Brian Philip Wernicke (born 26 June 1958)[1] is an American geologist and a professor of geology.

[2] Wernicke has a BS (1978) in Geology from the University of Southern California and Ph.D. (1982) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He was a professor at Harvard University from September 1983 to January 1992.

[3] Wernicke received the Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) in 1991.

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