ABRIDGED CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr Aleksei Oskolski 31 October 2019

1. Biographical Sketch Name: Aleksei Oskolski Institution: University of Johannesburg Department: Botany and Biotechnology Contact details: [email protected], +27 11 559 3118 External links: ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-84922 ResearcherID: T-4423-2019 (PUBLON, Web of Science) ScopusID: 6506803994

Academic Qualification: DSc NRF Rating: C2 H-index (Scopus): 10 Field(s) of Research: plant anatomy and morphology, paleobotany

2. Teaching Activities Courses Presented: i. Plant Anatomy and Cytology (BOT02A2) – 2nd year students ii. Scientific Methods – Honours students.

Postgraduate Student Training: Completed MSc degrees – 1 Completed PhD degrees – 1 MSc degrees in progress – 1 PhD degrees in progress – 1

External examination: i. Dr Mikhail Goncharov (St.Petersburg) – habilitation (2019)

3. Research Activities

Editorial responsibilities: i. Member of Editorial Board: Plant Diversity (Kunming, China), Botanica Pacifica (Vladivostok, Russia), Biotemas (Florianapolis, Brazil), Botanicheski Zhurnal (St.Petersburg, Russia)

Research Grants: i. 2012-2014. “Trends in evolution of structural traits in selected taxa of flowering ” supported by grant # 12-04-01684 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research. (principal coordinator). ii. 2014-2015. “Cenozoic woods of South China: , palaeoecology and evolution” supported by grant # 14-05-91163 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research and from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (principal coordinator). iii. 2016-2018. “Diversity of wood structure: ecological and biogeographical implications.” supported by grant # 16-04-00725 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research. (principal coordinator). iv. 2016-2017. “Paleogene woods of the Guangxi Province (South China): taxonomy, palaeoecology and evolution” supported by grant # 16-55-53007 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research and from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (principal coordinator). v. 2018-2019. “Paleogene and Neogene conifer woods of Central and South China: taxonomy, palaeoecology and evolution” supported by grant # 18-55-53015 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research and from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (principal coordinator). vi. 2019-2021. “Patterns in evolution of the angiosperm wood traits” supported by grant # 19-04-00714 from the Russian Foundation of Basic Research. (principal coordinator).

Professional Memberships and Societies: i. Russian Botanical society (RBO), member ii. International Association of Wood Anatomists (IAWA), member iii. St.Petersburg Association of Scientists and Scholars, member iv. Interregional Society of Researchers (Russia), member

Selected Publications: v. Oskolski, A.A., M. von Balthazar, Y.M. Staedler, A.B. Shipunov. 2015. Inflorescence and floral morphology of Haptanthus hazlettii (Buxaceae, ). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (1): 190-200. vi. Li Yan-Jie, A.A. Oskolski, F.M.B. Jacques, Zhou Zhe-Kun. 2015. New middle Miocene fossil wood of Wataria (Malvaceae) from Southwest China. IAWA Journal 36 (3): 345-357. vii. Panahi M., Ł. Banasiak, M. Piwczyński, R. Puchałka, A.A. Oskolski & K.Spalik. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships among Dorema, Ferula and Leutea (Apiaceae, Scandiceae, Ferulinae) inferred from nrDNA ITS and cpDNA noncoding sequences. Taxon 64(4): 770-783. viii. Oskolski A.A. 2015. Cenozoic Araucariaceae in the Northern hemisphere: decline and recovery. Wulfenia 22: 261-264. ix. Feng X.-X., Jin J., Liao W., A.A. Oskolski. 2015. Wood of Pahudioxylon (Fabaceae) from the Miocene of Jialai-Nanbao basin, Hainan island, South China. International Journal of Plant Sciences 176 (5): 486-498. x. Huang L.L., Jin J.H., Cheng Q., A.A. Oskolski. 2016. Fossil wood of Camellia nanningensis sp. nov.: the earliest record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia. Journal of Plant Research 129(5): 823-831. xi. Kotina E.L., A.A. Oskolski, P.M. Tilney and B.-E. van Wyk. 2016. Bark and wood structure of Prunus africana (Rosaceae), an important African medicinal plant. South African Journal of Botany 106: 89-95. xii. Li L., Jian-Hua Jin J.H., Cheng Q., A.A. Oskolski. 2016. First record of Podocarpoid fossil wood in South China. Scientific Reports 6: 32294 (p. 1-8). DOI: 10.1038/srep32294 xiii. Li S.F., A.C. Hughes, T. Su, J. Lebreton-Anberrée, A.A. Oskolski, Mei Sun, D.K. Ferguson, Z.K Zhou. 2017. Fire dynamics under monsoonal climate in Yunnan, SW China: Past, present and future. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 465: 168-176. xiv. Kotina E.L., A.A. Oskolski, P.M. Tilney and B.-E. van Wyk. 2017. Bark and wood anatomy of Leucosidea and Cliffortia (Sanguisorbae, Rosaceae). IAWA Journal 38(1): 13-28. xv. Kotina E.L., A.A. Oskolski, P.M. Tilney and B.-E. van Wyk. 2017.Bark anatomy of Adansonia digitata (Malvaceae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 39(1): 31-40. xvi. Wang H.B, A.A. Oskolski, F. M.B. Jacques, Wang Yuehua, Zhou Zhekun. 2017. Lignified woods of Pinus (Pinaceae) from the late Miocene of central Yunnan, China, and their biogeographic and environmental implications. Palaeoworld 26: 553-565. xvii. Rakotonandrasana R.S., Oskolski A.A., Tilney P.M., E.L. Kotina, B.-E. Van Wyk. 2017. The rediscovery of Billburttia vaginoides, with notes on the morphology, anatomy, traditional uses and conservation status of the genus Billburttia (Apiaceae, tribe Apieae). Phytotaxa 321(3): 265-276. xviii. Huang LL, Jin JH, Quan C., AA Oskolski. 2018. Mummified fossil woods of Fagaceae from the upper Oligocene of Guangxi, South China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 152: 39-51. xix. Long C, Oskolski AA. 2018. Wood and bark anatomy of Andriana (Heteromorpheae, Apiaceae) with phylogenetic implications. South African Journal of Botany 115: 138-142. xx. Oskolski AA, Stepanova AV, LL Huang, Jin JH. 2018. Wood anatomy of Bischofia: notes on fossil woods referred to this genus. IAWA Journal 39(4): 475- 488. xxi. Kotina EL, Tilney PM, AE Van Wyk, Oskolski AA, B-E Van Wyk. 2018. “Hairy” bark in Lannea schweinfurthii (Anacardiaceae): hyperhydric-like tissue formed under arid conditions. IAWA Journal 39(2): 221-233. xxii. Sokoloff DD, Karpunina PV, Nuraliev MS, Oskolski AA. 2018. Flower structure and development in Melanophylla (Torricelliaceae): labile handedness of contort corolla and orientation of pseudomonomerous gynoecium in a member of campanulids. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 247-271. xxiii. Panahi M., Banasiak Ł., Piwczyński M., R. Puchałka, M.R. Kanani, A.A. Oskolski, D. Modnicki, A. Miłobędzka, K. Spalik. 2018. Taxonomy of the traditional medicinal plant genus Ferula L. (Apiaceae) is confounded by incongruence between nrDNA and plastid DNA. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 173-189. xxiv. Nuraliev M.S., Sokoloff D.D., Karpunina P.V., Oskolski A.A. 2019. Patterns of diversity of floral symmetry in angiosperms: a case study of the order Apiales. Symmetry 11, 473. doi:10.3390/sym11040473.