Biography:J. Taylor Perron

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Short description: Geomorphologist and 2021 MacArthur fellow

Taylor Perron (born c. 1977) is a geomorphologist and Professor at MIT. He was a 2021 MacArthur fellow.

Education and work

Perron obtained an AB in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Archaeology at Harvard University and a PhD in Earth and Planetary Science from University of California, Berkeley. Perron was a postdoc at Harvard University.[1]

Perron is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]

Perron researched Amazonian Dark earth.[3]

Perron was named a 2021 MacArthur fellow for studying landscapes evolution and developing tools for predictions involving climate change.[4][5]

Personal life

Taylor is married to psychotherapist Lisa Varchol Perron. Together they wrote a picture book All the Rocks We Love.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Magazine, Smithsonian; Jaffe, Eric. "Life Beyond Earth" (in en). Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/life-beyond-earth-157613846/. 
  2. ↑ Prisco, Jacopo (11 June 2024). "Water frost detected on Mars volcanoes in 'unexpected' first" (in en). CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/science/water-frost-mars-volcanoes-equator-scn/index.html. 
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Morgan J.; Goldberg, Samuel L.; Heckenberger, Michael; Fausto, Carlos; Franchetto, Bruna; Watling, Jennifer; Lima, Helena; Moraes, Bruno et al. (22 September 2023). "Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon" (in en). Science Advances 9 (38). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh8499. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh8499. 
  4. ↑ "Our past and future is written in Earth's landscape. Here's how one geomorphologist is reading it" (in en-us). PBS News. 18 March 2022. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/rivers-run-through-this-geomorphologists-research-on-earth-and-beyond. 
  5. ↑ "MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue 'high-risk, high-reward' work". https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2021-macarthur-genius-grant-winners/2021/09/28/a2553a28-1cdc-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html. 
  6. ↑ "Q&A: Helping young readers explore curiosity about rocks through discovery and play" (in en). MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 15 July 2024. https://news.mit.edu/2024/helping-young-readers-explore-curiosity-about-rocks-0715. 



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