Marian Barbara Holness is a Professor in the
Department of Earth Sciences at the
University of Cambridge.
Education
Holness was educated at
state schools in
Southampton and the
University of Cambridge where she studied the
Natural Sciences Tripos
The Natural Sciences Tripos (NST) is the framework within which most of the science at the University of Cambridge is taught. The tripos includes a wide range of Natural Sciences from physics, astronomy, and geoscience, to chemistry and biology, w ...
and completed a
PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
* Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group
** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
in 1990.
Career and research
Her research interests are in
Earth Sciences,
Geology,
Mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...
and
Petrology
Petrology () is the branch of geology that studies rocks and the conditions under which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous and metamorphic petrology are commonly taught together ...
.
[
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020. ][ ]
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Female Fellows of the Royal Society