Congratulations to Malcolm Hodgskiss on a successful Phd defense!

Malcolm Hodgskiss successfully defended his doctoral degree on June 1st and became the first Phd graduate of the Historical Geobiology Lab! And for good measure, he won the department's Oustanding Graduate Student Award for the thesis. Congratulations Malcolm! The only downside was the defense had to be over Zoom rather than in person, although on the plus side it was great to see all of Malcolm's colleagues join in from around the world to hear about his work on the Orosirian (Paleoproterozoic) Period. We now have a much better understanding of the Orosirian Earth system thanks to Malcolm's work on the Belcher Islands succession (and his other field areas), and we wish him the best of luck on his post-doc at Cambridge University!