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Dianne Edwards  MA, PhD, ScD(Cantab) CBE FRS FRSE FLS FLSW

Professor Dianne Edwards

MA, PhD, ScD(Cantab) CBE FRS FRSE FLS FLSW

Research Professor

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Email
EdwardsD2@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 74264
Campuses
Main Building, Room 1.11, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT

Overview

Interests

  • Mid-Palaeozoic Palaeobotany
  • Palaeoecosystems
  • Early embryophytes
  • Plant phylogeny
  • Phytoterrestrialisation

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  • Edwards, D., Richardson, J. B. and Thomas, R. G. 1978. Locality B8, B9, B10. Presented at: International Symposium on the Devonian System (P.A.D.S. 78), Bristol, UK, September 1978 Presented at Friend, P. F. and Williams, B. P. J. eds.A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales: International Symposium on the Devonian System (P.A.D.S. 78), September 1978. Special Papers in Palaeontology Vol. 23. London: The Palaeontological Association pp. 74-79.

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Conferences

  • Morris, J. L., Edwards, D., Richardson, J. B. and Axe, L. 2011. Small is beautiful: investigations into Early Devonian plant mesofossils from the Welsh borderland, UK. Presented at: The Palaeontological Association 55th Annual Meeting, Plymouth, UK, 17-20 December 2011.
  • Morris, J. L., Edwards, D. and Richardson, J. B. 2010. Small is beautiful: new investigations into Lower Devonian plant mesofossils and their in situ spores. Presented at: 25th New Phytologist / Colston Research Society Symposium: Colonization of the terrestrial environment, Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol, UK, 21-22 September 2010.
  • Edwards, D. and Axe, L. 1992. Stomata and mechanics of stomatal functioning in some early land plants. Presented at: International Symposium on Palaeobotany "Anatomical Investigations of Plant Fossils": 3rd International Senckenberg Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1990 Presented at Schaarschmidt, F. ed.International Symposium on Palaeobotany "Anatomical Investigations of Plant Fossils": 3rd International Senckenberg Conference Frankfurt am Main 1990. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg Vol. 147. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart und Borntraeger pp. 59-73.
  • Edwards, D. and Edwards, D. S. 1986. A reconsideration of the Rhyniophytina Banks. Presented at: International Symposium on Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany, London, UK, April 1985 Presented at Spicer, R. and Thomas, B. eds.Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany: Proceedings of an International Symposium held at Goldsmiths' College, London, April 1985. The Systematics Association Special Volume Vol. 31. Oxford: Systematics Association (Clarendon Press) pp. 199-220.
  • Edwards, D., Richardson, J. B. and Thomas, R. G. 1978. Locality B8, B9, B10. Presented at: International Symposium on the Devonian System (P.A.D.S. 78), Bristol, UK, September 1978 Presented at Friend, P. F. and Williams, B. P. J. eds.A field guide to selected outcrop areas of the Devonian of Scotland, the Welsh Borderland and South Wales: International Symposium on the Devonian System (P.A.D.S. 78), September 1978. Special Papers in Palaeontology Vol. 23. London: The Palaeontological Association pp. 74-79.

Research

For the last 45 years, I have described Silurian- Devonian fossils that record the early history of plant life on land, particularly concentrating on their anatomy based on a wide variety of types of preservation. This aids in their identification and hence relationships, plus detection of adaptations, including biochemical ones, to the terrestrial environment and hence their palaeoecophysiology.  Of further major interest is the effects of early land vegetation on the lithosphere and atmosphere and this has led to colloboration with palaeozoologists and palynologists on ecosystem development  as well as chemists and neobotanists.

Biography

Academia

  • BA (Cantab)
  • Sc.D (Cantab)
  • Hon ScD (Dublin)

Affiliations

Professor Edwards is a Distinguished Research Professor at Cardiff University. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, an honorary Fellow at the University of Wales, Swansea, a Corresponding Member of the Botanical Society of America.