Rachel Wood (geologist)
Rachel Wood FRS is a palaeobiologist, geologist and Professor of Carbonate Geoscience at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences.[1]
Her research covers the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition, the origin of biomineralisation, the evolution of reef systems, and carbonate production through time.[2]
She is the author of Reef Evolution published by Oxford University Press (1999).[3][4][5]
She is an associate editor of the journal Science Advances.[6] In 2020, she was awarded the Lyell Medal of Geological Society of London,[7] and in 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rachel Wood – Research – Personal research page".
- ^ "Rachel Wood".
- ^ Buddemeier, Robert W. (1999). "Geology and ecology of coral reefs". Nature. 302: 121. doi:10.1038/45922. S2CID 5298519.
- ^ Veron, J. E. N. (2000). "PALEOBIOLOGY:Reef Processes in the Long View". Science. 287 (5454): 811–812. doi:10.1126/science.287.5454.811. S2CID 128929011.
- ^ "Reef Evolution".
- ^ "Rachel Wood – Research – Personal research page".
- ^ "Rachel Wood". The Royal Society. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society". The Royal Society. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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