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James C. Zachos
James Zachos is a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is best known for his scientific contributions...

Early life and education
He was born in the Mojave Desert (1959) and was raised primarily in the northern suburbs of New York City where he attended Lakeland High School (1977). He earned a B.S. in Geology from SUNY Oneonta (1982), M.S. in Geology from U. of South Carolina (1984), and Ph.D. from U. of Rhode Island (1988). He then took a post-doctoral position at the University of Michigan, under the mentorship of James C.G. Walker.