Rosalind Mary Coggon is an English scientist who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

. She is the co-editor of the ''2050 Science Framework'', which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. She was awarded the 2021

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Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize.

Early life and education

Coggon was an undergraduate student at the

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, where she studied natural sciences. She moved to the

as a doctoral researcher in 2001. Her research considered hydrothermal alteration of ocean crust on

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. Her doctoral research involved field work on Macquarie as part of the

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(ANARE). After graduating she was made a postdoctoral research scientist at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. She returned to the

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in 2007, where she was appointed a postdoctoral researcher at

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. By studying the calcium carbonate veins that form in rocks beneath the seafloor, Coggon showed that the chemical composition of oceans varied considerably over geological time.

Research and career

In 2010, Coggon was awarded a

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Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and she moved to the

. She was made a Royal Society University Research Fellow in 2018. Her research considers the role of fluids in the evolution of the ocean crust, and the quantification of chemical exchanges between the ageing crust and the overlying oceans. Coggon is co-editor of the

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''2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling'', which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. The framework identifies research frontiers that can only be achieved through ocean drilling. It has a thirty-year outlook and looks to achieve state-of-the-art scientific ocean drilling into the mid-21st century. Coggon was awarded the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize in 2021. The prize, which honours contributions to scientific ocean drilling, is given in partnership between the

and Japan Geoscience Union.

Selected publications

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References

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