. American Journal of Botany 102: 1883-1900. 31. Rothwell, G.W., S.E. Wyatt, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. at the interface of and developmental biology: an centered paradigm. American Journal of Botany 101: 899-913. Invited centennial review; cover illustration 32. Tomescu, A.M.F., S.E. Wyatt, M. Hasebe, and G.W. Rothwell. 2014. Early evolution of the body plan – the missing mechanisms. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 17: 126-136. Invited paper 33. Hoffman, L.A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. An early origin of secondary growth: Franhueberia gerriennei gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Devonian of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada). American Journal of Botany 100: 754-763. 34. Matsunaga, K.K.S.**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. Honeggeriella complexa gen. et sp. nov., a heteromerous from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). American Journal of Botany 100: 450-459. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200470 35. Bronson, A.W.**, A.A. Klymiuk**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. A perithecial sordariomycete (, Diaporthales) from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 278-292. doi:10.1086/668227. Cover illustration; invited paper 36. Steenbock, C.M.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. Resurrecting Sphondylophyton as a rhodophyte alga from the Early Devonian. International Journal of Plant Sciences 174: 1171-1181. 37. Zatoń, M., O. Vinn, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. Invasion of freshwater and variable marginal by microconchid tube worms – an evolutionary perspective. Geobios 45: 603-610. 38. Caruso, J.A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. Microconchid encrusters colonizing land plants: the earliest North American record from the Early Devonian of Wyoming. Lethaia 45: 490-494. 39. Steenbock, C.M.**, R.A. Stockey, G. Beard, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2011. A new family of leafy liverworts from the middle Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. American Journal of Botany 98: 998-1006. 40. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2011. The of seed-free vascular plants – major vegetative developmental features and molecular genetic pathways, p. 67-94. In: Fernández, H., A. Kumar, and M.A. Revilla (eds.) Working with : issues and applications. Springer, New York. 41. Tomescu, A.M.F., R.W. Tate**, N.G. Mack**, and V.J. Calder**. 2010. Simulating fossilization to resolve the taxonomic affinities of thalloid fossils in Early Silurian (ca. 425 Ma) terrestrial assemblages. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 105: 183–189. Biology of – Symbiosis, , Environmental Monitoring, Systematics, Cyber Applications. Nash T.H. III et al. (eds.). J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. 42. Oldham, A.R.**, S.C. Sillett, A.M.F. Tomescu, and G.W. Koch. 2010. The hydrostatic gradient, not light availability, drives height-related variation in sempervirens () anatomy. American Journal of Botany 97: 1087-1097. 43. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2009. Megaphylls, microphylls and the evolution of leaf development. Trends in Plant Science 14(1): 5-12. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2008.10.008. Cover illustration; invited paper 44. Tomescu, A.M.F., L.M. Pratt, G.W. Rothwell, P.K. Strother, and G.C. Nadon. 2009. Carbon isotopes support the presence of extensive land floras pre-dating the origin of vascular plants. , Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 283: 46-59.

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45. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and R. Honegger. 2009. A new and of filamentous of cyanobacterial affinity from Early Silurian fluvial environments (lower Massanutten Sandstone, Virginia, USA). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 284-289. 46. Tomescu, A.M.F., R. Honegger, and G.W. Rothwell. 2008. Earliest fossil record of bacterial- cyanobacterial mat consortia: the early Silurian Passage Creek biota (440 Ma, Virginia, USA). 6: 120-124. 47. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2008. The endodermis: a horsetail’s tale. New Phytologist 177(2): 291-295. 48. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2008. Evolutionary gems of the plant world shine just as brightly. Nature 455: 1029. Correspondence 49. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and M.L. Trivett. 2008. Reiterative growth in the complex adaptive architecture of the () filicalean fern Kaplanopteris clavata. Plant Systematics and Evolution 270: 209-216. 50. Tomescu A.M.F. 2007. On divides. 56: 289-291. 51. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2006. Wetlands before tracheophytes: thalloid terrestrial communities of the Early Silurian Passage Creek biota (Virginia), p. 41-56. In: Greb, S.F. and W.A. DiMichele (eds.) Wetlands through time. Geological Society of America Special Paper 399. 52. Tomescu A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and R. Honegger. 2006. Cyanobacterial macrophytes in an Early Silurian (Llandovery) continental biota: Passage Creek, lower Massanutten Sandstone, Virginia, USA. Lethaia 39: 329-338. 53. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and M.L. Trivett. 2006. Kaplanopteridaceae fam. nov., additional diversity in the initial radiation of filicalean ferns. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 615-630. 54. Tomescu A.M.F. 2006. Comment on ‘Something on the side: axillary and plant development’ by Tom Bennett and Ottoline Leyser. Plant Molecular Biology 62: 481-482. 55. Haita, C and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2006. Petrography of lithic artifacts discovered at Bordusani- Popina (Romania) in the 1995-1997 campaigns. (in Romanian). Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 13: 409-412. 56. Tomescu A.M.F. 2005. Probing the seasonality signal in spectra of Eneolithic (Hârsova-tell, Constanta County, southeast Romania). Culture and Civilization at the Lower Danube (Cultura si Civilizatie la Dunarea de Jos, Calarasi, Romania) 22: 207-221. 57. Tomescu A.M.F. 2005. Selective pollen destruction in archeological sediments at Gradistea Coslogeni (Calarasi County, Romania). Studies in (Studii de Preistorie, Bucharest) 2: 181-186. 58. Tomescu M., N. Ticleanu, and L. Stoian. 2004. La palynologie des depots Romaniens du Bassin Dacique (en Roumanie), p. 416-430. In Papaianopol, I., F. Marinescu, N. Krstic, and R. Macalet (eds.) Chronostratigraphie und Neostratotypen. Neogene der Zentrale Paratethys 10. PL2 Romanien. Romanian Academy of Sciences Publishing House, Bucharest. 59. Tomescu, A.M.F., V. Radu, and D. Moise. 2003. High resolution stratigraphic distribution of coprolites within Eneolithic middens, a case study: Hârsova-tell (Constanta County, southeast Romania). Environmental 8: 97-109. 60. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and G. Mapes. 2001. royalii sp. nov. from the Upper of North America. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 116: 159-173. 61. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2001. Palynological investigations: preliminary results. In: Bailey, D.W., R. Andreescu, S. Mills, and S. Trick (eds.). Southern Romania Archaeological Project. Second preliminary report. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology Specialist Report 20: 99-113. 62. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2000. Evaluation of pollen records from the Romanian Plain. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 109: 219-233.

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63. Tomescu, M. 2000. Les coprolithes de l’accumulation de rejets domestiques C521 (Hârsova–tell, dep. de Constanta, Roumanie). Problematique generale et implications de leur distribution. Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 11(1): 56-65. 64. Tomescu, M. 2000. The Holocene: chronology and climate (in Romanian). Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 11(1): 235-270. 65. Tomescu, M. 2000. Factors influencing the structure of sporo–pollinic spectra (in Romanian). Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 11(2): 545-576. 66. Tomescu, M. 1999. Palynological investigations in the Teleorman River Valley. In: Bailey, D.W., R. Andreescu, and S. Mills (eds.). Southern Romania Archaeological Project. Cardiff Studies in Archaeology Specialist Report 14: 25-33. 67. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1998. Preliminary results on the petrography of the lithics in the Gumelnita settlement (in Romanian). In: Marinescu-Bâlcu, S. et al.. Santierul arheologic Bucsani (jud.Giurgiu, Romania). Raport preliminar. Campania 1998. Bulletin of the “Teohari Antonescu” Museum (Giurgiu, Romania) 2–4: 103-106. 68. Tomescu, M. 1997. Palynology. In: Marinescu-Bâlcu S. et al. Archaeological researches at Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania). Preliminary report 1993–1994. Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 10: 128–131. 69. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1997. Lithic resources. In: Marinescu-Bâlcu S. et al.. Archaeological researches at Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania). Preliminary report 1993–1994. Archeological Research (Cercetãri Arheologice, Bucharest) 10: 132–136.

Other Publications 1. Sprowles, A., K. Goldenberg, P.D. Goley, S. Ladwig, F.J. Shaughnessy, K.J. Malloy, C.R. Baldy, M.M. Mola, J.R. Smith, M.A. Hemphill-Haley, M.J. Michalak, C.P. Till, A.P. O'Dowd, G. Black, P.L. Siering, E. Cashman, A.M.F. Tomescu, M.P. Hurst, B. Mazzag, S. Manor, D.R. Oliver, J.R. Dunk, J. Abell, M.S. Gunther, A. Buchheister, R. Saunders, J. Floss, E. Sullivan, S. Ben-Zvi, and M.D. Johnson. 2019. Place-based learning communities on a rural campus: turning challenges into assets. Learning Communities Research and Practice 7(1): Article 6. 2. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2018. Exquisitely preserved tiny fossils are key for understanding moss evolution. Botany One weblog, July 23, 2018. https://www.botany.one/2018/07/exquisitely- preserved-tiny-fossils-are-key-for-understanding-moss-evolution/ 3. Towill, L., J.K. Williams, A. Tomescu, and T. Sneider-Leiby. 2008. Laboratory manual for Berg’s Introductory Botany, second edition. Thomson Brooks/Cole. 143 pp. 4. Popovici, D., A. Balasescu, C. Haita, V. Radu, A.M.F. Tomescu, and I. Tomescu. 2002. Pluridisciplinary archeological research. Concepts, methods and techniques (in Romanian). Cetatea de Scaun Publishing House. Targoviste, Romania. 78 pp. 5. Tomescu, A. and M. Cârciumaru. 1994. Palynology: applications in archeology (in Romanian). National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest. 55 pp., 7 fig.

Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation (** student co-author) 1. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2020. Fossils and plant evolution: structural fingerprints and modularity in the evo-devo paradigm. preprints.org (doi: 10.20944/preprints202007.0311.v1) 2. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2020. The – a developmental perspective on the diversity and evolution of primary vascular architecture. preprints.org (doi: 10.20944/preprints202005.0472.v1) 3. Flores, J., A.C. Bippus**, A.M.F. Tomescu, and J. Hyvönen. 2020. Rooting morphologically divergent taxa – slow-evolving sequence data might help. bioRxiv (doi: 10.1101/2020.03.15.983684)

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4. Durieux, T.**, M.A. Lopez**, A.W. Bronson, and A.M.F. Tomescu. A new cladoxylopsid phylogeny – contribution of an early iridopterid from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Quebec. American Journal of Botany Sciences. (in revision) 5. Lalica, A.K.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. Diversity of fungal material and miscellaneous associated with early tracheophytes in the Lower Devonian (Emsian) Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Bay, Quebec, Canada). International Journal of Plant Sciences. (in review) 6. Toledo, S.**, A.C. Bippus**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. An Emsian radiatopsid updates early euphyllophyte phylogeny pointing to Early Devonian exploration of structural complexity by multiple basal lineages. New Phytologist. (in revision) 7. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. Developmental patterns in the evolution of lycophyte rooting structures: an upward outlook. Target journal: Biological Reviews. 8. Shelton, G.W.K.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. Bryosymbiotic fungi from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian – 136 Ma) Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island (British Columbia). Target journal: Annals of Botany. 9. Tomescu, A.M.F., I.H. Escapa, and N.R. Cuneo. The first whole-plant concept for a Gondwanan lycophyte – Early Permian Rio Genoa Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Target journal: New Phytologist. 10. Fryer, E.R.**, M. Afonin, B. Bomfleur, and A.M.F. Tomescu. Protocedroxylon coniferous wood from the Early Cretaceous of (Budden Canyon Formation), with a revision of the genus. Target journal: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 11. Bippus, A.C.**, C.R. Unger**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. Leucobryaceae from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian—136 Ma) Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island (British Columbia). Target journal: American Journal of Botany. 12. Petlewski, A.R.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. Anatomically preserved pinaceous from the Early Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation of northern California. Target journal: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 13. Abidi, S.J.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. Anatomically preserved sporocarps from the Early Cretaceous of northern California (Budden Canyon Formation) and a reevaluation of Marsileaceous phylogeny. Target journal: Annals of Botany. 14. Matsunaga, K.K.S.**, B.L. Stewart**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. The evolution of endodermis development in euphyllophytes. Target journal: American Journal of Botany. 15. Tomescu, A.M.F. The land plant body plan – tempo and mode of evolution. Target journal: Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

Invited Lectures and Presentations 1. The stele – and evo-devo perspective. August 2020, Instituto de Biologia – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de . Streamed live on youtube/recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1C3MFyc0vY 2. Disparity and complexity in the evolution of the sporophyte body plan: an upward outlook. October 2017, 36th Jornadas de Botánica / Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, Luján de Cuyo, Argentina. Keynote address 3. The Devonian Explosion: patterns in plant structural disparity and complexity. June 2017, Plant Biology Grad Group Seminar, University of California – Davis. 4. Major innovations in the evolution of plant structure – an integrative evo-devo perspective. May 2015, 16th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, La Plata, Argentina. Keynote address

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5. Early Cretaceous flora of the Klamath Mountains – a student-led fossil discovery near Redding, California. March 2014, California Native Plant Society – North Coast Chapter (with students C.R. Unger and J.K. Burnett). 6. Root evolution – current state of the art. October 2013, Humboldt State University. 7. Plant evolution research at Humboldt State University. September 2013, Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina. 8. Everything seems simpler from a distance: adding to the complexity of Early Devonian floras. May 2013, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 9. Exploring the Early Devonian floras of western North America – the Beartooth Butte Formation of Wyoming. November 2012, Claremont Graduate University – Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California. 10. Fossils, anatomy and morphological evolution in plants – a focus on rooting systems. November 2010, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. 11. After the dawn: life on land and the early communities of complex . February 2008, University of Gottingen, Germany. 12. Fossils in . Lecture, BOT 580 course – Phytogeography, October 2006, Humboldt State University. 13. Plant phylogeny: knowing what we don’t know. Rumble Botanical Awards, Department of Biological Sciences. May 2006, Humboldt State University. 14. Paleobotany: playing detectives with dead plants and rocks. April 2006, Humboldt State University Natural History Museum. 15. The joys of paleobotany: stories of dead plants and rocks. April 2006, Humboldt Gem and Mineral Society. 16. Climate change: scale in time and space. Lecture, SCI 431 course – The Nature and Practice of Science for Elementary Education. April 2006, Humboldt State University. 17. Coal ball peel technique workshop. December 2005, Humboldt State University Botany Club. 18. Fossils and morphology: updating perspectives on early terrestrial biotas and the initial radiation of filicalean ferns. February 2005, Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University.

Professional Presentations (* with published abstract; ** student co-author) 1. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2019. Origin of conducting tissues: revisiting sterilization. Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 2. Pfeiler, K.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. A new type of Early Devonian wood-producing euphyllophyte from Gaspé (Canada). Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 3. Nibbelink, M.E.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Exploring diversity in the Emsian (Early Devonian) permineralized assemblages of the Battery Point Formation (Quebec, Canada). Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 4. Torres, S.A.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. A third tricostate moss from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 5. Lalica, M.**, V.R. Arnett**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Broadening the spectrum of plant- associated fungal remains in the Early Devonian (Emsian) flora of the Battery Point Formation (Gaspé, Quebec, Canada). Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 6. Lopez, M.A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. An early moniliformopsid from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Quebec, Canada. Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*.

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7. McQueen, C.R.**, R.V. McCuistion**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. New data on the Early Devonian (Emsian) euphyllophyte Leptocentroxyla tetrarcha. Botanical Society of America 114th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ*. 8. Elgorriaga, A.**, I.H. Escapa, N.R. Cúneo, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2019. Estudio filogenético combinado para el orden Equisetales y el origen de Equisetum (). Reunion Argentina de Cladistica y Biogeografia, Tucumán, Argentina*. 9. Tomescu, A.M.F. and A.T. Groover. 2018. Deconstructing secondary growth as developmental potential: a perspective on the evo-devo of wood. 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Dublin, *. 10. Pfeiler, K.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Closing in on the origins of secondary growth in euphyllophytes: are the shared developmental pathways and Devonian record pointing to a single common origin? 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Dublin, Ireland*. 11. Pfeiler, K.C.**, A.C. Bippus**, A.R. Kammet**, A. Ortiz**, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Fossils and seed cone morphology in the resolution of phylogenetic relationships among basal Cupressaceae s.l. 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Dublin, Ireland*. 12. Abidi, S.**, A.C. Bippus**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Early Cretaceous anatomically-preserved from California (USA) and the evolution of morphology. 10th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Dublin, Ireland*. 13. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2018. Whence secondary growth? Outlining a research agenda. Botanical Society of America 113th Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN*. 14. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2018. Fossil plants at the intersection of evo-devo and phylogeny: celebrating the contributions of Gar W. Rothwell to biodiversity and evolution. Botanical Society of America 113th Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN*. 15. Bippus, A.C.** G.W. Rothwell, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Early Cretaceous bryophyte ? Insights from the west coast of North America. Botanical Society of America 113th Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN*. 16. Savoretti, M.A.**, A.C. Bippus**, D. Guido, J.L. García Massini, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Briofitas anatómicamente preservadas en el Jurásico de Santa Cruz y su relevancia en el contexto evolutivo. 17th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, Paraná, Argentina*. 17. Elgorriaga, A.**, I.H. Escapa, N.R. Cúneo, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2018. Que es Equisetum? Estudio filogenético para el orden Equisetales. 17th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, Paraná, Argentina*. 18. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2017. Looking behind the tracheophyte curtain: a renewed focus on the bryophyte fossil record. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 19. Pfeiler, K.C.**, A. Ortiz**, A. Kammet**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Exploring the relationships of an anatomically-preserved cupressaceous seed cone from the Lower Cretaceous of California. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 20. Savoretti, A.**, A.C. Bippus**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Additional bryophyte diversity in the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada): an anatomically-preserved tristichous moss. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 21. Bippus, A.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Characterizing the Early Devonian plant communities of western North America: the - Cottonwood Canyon flora of Wyoming. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 22. Toledo, S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Early hints of structural complexity: a new euphyllophyte from the Lower Devonian of Quebec. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*.

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23. Bickner, M.**. S. Toledo**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. New fossils from the Battery Point Formation of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada) expand the anatomical diversity of Early Devonian euphyllophytes. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 24. Dorn, S.**, S. Abidi**, A.C. Bippus**, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Microconchid-plant interactions in the Early Devonian wetlands of Wyoming (Beartooth Butte Formation, Lochkovian-Pragian). Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 25. El-Abdallah, S.**, A. Kammet**, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, S.Y. Smith, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Comparing three methods for investigation of woody seed cone anatomy. Botanical Society of America 112th Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, TX*. 26. Marshall, J.E.A., A.M.F. Tomescu, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, P. Holterhoff. 2017. The forests of Wyoming. Linnean Society Palaeobotany Specialist Group Meeting, UK*. 27. Savoretti, A.**, A.C. Bippus**, B. Bomfleur, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2017. Registros perdidos: potencial de preservación, sesgo del investigador y la pobreza de las briofitas fósiles. 36th Jornadas Argentinas de Botánica / Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, Luján de Cuyo, Argentina*. 28. Tomescu, A.M.F., I.H. Escapa, and G.W. Rothwell. 2016. Developmental modularity and hierarchy in the evolution of Equisetum reproductive morphology. 10th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Salvador de Bahia, *. 29. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. Primordia, procambium, and polar transport – exploring the role of auxin in the evolution of tracheophyte body plans. 10th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil*. 30. Bippus, A.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. The Cottonwood Canyon flora of Wyoming (USA): a window onto the Early Devonian vegetation of western North America. 10th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil*. 31. Savoretti, M.A.**, H.C. Nadeau**, M.F. Norman**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. A tristichous moss from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 10th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil*. 32. Tomescu, A.M.F., I.H. Escapa, and G.W. Rothwell. 2016. Modularity and hierarchy: development meets the fossil record in a hypothesis for the origin of the Equisetum (invited talk in “Horsetails through form, space, and time” symposium). Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 33. Escapa, I.H., A.M.F. Tomescu, G.W. Rothwell, and A. Elgorriaga. 2016. Equisetalean evolution in deep time. Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 34. Bippus A.C.**, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. Tiny ecosystems: bryophytes and other biotic interactions around an osmundaceous fern from the Eocene of Patagonia. Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 35. Toledo, S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. The rise of euphyllophyte structural complexity – a conceptual framework and updated timeline. Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 36. Fryer, E.R.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. Conifer wood from the Lower Cretaceous of northern California: implications for Protocedroxylon . Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 37. Pfeiler, K.C.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. An anatomically preserved Early Devonian rhyniopsid from the Battery Point Formation (Gaspé, Canada). Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*.

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38. Abidi, S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2016. An anatomically preserved marsileaceous sporocarp from the Lower Cretaceous of northern California (Budden Canyon Formation, Barremian-Aptian boundary). Botanical Society of America 111th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA*. 39. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2015. Looking behind the tracheophyte curtain: a renewed focus on the bryophyte fossil record. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 40. Cúneo, N.R., I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Early Permian from Patagonia, a reappraisal. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 41. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Developmental determinants, morphology, and the fossil record – updating paradigms in the evolution of lycophyte rooting structures. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 42. Bippus, A.C.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships in the Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta): a morphology-based approach. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 43. Bronson, A.W.**, J. Maisey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Reconstructing ancient Mississippian coastal habitats and depositional environments based on flora and fauna: an integrative approach. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 44. Lundgren, K.R.**, N.R. Cúneo, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Additional diversity of marattialean ferns in the Early Permian Rio Genoa Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 45. Fryer, E.R.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Early Cretaceous permineralized wood with araucarioid characters in the Budden Canyon Formation of California. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 46. Petlewski, A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Permineralized pinaceous leaves in the Lower Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation of northern California. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 47. Chu, J.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Reappraising the flora of the Battery Point Formation (Québec) – additional diversity of Early Devonian permineralized plants. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 48. Cullen, N.**, A. Browder**, K.K.S. Matsunaga**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Rhizophore vascularization in Selaginella and potential implications for early lycophytes. Botanical Society of America 110th Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB*. 49. Bippus, A.C**., R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Exploring phylogenetic relationships in the Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta): a morphology-based approach. 16th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, La Plata, Argentina*. 50. Lundgren, K.R.**, N.R. Cúneo, I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Reinvestigating marattialean ferns in the Early Permian Rio Genoa Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. 16th Simposio Argentino de Paleobotánica y Palinología, La Plata, Argentina*. 51. Ortiz, A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. Early Cretaceous Cupressaceae in the Budden Canyon Formation of northern California. 32nd Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Arcata, CA. 52. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. View from the bottom – an upward outlook on the evolution of lycophyte rooting structures. 32nd Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Arcata, CA. 53. Bippus, A.C.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2015. A morphology-based approach to phylogenetic relationships in polytrichaceous mosses. 32nd Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Arcata, CA.

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54. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2014. Root evolution at the interface of paleontology and developmental biology. 9th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Padova, *. 55. Tomescu, A.M.F. and K.K.S. Matsunaga**. 2014. Reconstructing an Early Devonian lycophyte from the Beartooth Butte Formation (Lochkovian-Pragian), Wyoming, USA. 9th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Padova, Italy*. 56. Tomescu, A.M.F., A. Ortiz**, G.W.K. Shelton**, and C.R. Lu. 2014. Barremian–early Aptian Cupressaceae in the Budden Canyon Formation of northern California, USA. 9th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Padova, Italy*. 57. Tomescu, A.M.F., N.R. Cúneo, and I.H. Escapa. 2014. Reconstructing a giant isoetalean lycopsid from the Early Permian of Argentina (Rio Genoa Formation, Patagonia). Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 58. Bronson, A.W.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. An intriguing plant fossil from the Early Devonian of Wyoming (Beartooth Butte Formation, Lochkovian-Pragian). Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 59. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. A whole-plant concept for an Early Devonian (Lochkovian-Pragian) lycophyte from the Beartooth Butte Formation (Wyoming). Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 60. Shelton, G.W.K.**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. Bryosymbiotic fungi from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 61. Bippus, A.C.**, M.L. **, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. Anatomically preserved Onychiopsis ( s.l.) in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian––early Aptian) of northern California. Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 62. Ortiz, A.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) cupressaceous cones from the Budden Canyon Formation of California. Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 63. Klassen, R.J.**, M. Bishop**, G.W.K. Shelton**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2014. - associated ascomycetes in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian - Aptian) Budden Canyon Formation, California. Botanical Society of America 109th Annual Meeting, Boise, ID*. 64. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2013. Revisiting root evolution. Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*. 65. Bippus, A.C.**, G.W.K. Shelton**, R.A. Stockey, G.W. Rothwell, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. A polytrichaceous moss with gemmae from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (Canada). Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*. 66. Shelton, G.W.K.**, G.W. Rothwell, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. A second tricostate moss from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*. 67. Matsunaga, K.K.S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. Early Devonian Drepanophycus from the Beartooth Butte Formation of Wyoming. Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*. 68. Unger, C.R.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. Reappraising the Early Cretaceous permineralized flora of the Chickabally Mudstone (Budden Canyon Formation, Baremian-Aptian, California). Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*. 69. Burnett, J.K.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2013. Pinaceous wood from the Early Cretaceous of California (Lower Chickabally Member, Budden Canyon Formation, Baremian - early Aptian). Botanical Society of America 108th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA*.

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70. Tomescu, A.M.F., C.M. Steenbock**, M.J. Friedman**, and R.A. Stockey. 2012. The Early Cretaceous Apple Bay flora of Vancouver Island: a hotspot of fossil bryophyte diversity. Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 71. Bronson, A.W.**, A.A. Klymiuk**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. A perithecial sordariomycete (Ascomycota) of diaporthalean affinity from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Canada). Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 72. Strayer, S.L.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. The of Psilophyton dawsonii from the Early Devonian of Quebec (Canada). Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 73. Bippus, A.C.**, M.J. Friedman**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. Thalloid fossils comparable to bryophyte and fern gametophytes from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian- ) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 74. Unger, C.R.**, A. Ortiz**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. An anatomically preserved leucobryaceous moss from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 75. Matsunaga, K.K.S.**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. A chlorolichen with modern organization from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) of Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada). Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 76. Shelton, G.W.K.**, R.A. Stockey, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2012. An anatomically preserved moss with a novel combination of characters from the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Valanginian) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Botanical Society of America 107th Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH*. 77. Nadon, G.C., A.M.F. Tomescu, L.M. Pratt, and G.W. Rothwell. 2012. Extending the C/S technique for differentiating paleoenvironments using a statistical approach. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC*. 78. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2011. Recognition, reconstruction, and characterization of ancestral filicalean ferns (invited talk in “Innovations in organismal botany - a tribute to the pioneering studies of Donald A. Eggert” symposium). Botanical Society of America 106th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO*. 79. Hoffman, L.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2011. An early origin of secondary growth in the Early Devonian of Gaspe. Botanical Society of America 106th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO*. 80. Matsunaga, K.K.S.**, M.R. Mesler, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2011. Nectary structure of Scoliopus bigelovii (Lilicaceae). Botanical Society of America 106th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO*. 81. Caruso, J.A.**, H. Barrett-Watson**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2011. New gametophytes from the Early Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation (Wyoming). Botanical Society of America 106th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO*. 82. Tomescu, A.M.F., C.M. Steenbock**, and J.A. Caruso**. 2010. Environments of the Early Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation floras (Wyoming) and the evolution of rooting systems. Botanical Society of America 105th Annual Meeting, Providence, RI*. 83. Steenbock, C.M.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2010. Resurrecting Sphondylophyton, an Early Devonian taxon with whorled appendages. Botanical Society of America 105th Annual Meeting, Providence, RI*. 84. Caruso, J.A.**, M.A. Dattola**, B.N. Nauman**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2009. New observations on the Early Devonian floras of the Beartooth Butte Formation (Wyoming). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR*.

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85. Tomescu, A.M.F., D.M. Chisholm-Sims**, and A.E. Thran**. 2009. Experiments simulating fossilization provide clues to the taxonomic affinities of pre-tracheophytic terrestrial fossils. Botanical Society of America 104th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 86. Stewart, B.L.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2009. Phylogenetic patterns of endodermis development across vascular plant lineages. Botanical Society of America 104th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 87. Dattola, M.A.**, J.A. Caruso**, B.N. Nauman**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2009. Additional diversity in Early Devonian floras of the Beartooth Butte Formation (Wyoming). Botanical Society of America 104th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 88. Steenbock, C.M.**, R.A. Stockey, G. Beard, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2009. Anatomically preserved fossil moss gametophytes from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Botanical Society of America 104th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 89. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2008. Microphylls, megaphylls, and the evolution of leaf development. Botanical Society of America 103rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada*. 90. Henderson, L.T.**, A.R. Oldham**, S.C. Sillett, and A.M.F Tomescu. 2008. Age-related anatomical variation in coast redwood () leaves. Botanical Society of America 103rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada*. 91. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2008. Lichen and bryophyte signatures in 450-420 million year old biological soil crust-like fossil associations. International Association of Lichenologists – American Bryophyte and Lichen Society joint meeting, Pacific Grove, CA*. 92. Tomescu, A.M.F., L.M. Pratt, and G.W. Rothwell. 2007. Terrestrial stable carbon isotope signatures in Ordovician-Silurian (455-420 Ma) compression biotas of the Appalachians. Botanical Society of America 102nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL*. 93. Mack, N.G.**, R.W. Tate**, S.R. Lindquist**, V.J. Calder**, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2007. Searching for structural analogues of early Paleozoic continental thalloid fossils – a simple experiment simulating compression fossilization in living organisms. Botanical Society of America 102nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL*. 94. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2006. Early land plants: the fossil record as independent test for hypotheses of morphological evolution. Botanical Society of America 101st Annual Meeting, Chico, CA*. 95. Tomescu, A.M.F., L.M. Pratt, and G.W. Rothwell. 2006. Early Paleozoic terrestrial biotas of the Appalachians: insights from geochemical and isotopic studies. Botanical Society of America 101st Annual Meeting, Chico, CA*. 96. Tate, R.W.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2006. Plant fossil diversity in the Late Eocene Clarno Chert of Oregon. Botanical Society of America 101st Annual Meeting, Chico, CA*. 97. McDonald, S.** and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2006. Morphology of Late Ordovician (Ashgillian) compression macrofossils from Cononcocheague Mountain (Pennsylvania): a window into early continental biotas. Botanical Society of America 101st Annual Meeting, Chico, CA*. 98. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2005. Reiteration – the fern perspective. Botanical Society of America 100th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX*. 99. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2005. Bacterial microfossils within a macrophytic cyanobacterial colony from the Passage Creek biota (Early Silurian, Virginia, USA). Botanical Society of America 100th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX*. 100. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and M.L. Trivett. 2004. Reconstructing a stem-group filicalean fern with reiterative indeterminate growth of the . Botanical Society of America 99th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*.

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101. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2004. Probing the systematic affinities of early terrestrial organisms in the Passage Creek biota (Lower Silurian, Virginia). Botanical Society of America 99th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 102. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and R. Honegger. 2004. Cyanobacteria in Early Silurian continental deposits. Cyanobacterial fossils of the Early Silurian Passage Creek biota (Virginia). Botanical Society of America 99th Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT*. 103. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2004. First steps on land – organismal evolution in early terrestrial biotas. 7th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Bariloche, Argentina*. 104. Rothwell, G.W. and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2004. Early evolution of terrestrial biotas, an overview. 7th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Bariloche, Argentina*. 105. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and R. Honegger. 2004. Cyanobacteria in Early Silurian continental deposits. 21st Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Norman, OK*. 106. Tomescu, A.M.F., G.W. Rothwell, and G.C. Nadon. 2003. Earliest communities of complex terrestrial organisms: structurally simple and systematically diverse. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA*. 107. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2003. The Early Silurian Massanutten Sandstone of Virginia: an updated perspective on early terrestrial biotas. Botanical Society of America 98th Annual Meeting, Mobile, AL*. 108. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2003. The Passage Creek biota (Virginia): a window on Early Silurian terrestrial communities. 20th Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Chicago, IL. 109. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2002. Evidence for pre-tracheophyte terrestrial communities from the Early Silurian of Virginia. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO*. 110. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2002. Meso- and microfossils of putative terrestrial organisms of the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) carbonate shorelines in Ohio, USA. 6th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference, Athens, *. 111. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2002. Oldest evidence for pre-tracheophyte terrestrial groundcover; lichen-like organisms from the Lower Silurian of Virginia. Poster. Botanical Society of America 97th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI*. 112. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2002. Evidence for a terrestrial biota in Lower Silurian (Llandoverian) carbonate shoreline deposits of Ohio. Botanical Society of America 97th Annual Meeting, Madison, WI*. 113. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2002. The earliest terrestrial megafossil assemblage; thalloid organisms of putative lichen affinity in the Early Silurian (Llandoverian) Tuscarora Formation of Virginia. Poster. SEA/Houk poster session, Ohio University. 114. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2002. Evidence for a terrestrial biota in the Lower Silurian of Ohio. 19th Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Gainesville, FL. 115. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2001. Exploring the cladistic relationships of sphenopsids. Botanical Society of America 96th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM*. 116. Tomescu, A.M.F. and G.W. Rothwell. 2001. Hypotheses for the phylogeny of the Sphenopsida. 18th Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, , DC. 117. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2000. The seed fern Lyginopteris in the Mississippian of North America. Botanical Society of America 95th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR*. 118. Tomescu, A.M.F. 2000. A new pteridosperm occurrence in the Mississippian of Arkansas. 17th Annual Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Chapel Hill, NC.

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119. Tomescu, M. 1998. Coprolites of the C521 midden complex (Hârsova–tell, Constanta County, Romania) – general issues and implications of their distribution (in Romanian). Annual Conference of the National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest, Romania*. 120. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1997. Study of the lithics excavated at Hârsova–tell (Constanta County, Romania) and Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania) (in Romanian). 21st National Conference on archeological excavations, Bucharest, Romania*. 121. Tomescu, M. 1996. Le cadre naturel de la region de Hârsova (Roumanie). International Colloquium "Le bassin du Bas Danube entre la Veme et IIIeme millenaire avant notre ere", Bucharest, Romania. 122. Tomescu, M. and M.-F. Diot. 1996. Apports des analyses palynologiques à l’étude du tell de Hârsova. International Colloquium "Le bassin du Bas Danube entre la Veme et IIIeme millenaire avant notre ere", Bucharest, Romania. 123. Tomescu, M. 1996. Issues of the pollen analysis (in Romanian). "The archeological excavations at Popina–Bordusani (Ialomita County, Romania). Multidisciplinary investigations". Special Session of the “Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archeology, Bucharest, Romania. 124. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1996. Preliminary results on the sources of the lithic raw materials (in Romanian). "The archeological excavations at Popina–Bordusani (Ialomita County, Romania). Multidisciplinary investigations". Special Session of the “Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archeology, Bucharest, Romania. 125. Tomescu, M. 1995. The archeological excavations at Hârsova–tell (Constanta County, Romania). Pollen analyses (in Romanian). 19th National Conference on archeological excavations, Cluj–Napoca, Romania*. 126. Tomescu, M. 1995. The Gumelnita settlement at Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania). Pollen analyses (in Romanian). 19th National Conference on archeological excavations, Cluj–Napoca, Romania*. 127. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1995. The Gumelnita settlement at Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania). Study of the lithics (in Romanian). 19th National Conference on archeological excavations, Cluj–Napoca, Romania*. 128. Tomescu, M., C. Haitã, and A. Baltres. 1995. The archeological excavations at Hârsova–tell (Constanta County, Romania). Study of the lithics in the Eneolithic levels (in Romanian). 19th National Conference on archeological excavations, Cluj–Napoca, Romania*. 129. Tomescu, M. and M.-F. Diot. 1995. Analyse palynologique de sédiments actuels anthropiques préalable à l’étude du tell d’Hârsova (Roumanie) (poster). International Colloquium "L‘archéométrie dans les pays européens de langue latine", Périgueux, France. 130. Tomescu, M. 1994. Petrographic assessment of the lithics at Bordusani–Popinã (Ialomita County, Romania) (in Romanian). 18th National Conference on archeological excavations, Satu Mare, Romania*. 131. Tomescu, M. and M.-F. Diot. 1994. The tell at Hârsova (Constanta County, Romania). First pollen results (in Romanian). 18th National Conference on archeological excavations, Satu Mare, Romania*. 132. Tomescu, M. and C. Haitã. 1994. Petrographic assessment of the lithics at Hârsova–tell (Constanta County, Romania) (in Romanian). 18th National Conference on archeological excavations, Satu Mare, Romania*. 133. Tomescu, M. and V. Rãducanu. 1989. Synthesis of the caves of the Lupsa River Valley (Mehedinti Mountains, Romania) (in Romanian). National Speleological Conference, Izvorul Muresului, Romania. 134. Bãdescu, D. and M. Tomescu. 1989. Geology and tectonics of Rãtei Cave (Bucegi Mountains, Romania) (in Romanian). National Speleological Conference, Izvorul Muresului, Romania.

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Professional Affiliations Botanical Society of America (and Paleobotanical Section, BSA) Geological Society of America International Organisation of Palaeobotany Paleontological Society Sigma Xi

Service Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University Greenhouse Steering Committee (2006-present) Botanical Awards Committee (2006-2013, 2014-present) Library liaison – Biological Sciences (2015-2020) Curriculum & Executive Committee (2016-2020; Secretary 2017) Milton Boyd Award Committee (2019-present) Welsh Scholarship Committee (2019-present) Masters Student Grant Committee (2006-2011) Biology Graduate Student Association Speaker Series Committee, faculty member (2009-2012) Graduate Advisory Committee (2010-2013) Personnel Committee – Tenure and Promotion (2011-2013; Committee Chairperson 2012-2013) Space Use Committee (2016-2017) Plant Systematist/Molecular Biologist position, ad-hoc committee (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Hiring committees: Plant Systematist – Tenure-track (2019; committee chairperson) Greenhouse Collections Manager (2016) Greenhouse Assistant Manager (2008, 2011, 2016) Lecturer BIOL 105 / BIOL 410 / BIOL 440 (2016) Humboldt State University Landscape Advisory Committee (2014-present) Faculty Awards Committee (2016-2019) Botanical Society of America Section Chairperson, Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America (2007-2008) Symposia, colloquia - Convenor, “Fossil plants at the intersection of evo-devo and phylogeny: celebrating the contributions of Gar W. Rothwell” Colloquium, 113th Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. July 2018 - Co-convenor, “An upward outlook on the evolution of plant form: evo-devo approaches integrating fossils and living plants” Symposium, 10th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. October 2016 - Organizer, 32nd Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium, at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California [34 faculty and student participants from California, Oregon, , Wisconsin, Rhode Island, , New York, Alabama, and Florida; 19 oral presentations and 4 posters.]. April 2015 - Convenor, “What’s new about the oldest lichens and bryophytes” symposium, 6th International Association for Lichenology – joint American Bryological and Lichenological Society Meeting, Pacific Grove, California, USA. July 2008 - Co-convenor, “Origin of Terrestrial Biotas” Symposium, 7th International Organization of Paleobotany Conference, Bariloche, Argentina. March 2004 Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University Graduate student member, Curriculum Committee (2003-2004)

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Editorial Boards International Journal of Plant Sciences (2020) – Editor Ameghiniana (2016-present) – Editor Ameghiniana (2014-2016) – Artwork Editor Co-Editor (Tomescu, A.M.F., I.H. Escapa, and M. Dunn, eds.), “Integrative paleobotany: affirming the role of fossils in modern plant biology. A celebration of Gar W. Rothwell’s contributions to plant science” Special Issue, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2019. Co-Editor (Rothwell, G.W., I.H. Escapa, and A.M.F. Tomescu, eds.), “The tree of death: the role of fossils in resolving the overall pattern of plant phylogeny” Special Issue, American Journal of Botany, 2018. Co-Editor (Nash, T.H., L. Geiser, B. McCune, D. Triebel, A.M.F. Tomescu, and W.B. Sanders, eds.), Biology of lichens – Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics and Cyber Applications, Bibliotheca Lichenologica 105, 2010. Co-Editor (Dragastan, O., M. Tomescu, and T. Barus, eds.), Bulletin of the Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics. University of Bucharest (Romania), 1996.

Manuscript Reviews (112) Acta Palaeobotanica (1) (2) Ameghiniana (1) American Journal of Botany (6) Annals of Botany (4) Bibliotheca Lichenologica (1) Biological Reviews (1) BMC Evolutionary Biology (3) BMC Plant Biology (1) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society (4) Botany Letters (2) Current Biology (1) Current Opinion in Plant Biology (2) Flora (2) Frontiers in Plant Science (1) Geobios (1) Geological Magazine (1) Geology (2) Global and Planetary Change (1) International Journal of Plant Sciences (12) Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (2) Journal of Paleontology (3) Journal of South American Earth Sciences (1) Journal of Systematics and Evolution (1) Micron (1) Mycologia (1) Nature Geoscience (1) Naturwissenschaften / Science of Nature (2) New Phytologist (12) Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology (2) Palaeontologia Electronica (2) Palaeontology (5) Palaios (5)

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Paläontologische Zeitschrift (1) (1) Perspectives in , Evolution and Systematics (1) Plant – Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series (3) PLoS Biology (2) PLoS ONE (1) Research (2) Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (2) Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (6) Scientific Reports (1) Societies (1) Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1) Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (1)

Textbook and textbook chapter reviews (4) Pearson (2) MacMillan (2)

Book proposal reviews (1) Springer (1)

Grant Reviews Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica – Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Productiva (Argentina) [Proposal PICT- 2019-2019-01816] (2020) Grantová agentura České republiky – Czech Science Foundation [Proposal 19-20451S] (2018) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – German National Research Foundation (2009, 2015) Paleontological Society – Sepkoski International Research Grants (2011)

Graduate Students – M.Sc. Biological Sciences Nibbelink, M.E. – Zosterophyll diversity in the anatomically preserved plant fossil assemblages of the Early Devonian Battery Point Formation (Québec, Canada) (started 2019) El-Abdallah, S. – Plant diversity in the Early Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation of Wyoming (started 2019) Kammet, A.G. – Comparative anatomy and morphology of seed cones in the Cupressaceae (started 2015) Chu, J. – Reconstructing an Early Devonian cladoxylopsid – with an update on the permineralized plant diversity in the Battery Point Formation (Québec, Canada) (started 2014) Pfeiler, K.C. – Exploring the origins of secondary growth – two Lower Devonian (Emsian) euphyllophytes from Gaspé, Canada, and their implications for the evolution of secondary growth (2018-2020) Bippus, A.C. – Extending the fossil record of Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta): insights from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada (2016-2018) Toledo, S. – A new anatomically-preserved plant from the Lower Devonian of Québec (Canada): implications for lignophyte phylogeny and early evolution of structural complexity (2015-2018) Matsunaga, K.K.S. – A whole-plant concept for an Early Devonian basal lycophyte – implications for taxonomy and morphological evolution (2013-2014)

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Shelton, G.W.K. – Tricostate mosses and associated bryophilous fungi from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island (Canada) (2013-2015) Barrett, J. – Plant diversity in the Early Devonian – stratigraphic and geographic patterns (2010-2016)

Hosted 2018 – Yume Imada, PhD. Ehime University, and National Museum of National History, Washington, D.C. 2017 – M. Adolfina Savoretti, PhD candidate. Instituto de Botanica Darwinion and Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina 2016 – Sol Noetinger, PhD. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales and CONICET, Argentina. 2009, 2016 – Ignacio H. Escapa, PhD. Museo Paleontologico “Egidio Feruglio” and CONICET, Argentina.

Curriculum Development 2018-2019 – “Among Giants” Place Based Learning Community planning committee. 2018 – National Summer Institute for Learning Communities; Washington Center, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

Teaching Experience Workshop: “Major innovations in the evolution of plant structure – a workshop on development, morphology, and evolution / Innovaciones mayores en la evolución de las estructuras vegetales: combinando desarrollo, morfología y filogenia” Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina; June 2015 Instituto de Botanica – Darwinion, Buenos Aires – San Isidro, Argentina; June 2015 Humboldt State University (2005-present) BOT 685 – Graduate Seminar BOT 521 – Paleobotany BOT 372/572 – Evolutionary Morphology of Plants BOT 322/522 – Developmental BOT 310 – General BOT 105 – General Botany BIOL 180 – Freshman Seminar (Biological Sciences) SCI 100 (Biology) – Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Ohio University (1999-2004) PBIO 442/542 – Experimental Anatomy of Plant Development: Laboratory PBIO 308/508 – Vascular : Laboratory PBIO 312/512 – Plant Anatomy: Laboratory PBIO 115 – Plant Structure and Development: Laboratory and invited lectures BIOL 101 – Principles of Biology: Laboratory University of Bucharest, Romania (1997-1998) Paleobotany and Palynology: Laboratory Biostratigraphic methods: Invited lectures Physical Geology: Laboratory

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