Paula Reimer | |
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Other names | Paula Jo Lucas Reimer |
Education | PhD, University of Washington, 1998 MSc, Iowa State University, 1976 BSc, Iowa State University, 1974 |
Known for | radiocarbon dating and applications |
Awards | 2013 Lyell Medal (Geological Society of London) 2014 Elected member of Royal Irish Academy 2021 Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology 2021 Archaeologist of the Year 2022 James Croll Award 2022 Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2024 Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award (GSA) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | earth science, radiocarbon dating and calibration, carbon cycling, archaeology |
Institutions | Queen's University Belfast University of Washington Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Thesis | Carbon cycle variations in a Pacific Northwest lake from the late glacial to early Holocene |
Academic advisors | Minze Stuiver |
Paula Jo Reimer OBE, MRIA is a radiocarbon and archaeological scientist. Reimer is the former director of the 14Chrono Centre for Climate, the Environment, and Chronology at Queen's University Belfast.[1]