Elizabeth Cottrell
{{Short description|American geologist and curator (born 1975)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}}
| titles = {{ubl|Curator-in-Charge (Natnl. Rock and Ore Collections, NMNH)
|Department Chair (Dept. Mineral Sciences, NMNH)
|Adjunct Professor (Dept. Geology, UMD){{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Cottrell |url=https://www.geol.umd.edu/elizabethcottrell |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Department of Geology |publisher=University of Maryland}}
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| education = {{ubl|Brown University (BS)|
| workplaces = Smithsonian Institution
| othernames = {{ubl
|Liz Cottrell
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Elizabeth Stevenson (professionally Elizabeth Cottrell; born 1975) is a geologist and museum curator for the National Museum of Natural History.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Smithsonian Insider – Smithsonian geologist Liz Cottrell talks about what it takes to be a scientist. |url=https://insider.si.edu/2011/04/smithsonian-geologist-liz-cottrell-talks-about-how-she-became-a-scientist/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Smithsonian Insider |language=en-US}} She is a fellow of both the Geochemical Society and the Mineralogical Society of America.{{Cite web |title=Geochemistry Fellows |url=https://www.geochemsoc.org/honors/awards/geochemistryfellows#card-modal-4 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Geochemical Society |at=Elizabeth Cottrell}}{{Cite web |title=The list of MSA Fellows |url=http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/fellowslist.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Mineralogical Society of America}}
Early life and education
Born in 1975,As per WorldCat Identities ID: np-cottrell, elizabeth$1975 Cottrell grew up in northern Vermont. Her father was an engineer.{{Cite news |last=Jazynka |first=Kitson |date=March 13, 2017 |title=Smithsonian geologist digs up clues to Earth's beginnings |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/smithsonian-geologist-digs-up-clues-to-earths-beginnings/2017/03/13/dc2dccb4-0419-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |issn=0190-8286}} In 1997, Cottrell received a Bachelor of Science in geochemistry from Brown University. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in environmental science from Columbia University in 2004.{{Cite web |title=ABOUT LIZ |url=https://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scientist/cottrell.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716192514/https://www.smithsonianeducation.org/scientist/cottrell.html |archive-date=Jul 16, 2020 |website=Smithsonian Institution}}{{Cite web |title=Cottrell, Elizabeth |url=http://naturalhistory.si.edu/staff/elizabeth-cottrell |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |language=en}}
Career
Cottrell has been a visiting scientist to the Carnegie Institute, as well as a Fulbright Scholar.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Stevenson |url=https://www.brown.edu/academics/college/swearer/programs/royce-fellowship/48/fellows/elizabeth-stevenson |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Swearer Center, Brown University}}
The focus area of Cottrell's research is largely in Alaska and Oceania, though she works out of Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Cottrell |url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/person/elizabeth-cottrell/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Science Friday |language=en-US}} She has also worked as a visiting scientist to ClerVolc from Clermont Auvergne University.{{Cite web |last=Druitt |first=Tim |date=2019-06-01 |title=Liz Cottrell is ClerVolc visiting scientist |url=https://clervolc.uca.fr/liz-cottrell-visiting-until-31-july/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Laboratoire d'Excellence ClerVolc |publisher=Université Clermont Auvergne |language=fr-FR}} She is best known for her work in the geologic fields of mineralogy and volcanism,{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Smithsonian Insider – Geologist Liz Cottrell puts Eyjafjallajökull's eruption into perspective |url=https://insider.si.edu/2010/05/geologist-liz-cottrell-discusses-recreating-volcanoes-in-her-laboratory/ |website=Smithsonian Insider |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kapsalis |first=Effie |date=2015-04-29 |title=Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell |url=https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/women-science-wednesday-dr-elizabeth-cottrell |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Smithsonian Institution Archives}}{{cite journal |last1=Holycross |first1=Megan |last2=Cottrell |first2=Elizabeth |title=Garnet crystallization does not drive oxidation at arcs (Continental drift / plate tectonics) |journal=Science |date=5 May 2023 |volume=380 |issue=6644 |pages=506–509 |doi=10.1126/science.ade3418|pmid=37141374 |s2cid=258486607 }} especially as it relates to the geochronology of the Earth.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82V9M7quc5w |title=Windows to Earth's Interior with Elizabeth Cottrell |date=May 18, 2016 |publisher=Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History |orig-date=Aired May 15, 2014; published May 18, 2016 |via=YouTube}} She currently works as the curator-in-charge of rocks and ores for the National Museum of Natural History, and as the chair of the museum's department of mineral sciences.{{Cite web |title=Cottrell, Elizabeth |url=https://profiles.si.edu/display/ncottrelle9212006 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Smithsonian Profiles |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |language=en-US}}
Cottrell's career at the Smithsonian Institution has also involved her serving as director of the Global Volcanism Program from 2010 to 2016. She was also a co-director of the NSF Natural Resources REU from 2010 to 2022. Being an employee of the Smithsonian Institution, she is often featured in the Smithsonian magazine as a geology expert.Examples include:
- {{Cite web |last=Py-Lieberman |first=Beth |date=March 15, 2011 |title=Smithsonian Geologist Elizabeth Cottrell Discusses the Japan Earthquake |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-geologist-elizabeth-cottrell-discusses-the-japan-earthquake-7306311/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |date=May 19, 2013 |title=Elizabeth Cottrell — Director of Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/elizabeth-cottrell-68378250/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |title=The Long Conversation 2018: Liz Cottrell Interviews Carla Hayden |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/the-long-conversation-2018-liz-cottrell-inter/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Anna |date=June 18, 2020 |title=Which Volcano Spews Colder Lava and Other Questions From Our Readers |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2020/06/18/which-volcano-spews-cold-lava-and-other-questions-our-readers/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Anna |date=May 28, 2020 |title=What's Hotter Than the Sun and Other Questions From Our Readers |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2020/05/28/whats-hotter-sun-and-other-questions-our-readers/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
- {{Cite web |last=Tamisiea |first=Jack |date=February 28, 2023 |title=Meet the Smithsonian Scientist Venturing to Volcanoes to Understand the Origins of Earth's Surface |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/02/28/meet-the-smithsonian-scientist-venturing-to-volcanoes-to-understand-the-origins-of-earths-surface/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
{{retrieved|access-date=2023-04-14}} She has also appeared in other Smithsonian publications and media posts.{{Cite web |last=Qian |first=Wei |date=May 12, 2014 |title=Smithsonian photo by Wei Qian |url=https://www.facebook.com/SmithsonianAffiliations/photos/10152133824926270/ |publisher=Smithsonian Affiliations |via=Facebook}}{{Cite web |date=Sep 12, 2017 |title=I met Liz in my Smithsonian story! Meet Liz. |url=https://support.si.edu/site/SPageServer?pagename=%2Fsmithsonian_adventure_2017_speaker&fye17_chapter=1&fye17_speaker=Liz |website=Smithsonian}}
= ''The Doctor Is In'' =
Cottrell is the host of the second season of The Doctor Is In, a video series produced by the Smithsonian Institution.{{Cite web |last= |title=Season 2: Geologist Liz Cottrell |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTfZeq4M00Zuyvp8dnvVU9KTt-6Gegty- |access-date=2023-04-15 |website= |publisher=The Dr. Is In [@TheDrIsIn-hc6nk] |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=The Doctor Is In |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/SmithsonianNMNH/528362647664133/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |language=en |via=Facebook}}
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Category:American women curators
Category:American mineralogists
Category:American volcanologists
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Category:Columbia University alumni
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