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Portrait of Samar El-Abdallah

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. 

Areas of Interest

Paleobotany. Morphometrics. Plant morphology. Plant anatomy. 

Research Focus

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

  • 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

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