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Current Research Interests
Ediacaran-Cambrian evolutionary transition; Reef evolution and palaeoecology; Biomineralisation and evolution of sea water chemistry; Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis; Modelling of Carbonate Systems; Mass extinctions.
My research in a nutshell
In this video Rachel describes how the first skeletons appeared and rapidly diversified 550 – 500 Million years ago – but we have no idea what triggered this. Based on fieldwork in Namibia, Rachel and her group are exploring why.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Open University
Award Date: 1 Jan 1987
Bachelor of Science, University of Bristol
Award Date: 1 Jan 1983
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Constraining the onset and environmental setting of metazoan biomineralization: the Ediacaran Nama Group of the Tsaus Mountains, Namibia
Bowyer, F., Uahengo, C-I., Kaputuaza, K., Ndeunyema, J., Yilales Agelvis, M., Alexander, R., Curtis, A. & Wood, R., 15 Oct 2023, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 620, 118336.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cambrian radiation speciation events driven by sea level and redoxcline changes on the Siberian Craton
Zhuravlev, A., Wood, R. & Bowyer, F., 16 Jun 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 24Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implications of an integrated late Ediacaran to early Cambrian stratigraphy of the Siberian Platform, Russia
Bowyer, F., Zhuravlev, A., Wood, R., Zhao, F., Sukhov, S. S., Alexander, R., Poulton, S. W. & Zhu, M., 11 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: GSA Bulletin.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ediacaran Corumbella has a cataphract calcareous skeleton with controlled biomineralization
Ladeira Osés, G., Wood, R., Raffaeli Romero, G., Prado, G. M. E. M., Bidola, P., Herzen, J., Pfeiffer, F., Nascimento Stampar, S. & Forancelli Pacheco, M. L. A., 22 Dec 2022, In: iScience. 25, 12, 105676.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increases in reef size, habitat, and metacommunity complexity associated with Cambrian Radiation oxygenation pulses
Zhuravlev, A., Mitchell, E., Bowyer, F., Wood, R. & Penny, A., 6 Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 7523.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Goettingen
Wood, Rachel (Recipient), 24 Jan 2022
Prize: Election to learned society
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Resolving the enigmatic Precambrian-Cambrian boundary event (BACE)
1/10/20 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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Perturbation of the Earth System at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition and the resilience of the biosphere
9/01/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Studies on the Diagenesis of the Thamama Group
Non-EU industry, commerce and public corporations
15/05/14 → 31/07/20
Project: Research
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Role of Microporosity and Wettability on Fluid Flow in Carbonates (MICRO - WET)
UK industry, commerce and public corporations
10/12/10 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Fossils fuel new theory on when evolution of animal species began
12/03/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Prof Rachel Wood (Geosciences) comments on discovery of prehistoric skeletal animals in Siberia
9/04/17 → 10/04/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Skeletons developed as chemistry of oceans changed, study shows
4/04/17 → 5/04/17
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Rachel Wood (GeoSciences) studies Siberian rocks to understand link between oxygen levels and bone evolution
15/11/16 → 16/11/16
4 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Prof Rachel Wood comments on find that first skeletal animals lived much earlier than was thought
18/09/15
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment