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Marco Raczka

Assistant Professor in Palaeoecology, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

I have a BSc in Biological Sciences (2006) and a MSc in Geoenvironmental Analysis also from the University of Guarulhos (2009), and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA (2017). I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam (2018-2019) before starting my second postdoctoral associate researcher position at the University of Reading.

Expertise Summary

My research experience spans the following areas: Quaternary Palynology Pollen, Phytoliths and Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (NPP's) Megafauna Extinction Palaeoecological and Climatic Reconstructions Pre-Columbian Amazonia Past Human-Environment Interactions

Teaching Summary

Marco actively teaches in the following modules in the School of Geography:

On Earth and Life (Convenor) Introduction to GIS First-year tutorials Dissertation Preparation The Changing Environment Research tutorial Dissertation supervision Third Year Geography Fieldcourse Unearthing the Past (Convenor) Tropical Environments in the Anthropocene

Research Summary

2025-2027: (Co-I) On a UKRI-NERC Amazon +10 initiative: "Voices of Indigenous Amazonia: historical processes of socio-biodiversity in the face of the challenges of the Anthropocene". In collaboration… read more

Recent Publications

  • UMBERTO LOMBARDO, LAUTARO HILBERT, MCKENZIE BENTLEY, CHRISTOPHER BRONK RAMSEY, KATE DUDGEON, ALBERT GAITAN-ROCA, JOS脡 IRIARTE, ANDR脡S G. MEJ脥A RAM脫N, SERGIO QUEZADA, MARCO RACZKA, JENNIFER G. WATLING, EDUARDO NEVES and FRANCIS MAYLE, 2025. Nature.
  • NINA H. WITTEVEEN, ANSIS BLAUS, MARCO F. RACZKA, CHRISTINA HERRICK, MICHAEL PALACE, MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, EMIEL E. VAN LOON, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2024. Frontiers of Biogeography.
  • A. BLAUS, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL, M. F. RACZKA, C. HERRICK, M. PALACE, N.聽H. WITTEVEEN, M. N. NASCIMENTO and M. B. BUSH, 2023. Journal of Biogeography.
  • MASHA T. VAN DER SANDE, MARK B. BUSH, CHRISTINE M. 脜KESSON, JUAN CARLOS BERRIO, ALEX CORREIA聽METRIO, SUZETTE G. A. FLANTUA, HENRY HOOGHIEMSTRA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, CRYSTAL N. H. MCMICHAEL, ENCARNI MONTOYA, NICOLE A. S. MOSBLECH, MAJOI DE NOVAES聽NASCIMENTO, MARIELOS PE脩A-CLAROS, LOURENS POORTER, MARCO F. RACZKA and WILLIAM D. GOSLING, 2023. Global Change Biology. 00, 1-18

Current Research

2025-2027: (Co-I) On a UKRI-NERC Amazon +10 initiative: "Voices of Indigenous Amazonia: historical processes of socio-biodiversity in the face of the challenges of the Anthropocene". In collaboration with the University College London (PI), University of London (Birkbeck), and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

  • UMBERTO LOMBARDO, LAUTARO HILBERT, MCKENZIE BENTLEY, CHRISTOPHER BRONK RAMSEY, KATE DUDGEON, ALBERT GAITAN-ROCA, JOS脡 IRIARTE, ANDR脡S G. MEJ脥A RAM脫N, SERGIO QUEZADA, MARCO RACZKA, JENNIFER G. WATLING, EDUARDO NEVES and FRANCIS MAYLE, 2025. Nature.
  • NINA H. WITTEVEEN, ANSIS BLAUS, MARCO F. RACZKA, CHRISTINA HERRICK, MICHAEL PALACE, MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, EMIEL E. VAN LOON, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2024. Frontiers of Biogeography.
  • A. BLAUS, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL, M. F. RACZKA, C. HERRICK, M. PALACE, N.聽H. WITTEVEEN, M. N. NASCIMENTO and M. B. BUSH, 2023. Journal of Biogeography.
  • MASHA T. VAN DER SANDE, MARK B. BUSH, CHRISTINE M. 脜KESSON, JUAN CARLOS BERRIO, ALEX CORREIA聽METRIO, SUZETTE G. A. FLANTUA, HENRY HOOGHIEMSTRA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, CRYSTAL N. H. MCMICHAEL, ENCARNI MONTOYA, NICOLE A. S. MOSBLECH, MAJOI DE NOVAES聽NASCIMENTO, MARIELOS PE脩A-CLAROS, LOURENS POORTER, MARCO F. RACZKA and WILLIAM D. GOSLING, 2023. Global Change Biology. 00, 1-18
  • MAJOI N. NASCIMENTO, JULIAN BELTRAN, CAMILLE BRESSERS, JONA VAN DELFT, JORDAN VERMEULEN, SUE DE RON, ANNEMIEK BRUIJN, MARCO F. RACZKA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, WILLIAM D. GOSLING, MARK B. BUSH and CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2023. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 629, 111790
  • UMBERTO LOMBARDO, MANUEL ARROYO-KALIN, MORGAN SCHMIDT, HANS HUISMAN, HELENA P. LIMA, CLAIDE DE PAULA MORAES, EDUARDO G. NEVES, CHARLES R. CLEMENT, JO脙O AIRES DA FONSECA, FERNANDO OZORIO DE ALMEIDA, CARLOS FRANCISCO BRAZ脙O VIEIRA ALHO, CHRISTOPHER BRONK RAMSEY, GEORGE G. BROWN, MARTA S. CAVALLINI, MARCONDES LIMA DA COSTA, LU脥S CUNHA, L脷CIA HELENA C. DOS ANJOS, WILLIAM M. DENEVAN, CARLOS FAUSTO, CAROLINE FERNANDES CAROMANO, ADEMIR FONTANA, BRUNA FRANCHETTO, BRUNO GLASER, MICHAEL J. HECKENBERGER, SUSANNA HECHT, VINICIUS HONORATO, KLAUS A. JAROSCH, ANDR脡 BRAGA JUNQUEIRA, THIAGO KATER, EDUARDO K. TAMANAHA, THOMAS W. KUYPER, JOHANNES LEHMANN, MARCO MADELLA, S. YOSHI MAEZUMI, LEANDRO MATTHEWS CASCON, FRANCIS E. MAYLE, DOYLE MCKEY, BRUNO MORAES, GASPAR MORCOTE-R脥OS, CARLOS A. PALHETA BARBOSA, MARCOS PEREIRA MAGALH脙ES, GABRIELA PRESTES-CARNEIRO, FRANCISCO PUGLIESE, FABIANO N. PUPIM, MARCO F. RACZKA, ANNE RAPP PY-DANIEL, PHILIP RIRIS, BRUNA CIGARAN DA ROCHA, LEONOR RODRIGUES, ST脡PHEN ROSTAIN, RODRIGO SANTANA MACEDO, MYRTLE P. SHOCK, TOBIAS SPRAFKE, FILIPPO STAMPANONI BASSI, RAONI VALLE, PABLO VIDAL-TORRADO, XIMENA S. VILLAGR脕N, JENNIFER WATLING, SADIE L. WEBER and WENCESLAU GERALDES TEIXEIRA, 2022. Nature Communications 2022 13:1. 13, 1-6
  • M. B. BUSH, A. ROZAS-DAVILA, M. RACZKA, M. NASCIMENTO, B. VALENCIA, R. K. SALES, C. N. H. MCMICHAEL and W. D. GOSLING, 2022. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 377,
  • CHRISTINE M. 脜KESSON, CRYSTAL N.H. MCMICHAEL, MARCO F. RACZKA, SERINGE N. HUISMAN, MONA PALMEIRA, JOHNNY VOGEL, DAVID NEILL, JASON VEIZAJ and MARK B. BUSH, 2021. Journal of Ecology. 109, 432-446
  • P.E. DE OLIVEIRA, M. F RACZKA, C.N.H. MCMICHAEL, JORGE PINAYA and M.B. BUSH, 2020. Journal of Biogeography. 47, 396-407
  • M.N. N NASCIMENTO, N.A.S. A S MOSBLECH, M.F. F RACZKA, S. BASKIN, K.E. E MANRIQUE, J. WILGER, L. GIOSAN, X. BENITO and M.B. B BUSH, 2020. Quaternary Science Reviews. 243, 106471
  • M.F. RACZKA, N.A. MOSBLECH, L. GIOSAN, B.G. VALENCIA, A.M. FOLCIK, M. KINGSTON, S. BASKIN and M.B. BUSH, 2019. Quaternary Science Reviews. 205, 154-165
  • S.N. HUISMAN, M.F. RACZKA and C.N.H. MCMICHAEL, 2018. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6, 193
  • MARCO F. RACZKA, M.B. BUSH and PAULO EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA, 2017. Quaternary Research (United States). 89, 103-118
  • MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, MARK B. BUSH, ALEXANDRA M. FOLCIK and CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, 2016. Biota Neotropica. 16,
  • RAIMUNDO SOUZA SILVA, MARIA JUDITE GARCIA, RUDNEY DE ALMEIDA SANTOS, PAULO EDUARDO DE OLIVEIRA, PAULO C脡SAR FONSECA GIANNINI, MARY ELIZABETH C BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA, VANDA BRITO DE MEDEIROS, CARLOS ALBERTO BISTRICHI, ROSANA SARAIVA FERNANDES and MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, 2015. Revista do Instituto Geol贸gico. 36, 1-24
  • MARK B BUSH, PAULO E DE OLIVEIRA, MARCO F RACZKA, WILLIAM D GOSLING, MAYLEM FRANCIS E., CRYSTAL H MACMICHAEL and DUNIA H URREGO, 2014. Paleoclimates of Amazonia- An Ice-Age View. In: I S CARVALHO, M J GARCIA, C C LANA and O STROHSCHOEN JR, eds., 滨苍迟别谤肠颈锚苍肠颈补. 353-367
  • M B BUSH, C H MCMICHAEL, M F RACZKA, M B TOLEDO, M J POWER, F MAYLE and P E DE OLIVEIRA, 2014. The Holocene of the Amazon.pdf. In: I S CARVALHO, M J GARCIA, C C LANA and O STROHSCHOEN JR, eds., 滨苍迟别谤肠颈锚苍肠颈补. 279-385
  • C.H. CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, M.B. MARK B. BUSH, M.R. MILES R. SILMAN, D.R. DOLORES R. PIPERNO, MARCO RACZKA, L.C. LUIZ C. LOBATO, MONICA ZIMMERMAN, STEPHEN HAGEN and MICHAEL PALACE, 2013. Journal of Biogeography. 40, 299-309
  • MARCO F. RACZKA, PAULO E. DE OLIVEIRA, MARK BUSH and CRYSTAL H. MCMICHAEL, 2013. Journal of Quaternary Science. 28, 144-151
  • C.H. H MCMICHAEL, D.R. R PIPERNO, M.B. B BUSH, M.R. R SILMAN, A.R. R ZIMMERMAN, M.F. F RACZKA and L.C. C LOBATO, 2012. Science (New York, N.Y.). 336, 1429-31
  • ADRIANA MI脫LLA PIASENTIN, D脡CIO LUIS, SEMENSATTO JUNIOR, ANTONIO ROBERTO SAAD, ADALBERTO JOS脡, MONTEIRO JUNIOR and MARCO FELIPE RACZKA, 2009. 脥ndice de qualidade da 谩gua (IQA) do Reservat贸rio Tanque Grande, Guarulhos (SP): An谩lise sazonal e efeitos do uso e ocupa莽茫o do solo 骋别辞肠颈锚苍肠颈补蝉. 28, 305-317

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