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   Lauren  Wilson

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ACRTIC 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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Fieldwork

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Publications

PUBLICATIONS

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Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope of Alaska, and their palaeobiogeographical significance

Brinkman, D. B., López, J. A., Erickson, G. M., Eberle, J. J., Muñoz, X., Wilson, L. N., Perry, Z. R., Murray, A. M., Van Loon, L., Banerjee, N. R., & Druckenmiller, P. S. (2025). Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, North Slope of Alaska, and their palaeobiogeographical significance. Papers in Palaeontology, 11(3), e70014.

About

ABOUT

Lauren N. Wilson is a PhD student 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. With a strong dedication to exploring the complexities of the Earth, Lauren aims to advance research within her discipline.

EDUCATION

2024-Present

Princeton University – Princeton, NJ

PhD Student; 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 

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544

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