Laia Alegret (University of Zaragoza, and corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences) has contributed to the study of various events and GSSPs of the Paleogene, mostly based on the analysis of benthic foraminifera and their geochemical signal. Her work has contributed to the paleoenvironmental reconstruction across the Cretaceous/Paleogene impact event, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal maximum and other hyperthermal events, looking at localities globally distributed.…
My research interests are primarily concerned with examining the interactions of the Cenozoic climate systems and shallow marine environment, using larger benthic foraminifera and other invertebrate fossils. In particular, my current research is focussed on the events of the Eocene-Oligocene transition and the mechanisms behind the global biotic overturning events. I am also responsible for curating the micropalaeontological collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Aitor Payros is a lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Since 1991 his research has embraced Paleogene stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleogeography and paleoclimatology in the Pyrenean area, but his interest has also extended to other regions and intervals of the geological record, especially the environmental impact of past climate change episodes on deep marine deposits.…
