Barbara Sherwood Lollar
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February 19, 1963
Barbara Sherwood Lollar | |
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| Born | Barbara Sherwood February 19, 1963 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Stable isotopic analysis of ancient waters |
| Awards | ENI award, Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences, Wollaston Medal (2025) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Stable isotope geochemistry, Hydrogeology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Origins and implications of methane in the crystalline environment: The Canadian and Fennoscandian shields (1990) |
| Website | www |
Barbara Sherwood Lollar, CC FRSC FRS (born February 19, 1963[1]) is a Canadian geologist and academic known for her research into billion-year-old water.[2] She is currently a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto.[3] In 2007, she was made a Canada Research Chair in Isotope Geochemistry of the Earth and the Environment. It was renewed in 2014.[4]
Sherwood Lollar was born in Kingston, Ontario,[5] the daughter of John M Sherwood and Joan Sherwood, historians and academic at Queen's University, Kingston,[1][6] she joined the University of Toronto in 1992 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geological Sciences from Harvard University, a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from University of Waterloo in 1990,[7] and a postdoctoral fellow at University of Cambridge.
Career
She has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in geochemistry, Earth and planetary sciences and supervised over 100 students, postdoctoral fellows and research associates around the world.[8]
She has frequently collaborated with Tullis Onstott and Lisa Pratt on large multi-national research projects.[9]
