British paleoclimatologist
Professor Dame Jane Elizabeth Francis , DCMG FRS (born October 1956) is the Director of the British Antarctic Survey .[ 1] She previously worked as Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds where she also was Dean of the Faculty of Environment.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] In 2002 she was the fourth woman to receive the Polar Medal for outstanding contribution to British polar research. She is currently the Chancellor of the University of Leeds .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
^ "Jane Francis" . www.bas.ac.uk . British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2016 .
^ Frakes, L. A.; Francis, J. E. (1988). "A guide to Phanerozoic cold polar climates from high-latitude ice-rafting in the Cretaceous". Nature . 333 (6173): 547. Bibcode :1988Natur.333..547F . doi :10.1038/333547a0 . S2CID 4344903 .
^ Dettmann, M. E.; Molnar, R. E.; Douglas, J. G.; Burger, D.; Fielding, C.; Clifford, H. T.; Francis, J.; Jell, P.; Rich, T.; Wade, M.; Rich, P. V.; Pledge, N.; Kemp, A.; Rozefelds, A. (1992). "Australian cretaceous terrestrial faunas and floras: Biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications". Cretaceous Research . 13 (3): 207. Bibcode :1992CrRes..13..207D . doi :10.1016/0195-6671(92)90001-7 .
^ Francis, J. E.; Poole, I. (2002). "Cretaceous and early Tertiary climates of Antarctica: Evidence from fossil wood" (PDF) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 182 (1–2): 47. Bibcode :2002PPP...182...47F . doi :10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00452-7 .
^ Woolfe, K. J.; Stewart, L. K.; Francis, J. E.; Arnot, M. J. (2000). "PC99: A new freeware for manipulating and graphically displaying palaeocurrent data". Sedimentary Geology . 133 (1–2): 1. Bibcode :2000SedG..133....1W . doi :10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00034-8 .
^ "Jane Francis interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili" . BBC.
^ Solutions, Web. "Senior lay officers and the executive" . www.leeds.ac.uk . Retrieved 14 December 2017 .
^ "University of Leeds" . University of Leeds Faculty of Environment. 2011. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014 .
^ Jane Francis's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)