{"id":1870,"date":"2026-03-11T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo26.mystagingserver.site\/Ann-Marie1\/?page_id=1870"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:32:45","slug":"our-resident-science-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo26.mystagingserver.site\/Ann-Marie1\/our-resident-science-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Resident Science Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1870\" class=\"elementor elementor-1870\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4c2cb e-con-full blur e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f4c2cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bedc546\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94224b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94224b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eb55cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4eb55cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-905f4eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"905f4eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7853187 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7853187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Sadie Samsoondar <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b11c2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83b11c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph.D. B.Sc.(Hons)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb6c2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bfb6c2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153a97a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"153a97a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Sadie Samsoondar is a Caribbean geoscientist and palaeontologist whose local and\ninternational research brings a unique perspective to Caribbean Earth 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She is a\nspecialist on Caribbean microscopic fossils. Raised in Trinidad and Tobago, she strongly\nadvocates for public education about our Caribbean scientific heritage. \u201cWe, the\nCaribbean, have contributed significantly to the science of micropalaeontology [noun:\/\/\nthe study of microscopic fossils], largely between the 1920s till the 1970s and especially\nin Trinidad and Tobago. That is something to be shared, celebrated, and should be\ncontinuously supported and developed by local institutions and industries.\u201d \u2013 Dr.\nSamsoondar 19th March 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a373426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a373426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8dbf5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e8dbf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Samsoondar holds a PhD in Petroleum Geoscience, is a scholarship recipient from\nthe University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, for her academic research there\n(2017-2020), was awarded international funding from the Kugler-Werdenberg Stiftung,\nBasel, Switzerland, and the Swiss National Science Foundation for conducting\nCaribbean focused research there (2022-2024), and was given a seal of excellence by the\nEuropean Horizon following evaluation by an international panel of independent experts\n(2025). Though focused in Switzerland, her international research also explored\nCaribbean natural history collections at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History,\nWashington, USA, Natural History Museum, London, the Energy Institute, London, The\nGeological Society of London, the 9th International School on Foraminifera, Urbino, Italy,\nand several institutions in Trinidad and Tobago.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d97b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51d97b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41c831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b41c831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1763\" 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Her experience spans academic research, museum curation, and applied geoscience within the energy sector. Today, Dr. Samsoondar is a specialist on the Caribbean\u2019s historical geologic legacy with special interest on historical development of Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s petroleum geology and micropalaeontology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe8bdae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe8bdae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5169ccc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5169ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Her role as our Resident Science Author at Caribbean Publishing House reflects a strong commitment to making Earth science accessible, engaging, and relevant to a wide audience. In a region where few are familiar with palaeontology, Dr. Samsoondar invites readers into a fascinating and often overlooked world. Caribbean\u2019s rocks, reefs, and fossils hold the story of our past and the foundation of our future, from shaping our geological history to underpinning industries like the energy sector.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44fcfa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e44fcfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ec51b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ec51b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here, Dr. Samsoondar will bring science to life, showing that it is not distant or abstract, but exciting, relevant, and tangible. To young readers, her writings will shed light on unconventional careers like palaeontology while inviting readers of all ages to uncover forgotten information and engage with new, cutting-edge research that continues to shape our understanding of the natural world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9de16b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9de16b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af33bc4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af33bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Above all, Dr. Samsoondar invites readers to ask questions, explore, and see the Caribbean not only as a place of beauty, but as a place of discovery\u2014where science is alive, meaningful, and open to everyone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sadie Samsoondar Ph.D. B.Sc.(Hons) Dr. Sadie Samsoondar is a Caribbean geoscientist and palaeontologist whose local and international research brings a unique perspective to Caribbean Earth sciences. 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