Ellen Thomas (scientist)

Ellen Thomas (born 1950, Hengelo)[1] is a Dutch-born environmental scientist and geologist at Wesleyan University, and a senior research scientist at Yale University.

Academic career and research

Thomas attended the University of Utrecht (BSc, 1971; MSc 1975; and PhD, 1979).[2] Thomas studies environmental and climate change over geologic timescales, specializing in the study of benthic foraminifera. Thomas was the first scientist to discover a mass extinction in benthic foraminifera close to the Paleocene-Eocene boundary,[3] now recognized as a result of the climate event known as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum.[4]

Thomas is the current editor-in-chief of the journal Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, published by the American Geophysical Union.[5]

Awards and honors

The Micropalaeontological Society - 2016 Brady Medal. American Geophysical Union - 2012 Maurice Ewing Medal[6]. Fellow AAAS, 2011 [7].

References

  1. ↑ Digitaal Album Promotorum at Utrecht University.
  2. ↑ "Career Profile, Ellen Thomas, Micropaleontologist". awg.org.
  3. ↑ "Development of Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminiferal faunas in Antarctic waters" (PDF). Geological Society, London, Special Publications.
  4. ↑ "Ellen Thomas". agu.org.
  5. ↑ "Editorial Board". agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.
  6. ↑ "Ellen Thomas". agu.org.
  7. ↑ https://www.aaas.org/blog/member-spotlight/5-things-about-me-micropaleontologistpaleoceanographer-ellen-thomas. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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