Marilyn Fogel, Biogeochemist and "Isotope Queen," Dies at 69
Fogel mined information from isotopes to explore modern and ancient ecosystems, climatic changes, and evolution.
Source: the-scientist.com
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Fogel mined information from isotopes to explore modern and ancient ecosystems, climatic changes, and evolution.
[Marilyn Fogel, endowed geoecology professor at UC Riverside, died on May 11 in Mariposa, Calif. She was 69. She pioneered the use of isotopes to understand the life history of organisms, both modern and ancient. In so doing, she helped develop biogeochemistry as a new field of science and earned the moniker ‘isotope queen.’]