Jane Francis | |
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.png) Portrait of Jane Francis | |
| Chancellor of the University of Leeds | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Melvyn Bragg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jane Elizabeth Francis October 1956 (age 68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Awards | |
| Website | Jane Francis at British Antarctic Survey |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeoclimatology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The fossil forests of the basal Purbeck formation (upper jurassic) of Dorset, Southern England (1982) |
Professor Dame Jane Elizabeth Francis, DCMG FRS (born October 1956) is the Director of the British Antarctic Survey.[1] She previously worked as Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds where she also was Dean of the Faculty of Environment.[2][3][4][5][6] In 2002 she was the fourth woman to receive the Polar Medal for outstanding contribution to British polar research. She is currently the Chancellor of the University of Leeds.[7][8][9]
- ^ "Jane Francis". www.bas.ac.uk. British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ Frakes, L. A.; Francis, J. E. (1988). "A guide to Phanerozoic cold polar climates from high-latitude ice-rafting in the Cretaceous". Nature. 333 (6173): 547. Bibcode:1988Natur.333..547F. doi:10.1038/333547a0. S2CID 4344903.
- ^ Dettmann, M. E.; Molnar, R. E.; Douglas, J. G.; Burger, D.; Fielding, C.; Clifford, H. T.; Francis, J.; Jell, P.; Rich, T.; Wade, M.; Rich, P. V.; Pledge, N.; Kemp, A.; Rozefelds, A. (1992). "Australian cretaceous terrestrial faunas and floras: Biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications". Cretaceous Research. 13 (3): 207. Bibcode:1992CrRes..13..207D. doi:10.1016/0195-6671(92)90001-7.
- ^ Francis, J. E.; Poole, I. (2002). "Cretaceous and early Tertiary climates of Antarctica: Evidence from fossil wood" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 182 (1–2): 47. Bibcode:2002PPP...182...47F. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00452-7.
- ^ Woolfe, K. J.; Stewart, L. K.; Francis, J. E.; Arnot, M. J. (2000). "PC99: A new freeware for manipulating and graphically displaying palaeocurrent data". Sedimentary Geology. 133 (1–2): 1. Bibcode:2000SedG..133....1W. doi:10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00034-8.
- ^ "Jane Francis interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili". BBC.
- ^ Solutions, Web. "Senior lay officers and the executive". www.leeds.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "University of Leeds". University of Leeds Faculty of Environment. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ Jane Francis's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)