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 Ediacaran–Cambrian 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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  1. ^ "Rachel Wood – Research – Personal research page".
  2. ^ "Rachel Wood".
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  5. ^ "Reef Evolution".
  6. ^ "Rachel Wood – Research – Personal research page".
  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.
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