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J. Taylor Perron

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Geomorphologist and 2021 MacArthur fellow

Taylor Perron (born c. 1977) is a geomorphologist and Professor at MIT. He was a 2021 MacArthur fellow.

Education and work

Perron obtained an AB in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Archaeology at Harvard University and a PhD in Earth and Planetary Science from University of California, Berkeley. Perron was a postdoc at Harvard University.

Perron is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Perron researched Amazonian Dark earth.

Perron was named a 2021 MacArthur fellow for studying landscapes evolution and developing tools for predictions involving climate change.

Personal life

Taylor is married to psychotherapist Lisa Varchol Perron. Together they wrote a picture book All the Rocks We Love.

References

  1. Magazine, Smithsonian; Jaffe, Eric. "Life Beyond Earth". Smithsonian Magazine.
  2. Prisco, Jacopo (11 June 2024). "Water frost detected on Mars volcanoes in 'unexpected' first". CNN.
  3. Schmidt, Morgan J.; Goldberg, Samuel L.; Heckenberger, Michael; Fausto, Carlos; Franchetto, Bruna; Watling, Jennifer; Lima, Helena; Moraes, Bruno; Dorshow, Wetherbee B.; Toney, Joshua; Kuikuro, Yamalui; Waura, Kumessi; Kuikuro, Huke; Kuikuro, Taku Wate; Kuikuro, Takumã; Kuikuro, Yahila; Kuikuro, Afukaka; Teixeira, Wenceslau; Rocha, Bruna; Honorato, Vinicius; Tavares, Hugo; Magalhães, Marcos; Barbosa, Carlos Augusto; da Fonseca, João Aires; Mendes, Kelton; Alleoni, Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú; Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino; Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel; Neves, Eduardo; Perron, J. Taylor (22 September 2023). "Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon". Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh8499.
  4. "Our past and future is written in Earth's landscape. Here's how one geomorphologist is reading it". PBS News. 18 March 2022.
  5. "MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue 'high-risk, high-reward' work".
  6. "Q&A: Helping young readers explore curiosity about rocks through discovery and play". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 15 July 2024.

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