Else Marie Friis

Else Marie Friis (born 18 June 1947) is a Danish botanist and paleontologist.[1] She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Geoscience at Aarhus University.[2]

Else Marie Friis
Born (1947-06-18) 18 June 1947
Holstebro, Denmark
NationalityDenmark
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany, paleontology
Author abbrev. (botany)E.M.Friis

The daughter of Poul Friis and Marie Møller, she was born in Holstebro. She earned a Magister's degree in science and a Licentiate's degree in science from Aarhus University. Her area of interest is the reproductive biology, phylogeny and palaeoecology of flowering plants based on plant reproductive organs from the Cretaceous period.[1][3]

Friis is a member of the:

She has received the:

  • Hans Gram Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 1985
  • Nils Rosén Linné Prize in botany from the Royal Physiographic Society, Sweden in 1992
  • Rolf Dahlgren Prize in botany from the Royal Physiographic Society, Sweden in 2005
  • Denmarks Geology Prize 2011 with Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  • Linneus gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2014
  • Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Polar Star

In addition, she was named Geologist of the year in 2005 by the Swedish Association of Scientists.[3]

References
  1. "Else Marie Friis (1947 - )". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish).
  2. "Else Marie Friis - Research - Aarhus University". pure.au.dk. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  3. "Else Marie Friis". Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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