J. Taylor Perron

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Taylor Perron (born c. 1977) is a geomorphologist and Professor at MIT. He was a 2021 MacArthur fellow.

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Education and work

Perron obtained an AB in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Archaeology at Harvard University and a PhD in Earth and Planetary Science from University of California, Berkeley. Perron was a postdoc at Harvard University. [1]

Perron is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [2]

Perron researched Amazonian Dark earth. [3]

Perron was named a 2021 MacArthur fellow for studying landscapes evolution and developing tools for predictions involving climate change. [4] [5]

Personal life

Taylor is married to psychotherapist Lisa Varchol Perron. Together they wrote a picture book All the Rocks We Love. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Magazine, Smithsonian; Jaffe, Eric. "Life Beyond Earth". Smithsonian Magazine.
  2. ↑ Prisco, Jacopo (11 June 2024). "Water frost detected on Mars volcanoes in 'unexpected' first". CNN.
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Morgan J.; Goldberg, Samuel L.; Heckenberger, Michael; Fausto, Carlos; Franchetto, Bruna; Watling, Jennifer; Lima, Helena; Moraes, Bruno; Dorshow, Wetherbee B.; Toney, Joshua; Kuikuro, Yamalui; Waura, Kumessi; Kuikuro, Huke; Kuikuro, Taku Wate; Kuikuro, Takumã; Kuikuro, Yahila; Kuikuro, Afukaka; Teixeira, Wenceslau; Rocha, Bruna; Honorato, Vinicius; Tavares, Hugo; Magalhães, Marcos; Barbosa, Carlos Augusto; da Fonseca, João Aires; Mendes, Kelton; Alleoni, Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú; Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino; Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel; Neves, Eduardo; Perron, J. Taylor (22 September 2023). "Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon". Science Advances. Vol. 9, no. 38. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh8499.
  4. ↑ "Our past and future is written in Earth's landscape. Here's how one geomorphologist is reading it". PBS News. 18 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue 'high-risk, high-reward' work".
  6. ↑ "Q&A: Helping young readers explore curiosity about rocks through discovery and play". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 15 July 2024.
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