About Bob Gastaldo
Born 1950. Bob Gastaldo is a geologist and paleontologist.
Robert Angelo Gastaldo (born December 31, 1950) is an American geoscientist, paleontologist and sedimentologist. He was professor of geology at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, between 1999 and 2020.
Gastaldo regularly studies in South Africa. In 2023, he was studying fossils in Bethulie, in the country's Karoo region. The fossils are of the largest mass extinction ever, known as the Permian–Triassic extinction event (also known as the "Great Dying").
Early life Gastaldo is a graduate of Gettysburg College, where he was mentored by Professor Bill Darrah.
Personal life Gastaldo is married to Elvira Herman Gastaldo.
In 1994, Gastaldo was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and an inaugural centennial fellow of the Paleontological Society in 2008.
Gastaldo is a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.
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