Bridget Wade
Bridget Wade did her undergraduate at the University of Leeds (UK) and PhD at the University of Edinburgh (UK). She held positions in the United States and joined University College London as a Professor in 2013. Her research uses microscopic fossils and their chemistry to determine patterns of evolution and extinction, ancient marine temperatures, circulation, productivity and ice sheet dynamics. She has been involved fieldwork in Europe, Australia, Africa, the Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico, and onshore drilling by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program at Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure and the Tanzania Drilling Project. She had the pleasure of twice sailing on ocean drilling expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a site survey expedition in the Indian Ocean. She has published over 100 papers and is lead author on a major taxonomic monograph. Honours and awards include The Geological Society Bigsby Medal (2020).
