Rachel Wood (geologist)
Rachel Wood 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 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.
References[]
- ^ "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".
Categories:
- British geologists
- Academics of the University of Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Living people
- British palaeontologists