Meet Alice Wilson, the Canadian geologist who did the work of five people
Read now →She wasn't allowed to work at remote field sites, so she became the expert in her local rocks and fossils
I am a tropical forest ecologist and PhD student at Wake Forest University. I currently study the disturbance ecology of tropical montane forests, which means I spend a lot of time scrambling up landslides in the Peruvian Andes! My work is important for understanding the structure, composition, and functioning of these dynamic forest ecosystems.
She wasn't allowed to work at remote field sites, so she became the expert in her local rocks and fossils
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