Jane Francis
Jane Francis | |
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Portrait of Jane Francis | |
| Chancellor of the University of Leeds | |
| Assumed office 9 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Melvyn Bragg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jane Elizabeth Francis October 1956 (age 68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Awards | |
| Website | Jane Francis at British Antarctic Survey |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeoclimatology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The fossil forests of the basal Purbeck formation (upper jurassic) of Dorset, Southern England (1982) |
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Professor Dame Jane Elizabeth Francis, DCMG FRS (born October 1956) is the Director of the British Antarctic Survey. She previously worked as Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds where she also was Dean of the Faculty of Environment. In 2002 she was the fourth woman to receive the Polar Medal for outstanding contribution to British polar research. She is currently the Chancellor of the University of Leeds.