India-Born Scientist Identifies 400-Mn-Year-Old Fossils In U.S.

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Part of her work was presented at the NAPC (North American Paleontological Convention) and published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India, and in PalAontologische Zeitschrift, one of the oldest journals on fossil science.

"My research has been published in several acclaimed palaeontology journals and my dissertation was selected for the best thesis award by (prominent publisher) Springer in its 'Best of the Best Thesis' series," said Bose, the first Indian to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of the Geological Society. She is also a Fellow of the Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Entomology.

"Most importantly, I hope that my work can contribute to an understanding of the reasons behind loss of biodiversity and as a starting point for conservation,"

Her findings, which come at a time when 2011-2020 has been declared the UN Decade of Biodiversity, are based on studies she carried out at prominent U.S. museums like the Smithsonian, the American Museum of Natural History and the Yale Peabody Museum.
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Source: IANS