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Bridget Wade Dr Bridget Wade

NERC Advanced Research Fellow

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 34945
Email address: B.Wade@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 7.109

Biography

Dr. Wade's research interests encompass the Paleogene paleoceanography and the paleoecology of Cenozoic calcareous microfossils. She uses microfossils and their chemistry to determine patterns of evolution and extinction, ancient marine temperatures, productivity levels, global ice volume and sea level fluctuations. Her research has been international in scope, involving fieldwork in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico. She participated as a shipboard scientist on Ocean Drilling Program Leg 199 and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Equatorial Pacific Expedition 321. Currently she is engaged in a number of research projects focusing on Paleogene climate change from excellently preserved planktonic foraminifera to reconstruct sea surface temperatures across critical boundaries in Earth history. Related to her research in paleoceanography, is the high resolution refinement and calibration of Paleogene planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and determining the biotic response to climatic events. From 2005 Bridget has been Chair of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group, part of the International sub-commission of Paleogene stratigraphy. In 2008 Bridget was presented with the Hodson Award from the Palaeontological Association for a "palaeontologist that has made an outstanding achievement in contributing to the science through a portfolio of original published research" and recently received a CAREER Award through the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. This program offers NSF's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

Research

  • Paleoceanography
  • Paleogene biostratigraphy
  • Paleobiology of extinct calcareous microfossils

Experience

  • 2010 - present NERC Advanced Research Fellow, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds.
  • 2010 - present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
  • 2007-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
  • 2006-2007 Research Scientist, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University.
  • 2005-2006 Lindemann Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University.
  • 2001-2004 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cardiff University and University of Edinburgh (UK).

Publications