Department of Geosciences - Faculty
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Dr. Laura E Wilson
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Office: Tomanek Hall, 241
Phone:785-628-4041
Fax: 785-628-5389
Email: lewilson6@fhsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae - contact me for a current vitae
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Educational Background | Courses Taught | Research Interests & Specializations | Current Research
Recent Publications | Awards Received | Professional Memberships | Service Activities | Personal Interest
Greetings, and welcome to the Department of Geosciences. On this page, you will find a few facts about my background, my research interests, and my personal interests. If you would like to know more about me or the Department, feel free to call or email me.
- Ph. D. in Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder- Boulder, CO 2012
Dissertation: Paleobiology and paleoecology of hesperonithiforms (Aves) from the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America
- M.S. in Earth Sciences, Montana State University - Bozeman, MT 2006
Thesis: Comparative taphonomy and paleoecological reconstruction from two microvertebrate accumulations from the lower Hell Creek Formation (late Maastrichtian), Garfiel County, Montana
- B.S. in Geology, Washington and Lee University 2003
Thesis: Taphonomy and depositional setting of a Tyrannosaurus rex quarry from the Hell Creek Formation (late Maastrichtian), eastern Montana
- Scientific Writing
- Vertebrate Paleontology
- Paleontology of Higher Vertebrates
- Paleontology of Lower Vertebrates
- Paleobiology
Research Interests and Specializations
Publications/Abstracts & Presentations
Wilson, L.E., Chin, K., Cumbaa, S., and Dyke, G. 2011. A high latitude hesperornithiform (Aves) from Devon Island: Palaeobiogeography and size distribution of North American hesperornithiforms. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 9(1):9-23.
Wilson, L.E., 2008. Comparative taphonomy and paleoecological reconstruction of two microvertebrate accumulations from the Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), eastern Montana. Palaios 23: 289-297.
- Association for Women Geoscientists Outstanding Student Award; Laramide Chapter - 2011
- United Government of Graduate Students Travel Grant; University of Colorado, Boulder - 2009
- Shell Oil Student Grant for project "Paleobiology of Hesperornithiforms (Aves) from the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway of North America: Implications for Long-Distance Migration - 2009
- Association of Women Geoscientists
- Geological Society of America
- Society for Sedimentary Geology
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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