Marian Holness | |
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Born | Marian Barbara Holness |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Awards |
Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1994) Murchison Medal (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Earth Sciences Geology Mineralogy Petrology [1] |
Institutions |
University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh |
Thesis | Experimental and petrological studies of textural equilibrium and fluid flow in metacarbonate rocks : the Beinn an Dubhaich Aureole, Skye (1990) |
Website |
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Marian Barbara Holness FRS is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. [1] [2] [3]
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]
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]