Education:
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
NASA Ames Research Center, 1987-90Post doctoral Fellow
Brown University, 1985-87Ph.D., Molecular and Cell Biology, 1985
Brown UniversityM.A., Zoology
Indianna University, BloomingtonVisiting Graduate Student, Dept. of Zoology
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, 1979B.S., Biology, 1978
Yale University
Professional Experience :
| 2008-present | Professor (Adjunct), Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University |
| 2007-present | Professor (Consulting),Human Biology, Stanford University |
| 2005-7 | Director, Astrobiology Strategic Analysis and Support Office |
| 2003-2007 | Associate Professor (Consulting), Human Biology, Stanford University |
| 1997-present | Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 1990-1997 | Research Scientist, Johnson Controls World Services |
| 1977 | Research Associate, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Cambridge |
Honors:
| 2010 | Distinguished Planetary Science Lecture, Univ. of Western Onatario (Canada) |
| 2009 | Tim Mutch Memorial Lecturer, Brown University |
| 2005 | Elected Corresponding Member, International Academy of Astronautics (Life Sciences) |
| 2004 | Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences |
| 2004 | Elected Fellow, The Explorer's Club |
| 2004 | NASA Outstanding Achievement Award |
| 2002 | Keynote Speaker: The Vatican and Windsor Castle |
| 2002-3 | President, Society of Protozoologists |
| 2001 | Auger Fellow, Hotchkiss School |
| 2000 | NASA Group Achievement Award, Astrobiology Team |
| 1999 | Elected Fellow, Linnean Society of London |
| 1990, 1998 | Jack N. Nielson Award, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 1987-90 | National Academy of Sciences NRC Research Associate |
| 1987 | National Research Council Fellowship, Canada |
| 1979 | University Fellowship, Indiana University |
Professional Activities:
Journals and Societies
| 2001-2005 | Founding co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Astrobiology |
| 2004-5 | Executive Council, International Society of Protistology |
| 2001-4 | Executive Council, Society of Protozoologists |
| 1998-2002 | Editorial Board, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere |
| 1995-1998 | Grants and Fellowship Committee, Phycological Society of America |
| 1995-2000 | Board of Reviewers, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |
| 1994-2000 | Elected Secretary (3 terms), International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
| 2000-2002 | North American Councilor, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
| 1994-5 | Elected Chairman of Nominating Committee, Society of Protozoologists |
| 1993 | Member, Global Emiliania Modelling Initiative |
| 1992; 2000 | Elected to Nominating Committee, Society of Protozoologists |
| 1990-4 | Executive Council, International Society for Evolutionary Protistology |
Meetings Organized:
| 2005 | Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets, International Space Studies Institute, Bern |
| 2004 | Third Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 2002 | Second Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 2001 | NASA Astrobiology Institute/NIH joint conference, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
| 2000 | First Astrobiology Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 1999 | Evolution on Planet Earth, The Impact of the Physical Environment, Linnean Society, London |
| 1999 | Evolution of the carbon cycle (International Botanical Congress) |
| 1997 | Responses of photosynthetic organisms to global changes in CO2, Silwood Park, UK |
| 1988 | Evolution of symbiosis (International Society for Evolutionary Protistology) |
Representative Keynote Lectures, Invited Seminars and Symposia Lectures
(for last 2 years):
| 2010 | Keynote, 26th Boulder Conference |
| 2010 | National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University |
| 2010 | Yale University, Frontiers in Paleontology and Geomicrobiology |
| 2010 | Distinguished Lecturer in Planetary Science, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada |
| 2010 | Center for Integrative Planetary Science (CIPS), UC Berkeley Astronomy Department |
| 2009 | Silicon Valley Astronomers Lecture Series, Mountain View, CA |
| 2009 | Featured speaker, Helmholtz Alliance on Planetary Evolution and Life, DLR, Berlin |
| 2009 | Beckman Scholars invited speaker, Beckman Institute |
| 2009 | Commonwealth Club, Yale Club (with Dr. George Coyne, SJ) |
| 2009 | Ethical Culture Society |
| 2009 | Darwin Day, Stanford University |
| 2008 | SB4.0: the Fourth International Conference on Synthetic Biology, Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Indiana University |
| 2008 | NASA Ames Reserach Center Director's Colloquium |
| 2008 | 2008 Polar Technology Conference, SRI |
| 2008 | University of San Francisco |
| 2008 | Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life, Roorkee IIT, India |
| 2008 | Cyanobacteria in a lunar environment, NASA Ames Research Center |
Advisory Boards:
| 2009-present | Advisor of the Brazilian Exobiology Program |
| 2009-10 | California Academy of Sciences MicroLife Initiative |
| 2008-12 | Center of Integrative Planetary Science (CIPS) at the University of California, Berkeley |
| 2005 | SHOT Mars Chambers |
| 2005-8 | Provosoli-Guillard Culture Collection (CCMP) |
| 2001-4 | New York Hall of Science |
| 2000-3 | Denver Museum of Nature and Science |
Publications (for the last 10 years):
Leuko, S., Neilan, B.A., Burns, B.P., Walter, M.R. & Rothschild, L.J. Molecular Assessment of UVC Radiation-Induced DNA Damage Repair in the Stromatolitic Halophilic Archaeon, Halococcus hamelinensis. Photochem. Photobiol. (in press 10.10).
Vishnivetskaya, T., Pfiffner, S., Bryan, R.A., Dadachova, E., Whyte, L., Radtke, K., Chan, E., Tronick, S., Borgonie, G., Mancinelli, R.M., Rothshchild, L.J., Rogoff, D.A., Horikawa, D.D. & Onstott, T.C. Extended survival of several organisms and amino acids under simulated Martian surface conditions. Icarus (accepted, 9.10)
Rothschild, L.J. 2010. A powerful toolkit for synthetic biology: over 3.8 billion years of evolution. BioEssays 32:304–313.
Leuko, S., Rothschild, L.J. & Burns, B.P. 2010. Halophilic Archaea and the Search for Extinct and Extant Life on Mars. J. Cosomology 5: 940-50. (http://journalofcosmology.com/SearchForLife113.html)
Balk, M., Bose, M., Ertem, G., Rogoff, D.A., Rothschild, L.J. & Freund, F.T. 2009. Oxidation of water to hydrogen peroxide at the rock-water interface due to stress-activated electric currents in rocks. Earth and Planetary Letters 283: 87-92.
Rothschild, L.J. 2008. The evolution of photosynthesis….again? Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. B. 363: 2787–2801. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0056. pp. 1-15.
D’Antoni, H., Rothschild, L., Schultz, C., Burgess, S. & Skiles, J.W. 2007. Extreme environments in the forests of Ushuaia, Argentina. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34: L.22704. doi:10.1029/2007GL031096.
Tarter, J. C., Backus, P. R., Mancinelli, R. L., Aurnou, J. M., Backman, D. E., Basri, G. S., Boss, A. P., Clarke, A., Deming, D., Doyle, L. R., Feigelson, E. D., Freund, F., Grinspoon, D. H., Haberle, R. M., Hauck, S. A. II, Heath, M. J., Henry, T. J., Hollingsworth, J. L., Joshi, M. M., Kilston, S., Liu, M. C., Meikle, E., Reid, I. N., Rothschild, L. J., Scalo, J. M., Segura, A., Tang, C. M., Tiedje, J. M., Turnbull, M. C., Walkowicz, L. M., Weber, A. L. & Young, R. E. 2007. A Re-appraisal of the Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars. Astrobiology 7: 30-65.
Southam, G., Rothschild, L. & Westall, F. 2007. The geology and habitability of terrestrial planets: fundamental requirements for life. Space Science Reviews 129(1-3): 7-34.
Foster, J.S., Singh, A.K., Rothschild, L.J. & Sherman, L.A. 2006. Growth-Phase Dependent Differential Gene Expression in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 and Regulation by a Group 2 Sigma Factor. (online, DOI 10.1007/s00203-006-0193-6; Archives of Microbiology).
Bishop, J.L., Louris, S.K., Rogoff, D.A. & Rothschild, L.J. 2006. Iron Oxide: An Early Sunscreen for Photosynthetic Microbes? Internatl. J. Astrobiology 5: 1-12.
Rothschild, L.J. 2004. Protozoology (Protistology) at the dawn of the 21st Century. J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. 51: 3-7.
Schuerger, A.C., Mancinelli, R.L., Kern, R.G., Rothschild, L.J. & McKay, C.P. 2003. Survival of Bacillus subtilis on Spacecraft Surfaces under Simulated Martian Environments: Implications for the Forward Contamination of Mars. Icarus 165: 253-276.
Rothschild, L.J. 2003. The Sun: The Impetus of Life in Evolution on Planet Earth: The Impact of the Physical Environment, L. Rothschild and A. Lister, eds. Academic Press, London. Pp. 87-107.
Rothschild, L.J. & Giver, L.J. 2003. Photosynthesis below the surface in a cryptic microbial mat. Intl. J. Astrobiology 1: 295-304.
Rettberg, P. & Rothschild, L.J. 2002. Ultraviolet radiation in planetary atmospheres and biological implications. In Astrobiology: The Quest for the Conditions of Life. G. Horneck and C. Baumstark-Khan, eds. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. Pp. 233-244.
Mok, E. H., Smith, H. S., DiBartolomeis, S. M. Kerrebrock, A. W., Rothschild, L.J., Lange, T.S. & Gerbi, S.A. 2001. Maintenance of the DNA puff expanded state is independent of active replication and transcription. Chromosoma 110(3): 186-196.
Rothschild, L.J. & Mancinelli, R.L. 2001. Life in extreme environments. Nature (London) 409: 1092-1101.
Rothschild, L.J. 2001. Microbial Physiology at High Temperature, Low pH, Low pCO2: Implications for evolution and ecology in Thermophiles. Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, A.L. Reysenbach, M. Voytek and R.L. Mancinelli, eds., Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York. Pp. 125-142.
For the complete resume of Dr. Rothschild, please contact her at: Lynn.J.Rothschild@nasa.gov
