Best Micropaleontology
Jan Smit is a Dutch micropaleontologist known for his extensive research on the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. In 1980, he was part of the scientific team that helped identify the global iridium anomaly in the geological record, providing crucial evidence for the asteroid impact hypothesis. S...
Esther Applin was an American micropaleontologist who played a pivotal role in developing the use of microfossils for petroleum exploration. In the 1920s, she helped establish that fossilized foraminifera could be used to date and correlate oil-bearing rock strata in the Gulf Coast region. This meth...
Susannah Porter is an American paleontologist on the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose research focuses on the Proterozoic Eon, roughly 2.5 billion to 541 million years ago. Her work examines microscopic fossils from ancient sedimentary rocks to understand the origins and...
Paul G. Falkowski is an American biogeochemist and a professor at Rutgers University. His scientific research has established the global role of marine phytoplankton in carbon cycling and the broader biogeochemical processes of the Earth. Falkowski's work specifically explores the evolutionary histo...
Isabella Premoli Silva is an Italian micropaleontologist and professor whose research on planktonic foraminifera has significantly advanced Cretaceous and Paleogene oceanic stratigraphy. Based at the University of Milan, she has published extensively on biostratigraphy, helping define international...
Katharina von Salis Perch-Nielsen is a Swiss micropaleontologist known for research on calcareous nannofossils, especially fossil coccoliths produced by microscopic marine organisms. Such fossils are important to biostratigraphy because their distribution helps researchers correlate and date layers...
Lisa White is an American micropaleontologist and educator known for research on fossil microorganisms and for expanding access to the geosciences.
Alva C. Ellisor was an influential American micropaleontologist who significantly advanced the use of microfossils in oil and gas exploration during the early 20th century. Working for Humble Oil and Refining Company, she established and led the company's first paleontological laboratory in Texas. I...
Phoebe Cohen is an American paleontologist and geobiologist specializing in the study of early eukaryotic evolution. Her research primarily focuses on analyzing Proterozoic microfossils to understand how ancient life responded to significant environmental changes in Earth's history. She is a profess...
Julia Anna Gardner (1882–1960) was an American geologist and micropaleontologist who spent her career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) specializing in Cenozoic mollusks. During World War II, she applied her geological expertise to a military intelligence project, analyzing sand attach...
Gerta Keller is a micropaleontologist and professor at Princeton University who specializes in the study of foraminifera to understand mass extinctions. Born in Switzerland, her research focuses heavily on the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary, where she challenges the widely accepted theory that...
