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Rowan Lockwood

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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 College of William & Mary.[1] Lockwood has served as the president-elect of the Paleontological Society since 2024.[3]

Lockwood is from Rockford, Illinois and attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.[4][5] She earned a B.A. in biology and organismal biology, cum laude, from Yale College.[1][6] 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][6] She earned a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago.[1][6] Her 2001 dissertation was titled, Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves.[7] Her committee included David Jablonski, Michael LaBarbera, Michael Foote, Barry Chemoff, and Jack Sepkoski.[7]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "William & Mary - Rowan Lockwood". William & Mary. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. ^ Takemura, Alison F. (July 3, 2018). "Down to Earth With: Paleobiologist Rowan Lockwood". Earth Magazine. American Geosciences Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  3. ^ "Society Officers". www.paleosoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. ^ "Rhodes scholar opts for other award". Chicago Tribune. 1992-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c "Rowan Lockwood". The Paleontology Portal. March 2008. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  7. ^ a b Lockwood, Rowan (2001). Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves (Ph.D. thesis). University of Chicago. OCLC 47784038.