Marian Holness

Marian Holness
FRS
Born
Marian Barbara Holness
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (PhD)
AwardsRoyal Society University Research Fellowship (1994)
Murchison Medal (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsEarth Sciences
Geology
Mineralogy
Petrology[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
ThesisExperimental and petrological studies of textural equilibrium and fluid flow in metacarbonate rocks : the Beinn an Dubhaich Aureole, Skye (1990)
Websitewww.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/marian-holness Edit this at Wikidata

Marian Barbara Holness FRS is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[1][2][3]

Education

Holness was educated at state schools in Southampton and the University of Cambridge where she studied the Natural Sciences Tripos and completed a PhD in 1990.[4][5]

Career and research

Her research interests are in Earth Sciences, Geology, Mineralogy and Petrology.[1]

She was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2019,[6] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Marian Holness publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/marian-holness Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Marian Holness publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Women in STEM: Professor Marian Holness". University of Cambridge. October 31, 2019.
  5. ^ "Professor Marian Holness | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
  6. ^ "Geological Society awards for Cambridge researchers". www.esc.cam.ac.uk. March 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Marian Holness". Royal Society. Retrieved 19 September 2020.