| Annalisa Berta | |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Fields: | Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolution, Systematics |
| Workplaces: | San Diego State University (1989–present) |
| Education: | Ph.D. |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Berkeley |
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| Thesis Year: | 1979 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | William A. Clemens, Jr. |
| Known For: | contributions to the fossil history of pinnipeds and cetaceans |
Annalisa Berta (born 23 July 1952[1]) is an American paleontologist and professor emerita in the Department of Biology at San Diego State University.[2] [3]
The focus of her research is the evolution and fossil history of whales and other marine mammals, and among her contributions is the description of the early pinniped Enaliarctos.[4] [5]
Berta received her Ph.D. from the Department of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979, after which she was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Florida before starting as a faculty member at San Diego State University in 1982.[6] Berta served as president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2004–2006[7] and she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015[8] and of the Paleontological Society in 2022.[9]