Marian Holness

Marian Barbara Holness FRS is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.^[1][2][3]

Marian Holness FRS
Born	Marian Barbara Holness
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (PhD)
Awards	Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1994) Murchison Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields	Earth Sciences Geology Mineralogy Petrology[1]
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh
Thesis	Experimental and petrological studies of textural equilibrium and fluid flow in metacarbonate rocks : the Beinn an Dubhaich Aureole, Skye (1990)
Website	www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/marian-holness

Education

Holness was educated at state schools in Southampton and the University of Cambridge where she studied the Natural Sciences Tripos and completed a PhD in 1990.^[4][5]

Career and research

Her research interests are in Earth Sciences, Geology, Mineralogy and Petrology.^[1]

She was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2019,^[6] and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2020.^[7]