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Portrait of Samar El-Abdallah
  • Biological Sciences

Paleobotany. Morphometrics. Plant morphology. Plant anatomy. 

Samar El-Abdallah

Lecturer - Botany

I grew up in Southern California, spending most summers in Lebanon. I got my associate degree from Citrus College in Azusa, California and my bachelor’s degree and master's degree at Cal Poly Humboldt. 

  • Associate of Science in Biological/Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Citrus College
  • Bachelors of Science in Botany - Humboldt State University
  • BOT 105 General Botany
  • BOT 330 Plant Ecology

I am interesting in reconstructing fossil plants from the Paleozoic using morphometrics. 

El-Abdallah, S.R., A.G. Kammet, K.K.S. Matsunaga, S.Y. Smith and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2022. Resolving the anatomy of sclerified mature conifer seed cones – complementarity among three methods. Publicacion Electronica de la Associacion Paleontologica Argentina: http://dx.doi.org/10.5710/PEAPA.18.09.2022.425

Marshall, J.E.A., P. Holterhoff, S.R. El-Abdallah, K.K.M. Matsunaga, A.W. Bronson, and A.M.F. Tomescu. 2022. The archaeopterid forests of Wyoming: flora and depositional environment of the Upper Devonian (lower Frasnian) Maywood Formation. International Journal of Plant Sciences: 183(6) 465-492