Dr. Victoria E. McCoy (she/her)
Department of Geosciences
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
mccoyv@uwm.edu
Tory McCoy graduated from Michigan State University in 2010 with BS degrees in Geological Sciences and Mathematics. She then moved to Yale University, for her PhD, studying the formation of carbonate concretions and their role in fossilization. After receiving her PHD in 2015, Tory was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leicester and then the University of Bonn, where she investigated fossilization in amber and plant fossilization. Tory is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her current research covers a wide range of topics, but she primarily focuses on fossil plant chemical defenses, plant-insect interactions, and the Mazon Creek fossil site.
