Marcello Guimarães Simões

Marcello Guimarães Simões is a paleontologist with a Ph.D. in Geosciences (Direct Doctorate, 1992), specializing in Sedimentary Geology from the Institute of Geosciences at the University of São Paulo (IGc/USP). He is currently a Full Professor (MS-6) of Paleontology at the Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (IBB/UNESP), Botucatu campus, where he has worked since March 1990. His academic and research interests center on the use of fossil invertebrates, sedimentology, and stratigraphy to address regional geological problems, with a particular focus on rock successions from the Ediacaran, Devonian, Permian, and Cretaceous periods, both in Brazil and abroad. He also has a long-standing interest in actuopaleontology, especially in the context of the Brazilian continental margin. Simões played a leading role in introducing two innovative research lines in the geosciences in Brazil: Taphonomy, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Michal Holz (UFBA), and Conservation Paleobiology, in partnership with Prof. Dr. Michal Kowalewski (University of Florida) and Prof. Dr. Sabrina Coelho Rodrigues (UFU). His contributions in these areas include numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. He is a faculty member and advisor (masters and Ph.D. levels) in the Graduate Program in Geosciences and Environment at IGCE-UNESP (Rio Claro), a CAPES level 5 program. He currently serves as coordinator of the Biological Collections Center at the Museum of Biodiversity, part of the Institute of Biosciences at UNESP/Botucatu. For over two decades, he was also a graduate advisor in the highly ranked Graduate Program in Geochemistry and Geotectonics at IGc/USP (CAPES level 7), and has taught graduate courses in Argentina and Portugal. He was a visiting professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arizona (19981999) and maintains active international collaborations with researchers at institutions such as the University of Arizona, Virginia Tech, Hanover College (USA), and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany). Simões is a scientific consultant for major Brazilian and international funding agencies, including FAPESP, CNPq, CAPES, FUNDUNESP, Fundação Araucária, UERJ, and CONICET (Argentina). He serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and acts as an ad hoc reviewer for numerous national and international publications, including Palaios, Earth-Science Reviews, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, GSA Bulletin, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Continental Shelf Research, Sedimentary Geology, Historical Biology, Ameghiniana, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Brazilian Journal of Geology, Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, Revista de Geologia/USP, and Pesquisas em Geociências, among others. He has authored more than one hundred scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals, the majority of which are international. He has coordinated multiple research projects funded by FAPESP, CNPq, and FUNDUNESP. Simões has also served as Vice President of the Brazilian Paleontological Society (SBP) and, on several occasions, chaired its São PauloParaná Regional Chapter. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)