Bronwyn Wake

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Bronwyn Wake is an Australian scientist and the editor in chief of Nature Climate Change.

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Education

Wake has a first class honors degree in Antarctic studies and a PhD in trace element biogeochemistry. [1] She undertook postgraduate research at the University of Tasmania. [1]

Career

Wake undertook postdoctoral work at the University of Southampton, and at the European Institute for Marine Studies in Brest where she studied the cycling of trace metals in oceans and their role as micronutrients for phytoplankton. [1]

Wake joined the editorial department of Nature Climate Change in 2012 and became the editor in chief in 2016. [1]

Personal life

Wake is Australian, she moved from there to London, before relocating to Scotland. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About the Editors | Nature Climate Change". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  2. "Bronwyn Wake". Nature Masterclasses. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. "Twitter biography". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-05.