Victoria Orphan
Victoria Orphan | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Known for | Geobiologist |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Geobiology |
Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
Victoria J. Orphan is a geobiologist at the California Institute of Technology who studies the interactions between marine microorganisms and their environment.[1][2] As of 2020, she is the Chair for the Center of Environmental Microbial Interactions.
Education[]
Victoria Orphan received her B.A. in Aquatic Biology (1994) and Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology (2001) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3] She served as a National Research Council fellow at the NASA Ames Research Center (2002-2004) before joining the Geobiology faculty at California Institute of Technology.[4]
Career[]
Orphan is the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology.[5] She has also been an adjunct scientist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) since 2009[6] and Senior Scientist of the , a Science and Technology Center funded by the National Science Foundation and headquartered at the University of Southern California.[7] As of 2020, she is the Alan V.C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair for the Center of Environmental Microbial Interactions.[8][9]
Research[]
Orphan's research integrates molecular, microscopy, and geochemical techniques to improve understanding of various processes, including those that serve as the primary sink for the greenhouse gas methane in the ocean.[10] She focuses on microbially-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in deep sea sediment.[11] Specifically, she looks at the relationships between two groups of marine microbes: archaea and bacteria. Orphan uses tools such as nanoSIMS to visualize these organisms at the microscale and track how and when they exchange energy.[12] Through her research, Orphan has helped develop novel stable isotope applications that provide insight into the relationship between microbes and large-scale geochemical processes.[13]
Personal life[]
Orphan is in a relationship with fellow scientist Shana K. Goffredi.[14]
Honors and awards[]
- 2001, National Research Council Fellowship, NASA Ames Research Center
- 2005, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Young Investigator Award[15]
- 2010, DOE Early Career Research Award[16]
- 2013, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Investigator Award[17]
- 2016, MacArthur Fellowship[18]
- 2018, NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award[19]
- 2020, species (Peinaleopolynoe orphanae) named after her[20]
- 2020, American Academy of Arts and Science member[21]
- 2021, elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[22]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Orphan Lab". orphanlab.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Caltech Environmental Science and Engineering". www.ese.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Schmidt Ocean Institute". Schmidt Ocean Institute. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "Victoria J. Orphan | www.gps.caltech.edu". www.gps.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "MBARI Adjunct Victoria Orphan receives "genius grant"". Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "People". www.darkenergybiosphere.org. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ "Victoria J. Orphan | Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences". www.gps.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions". microbiology.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "Schmidt Ocean Institute". Schmidt Ocean Institute. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "| NASA Astrobiology Institute". nai.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Superorganisms are changing our understanding of life — NOVA Next | PBS". NOVA Next. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Simons Foundation | Advancing Research in Basic Science and Mathematics". Simons Foundation. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^ "MacArthur winner Victoria Orphan showed how deep-sea microbes keep greenhouse gas out of the atmosphere". Los Angeles Times. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
- ^ "Grant Detail". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "DOE Early Career Awards". DOE. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Grant Detail". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Victoria Orphan — MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ^ Stoeter, Author Sarah. "Victoria Orphan, NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Awardee 2018". The NOMIS Foundation. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ Hatch, Avery S.; Liew, Haebin; Hourdez, Stéphane; Rouse, Greg W. (2020-12-05). "Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species". ZooKeys (932): 27–74. doi:10.3897/zookeys.932.48532. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7237507. PMID 32476973.
- ^ "New 2020 Members Announced". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "2021 Class of AGU Fellows Announced". Eos. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
External links[]
- Living people
- Geobiologists
- California Institute of Technology faculty
- American women scientists
- MacArthur Fellows
- LGBT scientists from the United States
- University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
- American women academics
- 21st-century American women