Friðgeir Grímsson, Privatdoz. MSc PhD

Senior Scientist
Ground floor, room 3
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 10
m: fridgeir.grimsson@univie.ac.at

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Media contributions

Research interests

  • Palynology
  • Paleopalynology
  • Botany
  • Paleobotany
  • Paleophytogeography

My research interests comprise plant evolution, vegetation differentiation, and climate development in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres during the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic. I use evidence from the macrofossil record (mostly leaves) and from the record of dispersed pollen and spores to resolve the origin, diversification, and dispersal of plant lineages, to trace past distribution and biogeographic patterns of various plant groups and major plant functional groups, to reconstruct regional and large-scale vegetation changes, and, eventually, to evaluate past climate situations and possible climate changes during the past ca. 100 million years. Key areas of my research have been the Arctic and Subarctic regions and mid-latitude regions in Asia, North America and Europe. My current area of focus is Western and Central Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the African continent.

Projects

 Teaching

Current Courses

 Cooperations

  • Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Department of Paleobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
  • Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
  • Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Departments of Botany and Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden
  • Don Harrington Discovery Center, 1200 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX, 79106, USA

 Curriculum Vitae

Current position

  • 2021– Senior Scientist, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Austria.

Education

  • 2015 Venia Docendi (Priv.-Doz.)/Doctor Habilitatus (Dr. habil.) in Paleontology/Paleobotany. University of Vienna, Austria. Thesis: Unravelling Upper Cretaceous and Cainozoic vegetation patterns from Northern Hemispheric palynofloras.
  • 2007 Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) in Geology/Paleobotany. University of Iceland, Reykjavík. Thesis: The Miocene floras of Iceland: origin and evolution of fossil floras from north-west and western Iceland, 15 to 6 Ma.
  • 2002 Master of Science (MS) in Geology/Paleobotany. University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Thesis: The Hreðavatn Member of the Hreðavatn-Stafholt Formation and its fossil flora.
  • 1999 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Geology/Paleobotany. University of Iceland, Reykjavík. Thesis: Þrimilsdalur: an ancient flora in an aesthetic valley.

Scientific career

  • 2018–2021 Research scientist, senior postdoctoral position, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Austria
  • 2013–2014 Assistant Professor, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
  • 2010–2018 Research scientist, senior postdoctoral position, Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Austria
  • 2007–2009 Research scientist, postdoctoral position, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
  • 2002–2009 Lecturer, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
  • 2002–2007 Teacher, Menntaskólinn við Sund (Secondary School, College), Reykjavík

 

Publications

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2024

Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Wappler, T., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Eocene flower visitation of European Diptera and their potential pollinator role. Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5607
Grimsson, F., Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Schönenberger, J., Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., & Wappler, T. (2024). Flowers and insects with in situ and/or adhered pollen from Eckfeld (Eocene) and Enspel (Oligocene), Germany. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 127). Article O-238 CZECH-IN s. r. o..
Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Wappler, T., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Fossil Coleoptera with in situ and adhered pollen from the Eocene of Eckfeld, Germany. Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5326
Gross, M., Prieto, J., Grimsson, F., & Bojar, H.-P. (2024). Hyena and ‘false’ sabre-toothed cat coprolites from the late Middle Miocene of south-eastern Austria. Historical Biology, 36(9), 1903-1922. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2237979
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Zetter, R., Schönenberger, J., Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Wappler, T., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Matching Messel flowers with their insect visitors via pollen. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 124-125). Article O-234 CZECH-IN s. r. o..
Wedmann, S., Bouchal, J. M., Boudet, L., Engel, M., Geier, C., Grimsson, F., Poschmann, M. J., Schindler, T., & Wappler, T. (2024). Paleodiversity of paleogene hymenopteran insects and their interactions with flowers. In K. De Baets, & A. Kaim (Eds.), PALGES 2024 WARSAW: Abstract Book (pp. 161). https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01209.2024
Zetter, R., Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Hayes, P., Collinson , M., Ahmad, S., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Palynoflora of the Insect Limestone, late Eocene, UK. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 126). Article O-237 CZECH-IN s. r. o..
Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Wilde, V., Lenz, O. K., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Qualitative LM and SEM study of the Messel palynoflora: part I. Algae to Vitales. Grana, 63(3), 193-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2024.2375209
Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Geier, C., Zetter, R., Wilde, V., Lenz, O. K., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Reinvestigating the Messel palynoflora using combined LM and SEM. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 125). Article O-235 CZECH-IN s. r. o..
Bouchal, J. M., Grimsson, F., Zetter, R., & Denk, T. (2024). The late middle Eocene palynoflora of Hareø, West Greenland: polar forests in a vanishing greenhouse world. Grana, 63(2), 71-159. Article 2339495. https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2024.2339495
Wu, X., von Balthazar, M., Grimsson, F., Heřmanová, Z., Kvacek, J., & Schönenberger, J. (2024). Trimerous flowers with a unique set of floral and pollen traits from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Bohemia (Czech Republic). In XX International Botanical Congress IBC 2024, Spain. Book of Abstracts. Posters (pp. 824). Article P.1628 FASE 20 EDICIONES, Madrid, Spain.
Purgina, C., Ulrich, S., & Grimsson, F. (2024). Ultrastructural variability and chemical composition of Orchidaceae pollen. In J. Bek, & J. Votočková Frojdová (Eds.), XV International Palynological Congress - XI International Organization of Palaeobotany Conference: Abstract Book (pp. 44). Article O-078 CZECH-IN s. r. o..

2023

Vieira, M., Bouchal, J. M., Geier, C., Ulrich, S., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Earliest fossil pollen records of endemic African Sclerosperma palms and the palaeoecological aspects of the genus. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 317, Article 104954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104954
Malaikanok, P., Grimsson, F., Denk, T., & Phuphumirat, W. (2023). Community assembly of tropical Fagaceae-dominated forests in Thailand dates back at least to the Late Palaeogene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 202(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac075
Geier, C., Bouchal, J. M., Ulrich, S., Uhl, D., Wappler, T., Wedmann, S., Zetter, R., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Collecting in situ/adhered pollen from fossil compressed angiosperm flowers. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 310, 1-6. Article 104831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104831
Vieira, M., Grímsson, F., Denk, T., & Zetter, R. (2023). Niche evolution versus niche conservatism and habitat loss determine persistence and extirpation in late Neogene European Fagaceae. Quaternary Science Reviews, 300, Article 107896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107896
Pan, A. D., Jacobs, B. F., Bush, R. T., de la Estrella, M., Grímsson, F., Herendeen, P. S., van der Burgt, X. M., & Currano, E. D. (2023). First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia. PLoS ONE, 18(1), Article e0279491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279491
Dirr, L., Bouchal, J. M., Bastl, K., Bastl, M., Berger, U., & Grimsson, F. (2023). 5 Years Ragweed Finder: From the Idea to the Official Reporting Tool of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Proceedings of Science, 442. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.442.0004
Dirr, L., Bastl, K., Bastl, M., Berger, M., Berger, U., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Der Ragweed Finder: Citizen-Science ergänzt Allergenvermeidung. Allergo Journal International, 32, 188. Article P2.04. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-023-00269-2
Dirr, L., Bouchal, J. M., Bastl, K., Bastl, M., Berger, M., Berger, U., & Grimsson, F. (2023). Der Ragweed Finder: Von der Idee zum anerkannten Meldesystem. In CitSci Helvetia’23: Die zweite Schweizer Citizen-Science-Konferenz «Citizen Science – Wirkung durch Partizpiation», Detailprogramm (pp. 12)
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