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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 helped establish the use of foraminifera to date Gulf Coast oil-bearing rocks in 1925.
Susannah Porter is an American paleontologist known for research on Proterozoic microfossils, early eukaryotes, and the origins of biological complexity.
Paul G. Falkowski is an American biogeochemist and Rutgers professor whose research established the global role of marine phytoplankton in carbon cycling.
Isabella Premoli Silva is an Italian micropaleontologist known for using planktonic foraminifera to refine Cretaceous and Paleogene oceanic stratigraphy.
Katharina von Salis Perch-Nielsen is a Swiss micropaleontologist and pioneer of fossil coccolith research who received Denmark's Steno Medal in 1998.
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 American micropaleontologist who led Humble Oil's first paleontology laboratory and co-authored a landmark 1925 study.
Phoebe Cohen is an American paleontologist who studies Proterozoic microfossils to investigate early eukaryotic evolution and Earth's environmental history.
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 Swiss-born American micropaleontologist whose Princeton research uses foraminifera to challenge the asteroid-only explanation of the K-Pg extinction.
