Lonnie Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lonnie Thompson

American paleoclimatologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Profession: geologist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lonnie Thompson (born July 1, 1948), is an American paleoclimatologist and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University.
He has achieved global recognition for his drilling and analysis of ice cores from mountain glaciers and ice caps in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
He and his wife, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, run the ice core paleoclimatology research group at the Byrd Polar Research Center.