Victoria Orphan

Victoria Orphan
Nationality American
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Known for Geobiologist
Notable awards
  • MacArthur Fellowship
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator Award
  • DOE Early Career Research Award
  • National Research Council Fellowship

Victoria J. Orphan is a geobiologist at the California Institute of Technology who studies the interactions between marine microorganisms and their environment.[1][2]

Education

Dr. Orphan received her B.A. (1994) and Ph.D. (2001) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] Her postdoctoral research was at the NASA Ames Research Center (2002-2004). Currently, Dr. Orphan is the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology[4] She is also an adjunct scientist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) (since 2009)[5] and Senior Scientist of the Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, a Science and Technology Center funded by the National Science Foundation and headquartered at the University of Southern California.[6]

Professional Work

Dr. Orphan's research focuses on microbially-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in deep sea sediment.[7] Specifically, she looks at the relationships between two groups of marine microbes: an archaea and a bacteria. Dr. Orphan uses tools such as nanoSIMs to visualize these organisms at the microscale and track how and when they exchange energy.[8] Through her research, Dr. Orphan has helped to provide insight into the relationship between microbes and large-scale geochemical processes.

Honors and Awards

References

  1. ↑ "MacArthur winner Victoria Orphan showed how deep-sea microbes keep greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere". Los Angeles Times. 2016-09-21. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Orphan Lab". orphanlab.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Caltech Environmental Science and Engineering". www.ese.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  4. ↑ "Victoria J. Orphan | www.gps.caltech.edu". www.gps.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  5. ↑ "MBARI Adjunct Victoria Orphan receives "genius grant"". Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  6. ↑ "People". www.darkenergybiosphere.org. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  7. ↑ "| NASA Astrobiology Institute". nai.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ↑ "Superorganisms are changing our understanding of life — NOVA Next | PBS". NOVA Next. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  9. ↑ "Victoria Orphan — MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  10. ↑ "Grant Detail". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  11. ↑ "DOE Early Career Awards". DOE. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  12. ↑ "Grant Detail". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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