Gimbiya Louise de Merode (néeLeakey, An haife ta a ranar 21 ga watan Maris 1972) ƙwararriya masaniya ce a fannin burbushin halittu kuma 'yar ƙasar Kenya. Tana gudanar da bincike da aikin fage kan burbushin ɗan Adam a gabashin Afirka.[1]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Louise Leakey a birnin Nairobi na ƙasar Kenya, 'ya ce ga masanin burbushin halittu, ɗan ƙasar Kenya Richard Leakey da masaniyar burbushin halittu na Biritaniya Meave Leakey a shekarar 1972, a shekarar da kakanta masanin burbushin halittu, Louis Leakey, ya rasu. Ta fara shiga cikin binciken burbushin halittu a shekarar 1977, lokacin da take da shekaru biyar ta zama mafi karancin shekaru da aka rubuta don gano burbushin hominoid. [2]
Leakey ta sami Baccalaureate na ƙasa da ƙasa daga Kwalejin United World College of Atlantic da kuma digiri na farko na Kimiyya a fannin ilimin ƙasa da ilmin halitta daga Jami'ar Bristol. Ta sami digiri na uku daga Kwalejin Jami'ar London[3] a shekarar 2001.
Sana'a
A cikin shekarar 1993, Leakey ta haɗu da mahaifiyarta a matsayin shugabar balaguron binciken burbushin halittu a arewacin Kenya. Aikin bincike na Koobi Fora ya kasance babban shirin bayan wasu fitattun binciken burbushin halittu a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, na baya-bayan nan shine platyops na Kenyanthropus.[1]
Leakey ta inganta wani yunƙuri don sanya samfuran dijital na tarin burbushin halittu a cikin ɗakin gwaje-gwaje na kama-da-wane, Fossils na Afirka , inda za'a iya saukar da samfura, na 3D printed ko yanke a kwali don sake haɗawa.[4]
Rayuwa ta sirri
A cikin shekarar 2003, Leakey ta auri Yarima Emmanuel de Merode, masanin ilimin farko na Belgium. An yi mata salon auren gimbiya de Merode. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya mata guda biyu:[5]
Gimbiya Seiyia de Merode; an haife ta a shekara ta 2004
Gimbiya Alexia de Merode; an haife ta a shekara ta 2006.[6]
