Prof. Dr. Josep Sanjuan Girbau | Paleobotany | Editorial Board Member

Assistant Professor at Universitat de Barcelona | Spain

Prof. Dr. Josep Sanjuan Girbau is a Spanish palaeobotanist, micropalaeontologist, palaeoecologist and sedimentologist whose academic and research career has been shaped by a strong interdisciplinary foundation in Earth Sciences, with specialization in continental biostratigraphy, plant evolution, plant taphonomy, lacustrine carbonates, basin stratigraphy and palaeoclimatology; he obtained his doctoral training at the University of Barcelona with a distinguished Cum Laude evaluation and international recognition, focusing on the biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of charophyte assemblages across significant geological transitions, following earlier postgraduate formation in palaeontology jointly at the University of Barcelona and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and undergraduate geological studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona enriched by an Erasmus Mundus stay in Italy; throughout his academic journey he has accumulated extensive university-level teaching experience in geology, palaeontology, micropalaeontology, cartography, sedimentology, marine geology, historical geology and scientific publication management in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs across major international institutions including the University of Barcelona and the American University of Beirut; his supervisory portfolio includes doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s theses covering topics such as charophyte taxonomy, palaeoclimatic modelling, micropalaeontology, sedimentary facies, freshwater ecosystems and regional palaeoenvironmental reconstructions; as an active researcher he has authored numerous indexed publications and his work spans themes such as charophyte evolution, Neogene and Quaternary biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography, aquatic flora, lacustrine carbonate systems, basin dynamics and continental palaeoecology, with a scientific impact reflected in citations across major scholarly platforms; he is affiliated with international scientific societies including the International Research Group on Charophytes and Agora Paleobotanica, and is an active member of IRBio at the University of Barcelona; multilingual and globally engaged, he maintains active academic profiles on Google Scholar, ResearchGate and other platforms, with recognized identifiers such as ORCID, ResearcherID and Scopus Author ID, contributing to advancing knowledge on fossil plants, continental ecosystems and Earth’s environmental history.

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Featured Publications : 

Authors not fully listed. (n.d.). An integrated paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Early Pleistocene hominin-bearing site of Dursunlu (Türkiye). Diversity. Open access.

Authors not fully listed. (n.d.). Depositional model of the Eocene El Kohol Formation (Central Saharan Atlas, Algeria): Integration of facies analysis, palaeontology and petrography. Geological Magazine. Open access.

Authors not fully listed. (n.d.). Gastropod-rich lacustrine carbonate deposits in N Iberia: A depositional, climatic and ecological record of the Late Miocene. Sedimentary Geology. Open access.

Sanjuan, J., Demirci, E., Kangal, Ö., & Özgen-Erdem, N. (n.d.). Oligocene and early Miocene charophyte flora from the Sivas Basin (Central Anatolia, Türkiye): Biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. Open access.

Authors not fully listed. (n.d.). The middle-upper Eocene Loza-Portilla Formation (Western Pyrenees, North Spain): Palustrine-lacustrine carbonate-dominated sequences in a piggy-back basin under compressional tectonic stress. Depositional Record. Open access.