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TN George Medallist lecture
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Biography
Dr Elsa Panciroli
Dr Panciroli is a palaeobiologist from the Scottish Highlands who completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at the University of the Highlands and Islands, her Masters in Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol, and her PhD joint between the University of Edinburgh and National Museums Scotland. Her thesis examined fossil mammals from the Jurassic rocks of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. After working as a Research Assistant at the University of Oxford, she continued her work on Scottish mammal fossils for her Research Fellowship at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, before taking up her position at National Museums Scotland in 2025.
Dr Panciroli co-leads a team carrying out annual fieldwork on the Isle of Skye since 2016. She has described multiple fossils from the island and the neighbouring Isle of Eigg, including early mammals and their close relatives, salamanders, small reptiles and dinosaurs. This work is providing new insights into the evolution of these animal groups in the Middle Jurassic, a time period which is poorly known globally. It is also a pivotal time for the birth of modern ecosystems.
As well as a researcher, Dr Panciroli is also a science writer and author, and has featured on various television, radio and podcasts.