Rowan Lockwood
Rowan Lockwood is an American paleobiologist specializing in environmental change and the ecology of fossil marine invertebrates.[1][2] She is professor of geology at the College of William & Mary, where she was awarded the university’s Jefferson Teaching Award in 2009.[1][3] Lockwood has served as the president-elect of the Paleontological Society since 2024.[4]
Lockwood is from Rockford, Illinois and attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.[5][6] She earned a B.A. in biology and organismal biology, cum laude, from Yale College.[1][7] In 1993, Lockwood won a Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship. She declined the former and completed a M.Sc. from the University of Bristol as a Marshall Scholar.[1][7] She earned a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago.[1][7] Her 2001 dissertation was titled Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves.[8] Her committee included David Jablonski, Michael LaBarbera, Michael Foote, Barry Chemoff, and Jack Sepkoski.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "William & Mary - Rowan Lockwood". William & Mary. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ Takemura, Alison F. (July 3, 2018). "Down to Earth With: Paleobiologist Rowan Lockwood". Earth Magazine. American Geosciences Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ https://news.wm.edu/2025/01/15/wms-lockwood-elected-president-of-worlds-largest-paleontological-organization/
- ↑ "Society Officers". www.paleosoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "Rhodes scholar opts for other award". Chicago Tribune. 1992-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ Michaels, Jane (1988-05-29). "Rowan Lockwood's feat has her flying as high as a pterosaur". Chicago Tribune. p. 343. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Rowan Lockwood". The Paleontology Portal. March 2008. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- 1 2 Lockwood, Rowan (2001). Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves (Ph.D. thesis). University of Chicago. OCLC 47784038.
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