Celina A. Suarez
American geologist
Celina A. Suarez is an American geologist. She is known for her research on using trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of fossil vertebrates and invertebrates to understand paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and taphonomy of ancient terrestrial ecosystems. She is an associate profession in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Arkansas. The dinosaur Geminiraptor suarezarum is named after Suarez and her twin sister, Marina Suarez, co-discovers of the site on which it was found.
Biography
Suarez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Growing up, Suarez and her identical twin sister, Marina Suarez, would use their father's tools to dig holes in their backyard in a quest to find dinosaur bones.
Suarez earned a Bachelor of Science in geosciences at Trinity University in 2003. In 2005, she earned a master's degree in geology at Temple University. She continued her education at the University of Kansas, and earned a PhD in geology in 2010. Then afterword, she did a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Boise State University in 2011, at which she "used rare earth elements, stable isotopes, and infrared spectroscopy to understand bone preservation and diagenesis."
Career
In 2004, Suarez and her sister, Marina (both Temple University master's students at the time), found a collection of bones while working on an excavation project in Utah.
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