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Jessica H. Whiteside

Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton

Lecturer Jessica H. Whiteside was awarded her PhD from Columbia University Earth & Environmental Sciences in 2006. She was Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University before joining the Department of Ocean and Earth Science at University of Southampton in 2013. She is also a Visiting Professor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Her research interests include mechanisms of mass extinctions and ecosystem response, ecologic resilience during intervals of abrupt climate change, and the nature of forcings during transitions between greenhouse and icehouse worlds.

Experience

  • –present
    Dr of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton