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   Lauren  Wilson

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

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Body size evolution through changing climatic conditions in Mesozoic dinosaurs 

Wilson, L.N.*, Gardner, J.D.*, Wilson, J.P., Farnsworth, A.J., Valdes, P., Perry, Z.R., Druckenmiller, P.S., Erickson, G.M., Organ, C.L. (2026) Body size evolution through changing climatic conditions in Mesozoic dinsoaurs. Palaeontology 69: e70068.

 

*These authors contributed equally

IN THE NEWS

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ARCTIC BIRD NESTING TRACES BACK TO THE CRETACEOUS

Wilson, L.N., Ksepka, D.T., Wilson, J.P., Gardner, J.D., Erickson, G.M., Brinkman, D., Brown, C.M., Eberle, J.J., Organ, C.L., Druckenmiller, P.S., Arctic bird nesting traces back to the Cretaceous. Science 388, 6750 (2025). 

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How Birds Began Migrating to the Arctic to Breed

Lauren N. Wilson and Daniel T. Ksepka

Scientific American, Oct. 2025

Art by Chase Stone

About

ABOUT

Lauren N. Wilson is a PhD candidate at Princeton University, focusing on Geosciences. She obtained her M.S in Geosciences from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2024 and her B.S. in Earth Sciences from Montana State University in 2021. 

EDUCATION

2024-Present

Princeton University – Princeton, NJ

PhD Candidate; Geosciences

2021-2024

University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK

M.S. Geosciences 

2018-2021

Montana State University Bozeman, MT

B.S. Earth Sciences

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RESEARCH & EXPERIENCE

2021-2024

Masters Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Advisor: Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller

Taxonomy and paleobiological implications of ornithurine material from the Campanian Prince Creek Formation, Alaska 

2021

Undergraduate Research, Montana State University

Advisor: Dr. Chris Organ

Modern and extinct dinosaur and mammal body size evolution using Bayesian phylogenetic comparative methods

2019-2021

Undergraduate Research, Montana State University

Advisor: Dr. David Varricchio

Taphonomy and taxonomy of azhdarchid pterosaur material from the Campanian Two Medicine Formation, Montana 

Education

FIELDWORK

Fieldwork
Contact

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The Griffin Lab

         Princeton University         

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544

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