J. Taylor Perron

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]