Tullis Onstott
Tullis Onstott (January 12, 1955 – October 19, 2021) was a professor of geosciences at Princeton University who has done research into endolithic life deep under the Earth's surface. In 2011 he co-discovered Halicephalobus mephisto, a nematode worm living 0.9–3.6 km (0.56–2.24 mi) under the ground, the deepest multicellular organism known to science. He won a LExEN Award for his work "A Window Into the Extreme Environment of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities: Witwatersrand Deep Microbiology Project". In 2007, Onstott was listed among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
Tullis Onstott | |
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| Born | Tullis Cullen Onstott January 12, 1955 Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Died | October 19, 2021 (aged 66) Oracle, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | Paleomagnetism of the Guayana Shield, Venezuela and its implications concerning Proterozoic tectonics of South America and Africa (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert B. Hargraves |
| Other academic advisors | Derek York |
| Website | https://onstott.princeton.edu/about |
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