Rachel Wood (geologist)

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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 EdiacaranCambrian 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] while in 2022 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. [8]

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References

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  4. 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.
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  7. "Rachel Wood". The Royal Society. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  8. "Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society". The Royal Society. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-16.