Professor
Jennifer Alice Clack
(
–
)
1947
2020
University of Cambridge
;
Royston Herts, England
Vertebrate paleontologist; Educator; Curator; Academic research institution administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Evolution and Ecology
Elected
2009
International Honorary Member
Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University Museum of Zoology. Reinvigorated the investigation of the early evolution of tetrapods by collecting new fossils and thoroughly and innovatively analyzing them. Elucidated major aspects of the transition from water to land and brought new understanding to the evolution of limbs and locomotion, hearing, and breathing in vertebrates.
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