Bridget S. Wade

Bridget S. Wade is a British micropalaeontologist who is a professor at the University College London. Her research considers Cenozoic climate change, which she investigates by studying preserved planktonic foraminifera. Wade was a guest on the 2020 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.

Early life and education Wade was an undergraduate student at the University of Leeds. She did an MSc in Micropalaeontology at UCL. She moved to the University of Edinburgh for her graduate studies where she studied stable isotope records as a means to understand Eocene climate change.

Research and career After earning her doctorate, Wade was awarded a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) postdoctoral fellowship.

Awards and honours 2005 Elected Chair of the International Commission on Stratigraphy Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group 2008 Palaeontological Association Hodson Award 2009 National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2011 Micropalaeontological Society Alan Higgins Award Elected Fellow of the Paleontology Society 2013 Paleontology Society Charles Schuchert Award 2020 Guest presenter on the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2020 Bigsby Medal

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