Else Marie Friis
| Else Marie Friis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 18, 1947 Holstebro, Denmark |
| Nationality | Denmark |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | botany, paleontology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | E.M.Friis |
Else Marie Friis (born June 18, 1947) is a Danish botanist and paleontologist.[1]
The daughter of Poul Friis and Marie Møller, she was born in Holstebro. She earned a Magister's degree in science and a Licentiate's degree in science from Aarhus University. Her area of interest is the reproductive biology, phylogeny and palaeoecology of flowering plants based on plant reproductive organs from the Cretaceous period.[1][2]
Friis is a member of the:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Royal Swedish Academy of Science
- Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Sweden
- Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Chinese Academy of Sciences[2]
She has received the:
- Hans Gram Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 1985
- Nils Rosén Linné Prize in botany from the Royal Physiographic Society, Sweden in 1992
- Rolf Dahlgren Prize in botany from the Royal Physiographic Society, Sweden in 2005
- Denmarks Geology Prize 2011 with Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- Linneus gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2014
- Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Polar Star
In addition, she was named Geologist of the year in 2005 by the Swedish Association of Scientists.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Else Marie Friis (1947 - )". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
- 1 2 3 "Else Marie Friis". Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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