Md. Firoze Quamar,^*,** Normunds Stivrins<sup>***


*</sup>CONTACT Md. Firoze Quamar quamar_bot@yahoo.co.in, mohdfiroze_quamar@bsip.res.in Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow 226007, India.
^**MOHAMMAD FIROZE QUAMAR is presently working as a research scientist (Scientist ‘D’) at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), India. He is a trained Quaternary palynologist and his research interests mainly include the reconstruction of palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate in the central Indian core monsoon zone (CMZ) during the late Quaternary Period/ Holocene epoch, based mainly on pollen evidence. He takes keen interest in studying non-pollen palynomorphs, especially for understanding herbivory/palaeoherbivory. Also, he conducts research on melissopalynology and basic pollen morphology, based on observations from LM, CLSM and FESEM. He has published 55 research papers (including seven review articles) and seven meeting reports in peer-reviewed journals.
^***NORMUNDS STIVRINS defended his PhD in earth sciences in the Department of Geology at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, in 2015. Afterwards, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the consortium project entitled ‘Ecological history and long-term dynamics of the Boreal forest ecosystem (EBOR)’, headed by Professor (Dr) Heikki Seppä at the Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland. Since July 2017, he has worked as an associate professor in Quaternary geology and geomorphology and since 2018 as a senior researcher at the University of Latvia, Latvia. In addition, since 2018 he has worked as a researcher in the Department of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. He mainly focuses on pollen analysis, non-pollen palynomorphs, micro- and macrocharcoal and tephrochronology. He has published his research findings in high-impact-factor journals.