Javier N. Gelfo

Lic. in Biology with orientation in Paleontology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum, National University of La Plata, Argentina (2001). Post-title Teacher Training (2002). PhD, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum, National University of La Plata (2006). Member of the Research Career of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) as Assistant Researcher (2008), Adjunct Researcher (2011), Independent Researcher (2016), and Principal Investigator (2022). Associate Professor of Elements of Paleontology and Vertebrate Paleontology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum, National University of La Plata (since 2018). Research focuses on the origin, evolution, paleobiogeography, and paleobiology of mammals, particularly South American and Antarctic taxa, and their biostratigraphic and biochronological significance, as documented in over one hundred scientific publications in international journals, book chapters, and scientific meetings. Specialist in South American native ungulates (Notoungulata, Litopterna, Astrapotheria, Pyrotheria, Xenungulata, and the “Condylarthra” of the families Didolodontidae and Kollpaniinae). Associate Editor of Advances in Polar Science (since 2019). Member of the EG-GEOCON (Geological Heritage and Geoconservation) Expert Group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Expertise in geo-paleontological fieldwork in Antarctica (James Ross Basin, Seymour/Marambio Island, and the South Shetland Islands) and South America (Patagonia, the High Andes, and northwestern Argentina).
Personal website:  https://jgelfo.wixsite.com/gelfo