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Rowan Lockwood is an American paleobiologist specializing in environmental change and the ecology of fossil marine invertebrates. She is professor of geology at College of William & Mary. Lockwood has served as the president-elect of the Paleontological Society since 2024.

Lockwood is from Rockford, Illinois and attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. She earned a B.A. in biology and organismal biology, cum laude, from Yale College. In 1993, Lockwood won a Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship. She declined the former and completed a M.Sc. from the University of Bristol as a Marshall Scholar. She earned a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago. Her 2001 dissertation was titled, Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves. Her committee included David Jablonski, Michael LaBarbera, Michael Foote, Barry Chemoff, and Jack Sepkoski.

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1. ^ "William & Mary - Rowan Lockwood". William & Mary. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
2. Takemura, Alison F. (July 3, 2018). "Down to Earth With: Paleobiologist Rowan Lockwood". Earth Magazine. American Geosciences Institute. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
3. "Society Officers". www.paleosoc.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
4. "Rhodes scholar opts for other award". Chicago Tribune. 1992-12-11. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
5. Michaels, Jane (1988-05-29). "Rowan Lockwood's feat has her flying as high as a pterosaur". Chicago Tribune. p. 343. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Rowan Lockwood". The Paleontology Portal. March 2008. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
7. ^ Lockwood, Rowan (2001). Extinction and Rebound: Evolutionary Patterns in Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Bivalves (Ph.D. thesis). University of Chicago. OCLC 47784038.

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