The Mary Clark Thompson Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences "for most important service to geology and paleontology ." Named after Mary Clark Thompson and first awarded in 1921, it was originally presented every three years together with a $ 15,000 prize.
11-755: From 2017 the medal will be awarded alternately with the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal as the triennial NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life. The Elliot Medal will recognise meritorious work in zoology or paleontology whilst the Mary Clark Thompson Medal will continue to honour important services to geology and paleontology. Each medal will be presented with a $ 20,000 prize. Source: NAS Shuhai Xiao (2021) Susan M. Kidwell (2015) For her groundbreaking work on fossil preservation that has transformed our view of how
22-532: A Ph.D. degree in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University in 1998. Xiao worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University in 1998–2000 and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology at Tulane University in 2000–2003. In 2003, he moved to Virginia Tech , serving as an Assistant Professor (2003–2005), Associate Professor (2005–2008), and Full Professor (2008–present) in
33-415: A late Neogene (12-0Ma) astronomical time scale. Jan Smit (1999) For establishing the sequence of impact-generated events that occurred 65 million years ago, including ejecta fallout, tsunami propagation, geochemical disturbances, and extinction in foraminifera and dinosaurs. David L. Jones (1995) For his development of terrane-tectonic theory through geologic mapping of westernmost North America and
44-582: Is a Chinese-American paleontologist and professor of geobiology at Virginia Tech , Blacksburg, Virginia , U.S.A. Xiao attended Taihe Middle School in Jiangxi Province , China. He received a B. Sc. degree and an M. Sc. degree from Peking University in 1988 and 1991, both in geology. He then worked as an assistant researcher in the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , for two years. He earned
55-851: The American Geographical Society in 1919. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1922. In 1923 de Margerie was awarded the Mary Clark Thompson Medal from the National Academy of Sciences . He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1932. The Margerie Glacier is named in his honour. This article about a French scientist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biographical article about
66-636: The Doushantuo , Lantian , and Dengying formations. He is interested in Precambrian microbial world, the fossil record of eukaryotes, multicellular algae, the Ediacara biota , the early evolution of animals, and exceptional fossil preservation. Emmanuel de Margerie Emmanuel Marie Pierre Martin Jacquin de Margerie ForMemRS (11 November 1862 – 20 December 1953)
77-1076: The biostratigraphic study of radiolarians in deepwater chert. Harry B. Whittington (1990) J. William Schopf (1986) W. A. Berggren (1982) James M. Schopf (1976) Hollis D. Hedberg (1973) Raymond C. Moore (1970) Wendell P. Woodring (1967) Milton N. Bramlette (1964) Norman D. Newell (1961) Roman Kozłowski (1958) G. Arthur Cooper (1957) Alfred S. Romer (1954) Lloyd W. Stephenson (1952) Lauge Koch (1949) Frank H. McLearn (1948) John Bernard Reeside, Jr. (1946) Thomas W. Vaughan (1945) William Joscelyn Arkell (1944) George G. Simpson (1943) Edward W. Berry and Arthur S. Woodward (1942) David M. Watson (1941) Amadeus William Grabau (1936) Charles Schuchert (1934) Francis A. Bather (1932) David L. White (1931) William Berryman Scott and Edward Oscar Ulrich (1930) James P. Smith (1928) John M. Clarke (1925) Emmanuel de Margerie (1923) Charles Doolittle Walcott (1921) Shuhai Xiao Shuhai Xiao ( Chinese : 肖书海 ; born in 1967, China)
88-746: The department of Geosciences. From 2012 to 2020, Xiao served as the chair of the Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy, International Commission on Stratigraphy . Xiao was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2023. Xiao studies the interactions between the biosphere and its environment during key transition periods in Earth's history, particularly the Ediacaran - Cambrian transition. He has published extensively on Ediacaran stratigraphy and paleobiology in South China, particularly
99-545: The discovery of the cyclical and period nature of the sedimentary record in the geologic past and its connections with earth-system change, including biodiversity. Steven M. Stanley (2006) For research and leadership in bivalve functional morphology and the macroevolution of disparate animals, including hominids, in the context of Earth's physical and chemical history. Frederik J. Hilgen (2003) For his meticulous integration of various geological, geophysical, and proxy cyclostratigraphic sedimentological records in developing
110-494: The history of life is encoded in the rock record. Her studies have revealed the fidelity of the fossil record, and thereby have yielded powerful insights to the evolution and ecology of ancient life on Earth. Andrew H. Knoll (2012) For unparalleled contributions relating Precambrian life to Earth's physical and chemical history and for innovative contributions on the paleophysiology and evolution of algae and land plants. Alfred G. Fischer (2009) For leadership and research in
121-627: Was a French geographer after whom the Margerie Glacier was named, which he visited in 1913. He is the son of French catholic writer Eugène de Margerie [ fr ] , and a member of the Jacquin de Margerie Family [ fr ] , a French family of nobility dating back to 17th-century royal administrators of Picardy under rule of Louis XIV . Margerie was awarded the Cullum Geographical Medal of
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