Victoria Orphan
Profile
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Education:
- Ph.D. – University of California Santa Barbara
- BA – University of California Santa Barbara
Research Interests:
- Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling in deep-sea sediments and extreme environments
- Microbial symbiosis and syntrophy
- Single-cell ecophysiology
- Spatial organization and structure of microbial communities
- Anaerobic oxidation of methane by archaea
- Novel applications of molecular probes, stable isotopes, and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to assess microbial metabolism and growth in the environment
Accomplishments and Fun Facts:
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, 2020; MacArthur Fellow, 2016, and American Academy of Microbiology Fellow, 2015
- Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, 2011.
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center
- Director, Caltech Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions (CEMI)
- Co-Director International Geobiology course
- Director Caltech's Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory
- Scientist featured in the documentary film ‘The Most Unknown (2018)'
- Read Victoria's journey to becoming an explorer