Elizabeth Stevenson^[3] (professionally Elizabeth Cottrell) is a geologist and museum curator for the National Museum of Natural History.^[4] She is a fellow of both the Geochemical Society and the Mineralogical Society of America.^[5][6]

Personal life

Cottrell grew up in northern Vermont. Her father was an engineer.^[7]

Education

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 in 2004.^[8][3]

Career

Cottrell has been a visiting scientist to the Carnegie Institute, as well as a Fulbright Scholar.^[9]

The focus area of Cottrell's research is largely in Alaska and Oceania,^[10] though she works in Washington, D.C.^[11] She has also worked as a visiting scientist to ClerVolc from Clermont Auvergne University.^[12] She is best known for her work in the geologic fields of mineralogy and volcanism,^[13][14][15] especially as it relates to the geochronology of the Earth.^[16] 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.^[10]

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.^[10] Being an employee of the Smithsonian Institution, she is often featured in the Smithsonian magazine as a geology expert.^[17] She has also appeared in other Smithsonian publications and media posts.^[18][19]

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