Curriculum vitae: Maria Rita Palombo

Environmemtal Science, Siracusa, New York U.S.) and D.F. Sax. (Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI, U.S.).
- 2010 participant as international expert in Vertebrate Palaeontology to the project submitted by
Paola Villa (Colorado Museum, USA) to the eakey Foundation.
OTHER SCIENTIFIC CHARGES AND ACTIVITIES
- Member of Editorial Board: " Quaternary International" (since 2007);
- Member of Editorial Board: " Quaternaire" (since 2000);
- Member of Editorial Board: " Hystrix" (1986-1991);
- Member of Editorial Board "Professione ambiente" (1989-1993)
- Member of INQUA Commission of Palaeoecology and Human Evolution
- Member of Scientific Directional Team of Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana (IsIPU) (2004-
2009)
- Member of INQUA-SEQS
- Reviewer for scientific International Projects (e.g. Leakey Foundation; Ministerio de la Cultura
(Spain) ; CNRS, Agencie Nationale de la Recherche, France)
- Reviewer for scientific International Journals (such as Paleobiology, Plos, Palaios, Quaternary
International, Quaternary Researches, Quaternary Sciences Review, Journal of Human Evolution,
Journal of Biogeography, Quaternaire, Eglogae geologicae Helvetiae, Neues Jahrbuch für
Geologie und Paläontologie, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Paleontologia y Evolution,
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Hellenic Journal of Geosciences, Bulletin of
Geosciences, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Geologica Romana, Quaternaria
and others)
- From 1978 to 1987 scientific coordinator of Centro di Catalogazione dei BBCC
(Amministrazione Provinciale di Viterbo, Italy)
- Scientific consultant of Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Soprintendenza Archeologica per
I BBCC di Sassari e Nuoro, Sovrintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma,
Soprintendenza Archeologica per il Lazio, Soprintendenza Archeologica per l'Etruria meridionale,
Soprintendenza Archeologica per l'Abruzzo, Museo di Paleontologia dell'Università degli Studi di
Roma "La Sapienza", Museo Preistorico di Pofi, Museo Civico Archeologico Naturalistico di
Allumiere, Museo di Blera (Viterbo), Antiquarium di Colleferro and others
- Member of several scientific associations (i.e. International Biogeography Society, Società
Paleontologica Italiana, AIAZ, ATiT, Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana)
Congress, Symposia
More than 100 participations to International and National Congresses often as invited key-speaker
(more than 170 oral communications and invited lectures).
Selected organized meetings:
- 2000 Convener of the workshop: Paleobiogeography, endemism and vertebrate evolution, 6 th
European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology (Firenze, 19-22 settembre 2000)
- 2001 Member of Organising Committee of 1 st International Congress "La Terra degli Elefanti -
The World of Elephants" (Roma 16-20 October 2001)
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