Rosalind Coggon Explained

Rosalind Mary Coggon
Workplaces:Imperial College London
University of Michigan
University of Southampton
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
University of Southampton
Thesis Title:Hydrothermal alteration of the ocean crust : insights from the Macquarie Island and drilled in situ ocean crust
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1223836290
Thesis Year:2006

Rosalind Mary Coggon is an English scientist who is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Southampton. She is the co-editor of the 2050 Science Framework, which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. She was awarded the 2021 American Geophysical Union Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize.

Early life and education

Coggon was an undergraduate student at the University of Cambridge, where she studied natural sciences.[1] She moved to the University of Southampton as a doctoral researcher in 2001.[1] Her research considered hydrothermal alteration of ocean crust on Macquarie Island. Her doctoral research involved field work on Macquarie as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE).[2] After graduating she was made a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Michigan.[1] She returned to the United Kingdom in 2007, where she was appointed a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London.[1] [3] By studying the calcium carbonate veins that form in rocks beneath the seafloor, Coggon showed that the chemical composition of oceans varied considerably over geological time.[4] [5]

Research and career

In 2010, Coggon was awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and she moved to the University of Southampton. She was made a Royal Society University Research Fellow in 2018.[1] Her research considers the role of fluids in the evolution of the ocean crust, and the quantification of chemical exchanges between the ageing crust and the overlying oceans.[1] [6]

Coggon is co-editor of the International Ocean Discovery Program 2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling,[7] [8] which guides multidisciplinary subseafloor research. The framework identifies research frontiers that can only be achieved through ocean drilling. It has a thirty-year outlook and looks to achieve state-of-the-art scientific ocean drilling into the mid-21st century.

Coggon was awarded the Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize in 2021.[9] The prize, which honours contributions to scientific ocean drilling, is given in partnership between the American Geophysical Union and Japan Geoscience Union.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Rosalind Coggon Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute University of Southampton. 2021-12-30. www.southampton.ac.uk. en.
  2. Web site: Dr Rosalind Coggon Awarded from the American Geophysical Union Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton University of Southampton. 2021-12-30. www.southampton.ac.uk.
  3. Web site: Dr. Rosalind Coggon Carbonate Research. 2021-12-30. carbonateresearch.org.
  4. Web site: Carbonate veins reveal chemistry of ancient seawater. 2021-12-30. EurekAlert!. en.
  5. Web site: New technique for analysing the chemistry of ancient oceans could reveal facts about early Earth Imperial News Imperial College London. 2021-12-30. Imperial News. en.
  6. Web site: 2021-01-08. 6th ECORD Award: Roz Coggon. 2021-12-30. ECORD: European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling. en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2050 Science Framework Post-IODP Planning IODP. 2021-12-30. www.iodp.org.
  8. Web site: 2020-10-27. 2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth By Scientific Ocean Drilling. 2021-12-30. ECORD: European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling. en-GB.
  9. Web site: The Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize AGU. 2021-12-30. www.agu.org.