Marian Holness

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Marian Holness

FRS
Born
Marian Barbara Holness
Alma mater University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1994)
Murchison Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields Earth Sciences
Geology
Mineralogy
Petrology [1]
Institutions University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
Thesis Experimental and petrological studies of textural equilibrium and fluid flow in metacarbonate rocks : the Beinn an Dubhaich Aureole, Skye  (1990)
Website www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/marian-holness OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Marian Barbara Holness FRS is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. [1] [2] [3]

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Education

Holness was educated at state schools in Southampton and the University of Cambridge where she studied the Natural Sciences Tripos and completed a PhD in 1990. [4] [5]

Career and research

Her research interests are in Earth Sciences, Geology, Mineralogy and Petrology. [1]

She was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2019, [6] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Marian Holness publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/marian-holness OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. Marian Holness publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. "Women in STEM: Professor Marian Holness". University of Cambridge. October 31, 2019.
  5. "Professor Marian Holness | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
  6. "Geological Society awards for Cambridge researchers". www.esc.cam.ac.uk. March 4, 2019.
  7. "Marian Holness". Royal Society. Retrieved 19 September 2020.