Jakub Sakala, PhD.
Paleobotany
Phone: +420 221951461 Office: P16 A
E-mail: rade (zavináč) natur.cuni (tečka) cz
Professional Experience
| Assistant Lecturer, Charles University | 2003-date |
Education
| PhD, Charles University, Prague & Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris | 1998-2004 |
| D.E.A.(=MSc) Palaeontology, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris & Université Montpellier II | 1997-1998 |
| Mgr (=MSc) Palaeobotany, Charles University | 1992-1997 |
Research Interests
- Fossil wood
- Tertiary palaeobotany
- Whole-Plant concept
Teaching
- Systematic palaeobotany
- General palaeontology
- Palaeoxylotomy
Current Research Activities
- The 'Whole-Plant' concept in palaeobotany on the example of the Tertiary of northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic with particular reference to fossil wood
Professional Affiliations
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
| IAWA- International Association of Wood Anatomists |
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| OFP- Organisation Francophone de Paléobotanique |
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Selected Publications
Sakala, J., Privé-Gill, C. & Koeniguer, J.-C. (1999): Silicified Angiosperm wood from the Dangu locality (Ypresian of the Gisors region, Eure, France): the problem of root wood. - C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris 328: 553-557.
Kvaček, Z. & Sakala, J. (1999): Twig with attached leaves, fruits and seeds of Decodon (Lythraceae) from the Lower Miocene of northern Bohemia, and implications for the identification of detached leaves and seeds. - Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 107: 201-222, 1999.
Sakala, J. (2000a): Flora and vegetation of the roof of the main lignite seam in the Bílina Mine (Most Basin, Lower Miocene). - Acta Mus. Nat. Pragae, Ser. B, Hist. Nat. 56: 49-84.
Sakala, J. (2000b): Silicified angiosperm wood from the Dangu locality (Ypresian of the Gisors region, Eure, France) - final part: the problem of palaeoclimate reconstruction based on fossil wood. - Geodiversitas, 22, 493-507.
Sakala, J. (2002): First record of fossil angiosperm wood (Ulmoxylon, Ulmaceae) from the famous locality of Bílina (Czech Republic, Early Miocene). - C. R. Palevol 1: 161-166.
Sakala, J. (2003): Podocarpoxylon helmstedtianum GOTTWALD from Kučlín (Late Eocene, Czech Republic) reinterpreted as Tetraclinoxylon vulcanense PRIVÉ. - Feddes Repert. 114: 25-29.
Sakala, J. & Privé-Gill, C. (2004): Oligocene angiosperm woods from northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic. - IAWA J., 25, 369-380.