Linda Scott Cummings Recognized for Excellence in Environmental Science
Dr. Scott Cummings started a small business that has grown into a research institute
GOLDEN, CO, January 29, 2015, Linda Scott Cummings, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of PaleoResearch Institute, Inc., has been named a Worldwide Branding Executive of the Year in Environmental Science. While inclusion in Worldwide Branding is an honor, only small selections of members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, years of service, and the credentials they have provided in association with their Worldwide Branding membership.
Dr. Scott Cummings has 43 years of research experience, 42 year of them in her current role. She has extensive knowledge in climate research, archaeobotany, radiocarbon dating and environmental science. Her duties at PaleoResearch are numerous. She is radio-carbon dating, examining the past environment and providing information about foods people consumed in the past. She is also teaching intermittently as an adjunct professor at Colorado State University, the University of Colorado, and Louisiana State University. She is running and growing the institute and managing innovative and creative aspects, including research design and report writing. Finally, she is building an integrated research company.
A part of EARTH (Early Agricultural Remnants and Technology Heritage) since its inception, Dr. Scott Cummings hopes to experience continued growth and an expansion of the business’ services. She intends to take notice of the small successes and integrate those methods or observations into mainstream archaeology and archaeobotany. Her goal is to maintain and promote excellence in extraction, identification, and analysis of materials. She would also like to promote the development and use of state-of-the-art techniques for the analysis and interpretation of archaeobotanic records.
Dr. Scott Cummings attributes her success to her education, passion and open-mindedness. Her career began when she started a small business in 1972 that has grown and developed into PaleoResearch. The highlight of her career was being able to wake up every day and study the science and conduct the research that she loves to do.
A stellar education has also benefitted Dr. Scott Cummings. She earned a Ph.D. (1989) and a master’s degree (1983), both in anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also a registered professional archaeologist.
Recently inducted into Worldwide Branding, Dr. Scott Cummings also maintains affiliations with as a board member of the American Cultural Resources Association, and with the Society for American Archaeology, the European Association of Archaeologists, the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, and the International Committee on Phytolith Nomenclature. She is a former president of the Society for Phytolith Research.
Dr. Scott Cummings has been recognized with several awards, including an honorary fellowship from the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Best of Golden in Environmental Research. She was also an invited speaker at the International Meeting for Phytolith Research in Madrid (1996).
PaleoResearch Institute, Inc. is an archaeobotanic research institute that provides paleoenvironmental, archaeobotanic, and radiocarbon dating services, climate modeling, parasite and diatom analysis, faunal and protein analysis, an index of tools and subjects, and historic sites and privies. For more information, visit http://www.paleoresearch.com.
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