Summary
Rosalind Emily Majors Rickaby FRS[2] is a professor of biogeochemistry at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford[3][1] and a Professorial Fellow at University College, Oxford. She is an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.[4][5]
Ros Rickaby | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rosalind Emily Majors Rickaby 29 June 1974[2] |
| Education | Berkhamsted School for Girls Haileybury College |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine Biogeochemistry[1] |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Thesis | Planktonic foraminiferal Cd/Ca : a new perspective on Southern Ocean palaeoproductivity (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harry Elderfield |
| Website | www |
Education edit
Rickaby was educated at Berkhamsted School for Girls and Haileybury College.[2] She received her Master of Arts degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge where she was an undergraduate student at Magdalene College in 1995 and her PhD[6] from the University’s Department of Earth Sciences in 1999, under the supervision of Harry Elderfield.[7]
Career and research edit
After her PhD, Rickaby went on to complete two years of post-doctoral research at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, working with Daniel P. Schrag.[8] Rickaby began as a faculty member of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford following her postdoc at Harvard. Her research centers around paleoceanography and biogeochemical cycling in the oceans through deep time, with a focus on using fossil shells of marine micro-organisms as proxies to reconstruct past climate change.[1][3][9][8] Her research group uses a variety of geochemical methods, including the analysis of trace element and isotopic ratios, to understand the biochemical behavior of paleoproxies, such as coccolithophores.[7][1] She is also an author of the book Evolution's Destiny: Co-evolving Chemistry of the Environment and Life along with Bob Williams.[10]
Awards and honours edit
- 2008: Awarded the European Geosciences Union Philip Leverhulme Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist[8]
- 2009: Awarded the University of Miami's 36th Rosenstiel Award[11][9][8]
- 2010: Awarded the James B. Macelwane Medal for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding young scientist[12]
- 2012: Awarded the Gast lectureship for outstanding contributions to geochemistry[13]
- 2016: Awarded the Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society from 2016–2021[14]
- 2017: Awarded the Geological Society of London's Lyell Medal for contributions to soft rock studies[15][16]
- 2022: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[17]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Rosalind Rickaby publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b c Anon (2020). "Rickaby, Prof. Rosalind Emily Mayors". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U293329. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Department of Earth Sciences » Ros Rickaby". earth.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Wolfson College, Oxford". wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Rosalind Rickaby - University College Oxford - Rosalind Rickaby". University College Oxford. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ Rickaby, Rosalind Emily Mayors (1999). Planktonic foraminiferal Cd/Ca : a new perspective on Southern Ocean palaeoproductivity. cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 1065285117. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.624523.
- ^ a b "Rosalind E. Rickaby - Honors Program". Honors Program. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Rosalind E. Rickaby". American Geophysical Union.
- ^ a b "Oxford's Dr. Rosalind Rickaby receives 2009 Rosenstiel Award". American Association for the Advancement of Science. 11 March 2009.
- ^ Williams, R J P; Rickaby, Ros (2012). Evolution's Destiny. doi:10.1039/9781849735599. ISBN 978-1-84973-558-2.
- ^ "2009 Recipient". rsmas.miami.edu. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Rosalind E. Rickaby - Honors Program". Honors Program. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Paul Gast Lecture « European Association of Geochemistry". eag.eu.com. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Welcome". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Ros Rickaby awarded Lyell Medal". University of Oxford. 1 March 2018.
- ^ "The Geological Society of London - Lyell Medal". geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society". Royal Society. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.