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{{short description|American evolutionary biologist, astrobiologist, and synthetic biologist}} |
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|work_institutions = NASA’s Ames Research Center, Brown, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz |alma_mater = Yale University, Indiana University, Brown University |
|work_institutions = NASA’s Ames Research Center, Brown, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz |alma_mater = Yale University, Indiana University, Brown University |
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|known_for = [[Extremophile]]s at NASA, and founding the synthetic biology program for NASA |
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'''Lynn Justine Rothschild''' (born May 11, 1957) is an [[evolutionary biology|evolutionary biologist]] and [[astrobiologist]] at NASA's [[Ames Research Center]],<ref>[https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/to-survive-on-mars-byo-bacteria/ "To Survive on Mars, BYO Bacteria"] ''Science Friday''. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref><ref>[http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/lynn/ Lynn Rothschild.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909083427/http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/lynn/ |date=2011-09-09 }} NASA 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.</ref> and was a consulting Professor at [[Stanford University]], where she taught [http://www.stanford.edu/group/astrobiology/cgi-bin/ Astrobiology and Space Exploration]. She is an [[adjunct professor]] at [[Brown University |
'''Lynn Justine Rothschild''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FLS}} (born May 11, 1957) is an [[evolutionary biology|evolutionary biologist]] and [[astrobiologist]] at NASA's [[Ames Research Center]],<ref>[https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/to-survive-on-mars-byo-bacteria/ "To Survive on Mars, BYO Bacteria"] ''Science Friday''. Retrieved 2017-03-14.</ref><ref>[http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/lynn/ Lynn Rothschild.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909083427/http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/lynn/ |date=2011-09-09 }} NASA 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.</ref> and was a consulting Professor at [[Stanford University]], where she taught [http://www.stanford.edu/group/astrobiology/cgi-bin/ Astrobiology and Space Exploration]. She is an [[adjunct professor]] at [[Brown University]]. At Ames, her research has focused on how life, particularly microbes, has evolved in the context of the physical environment, both on Earth and potentially beyond our planet's boundaries. Since 2007 she has studied the effect of [[UV radiation]] on DNA synthesis, carbon metabolism and mutation/DNA repair in the [[Great Rift Valley, Kenya|Rift Valley]] of Kenya and the Bolivian Andes, and also in high altitude experiments atop [[Mount Everest]], in balloon payloads with [[BioLaunch]]. She was the principal investigator of the first free-flyer synthetic biology payload which flewonthe DLR [[EuCROPIS]] mission. |
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==Research== |
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Rothschild's research focus is in two main areas: [[astrobiology]] and [[synthetic biology]]. Rothschild has studied [[carbon metabolism]] and [[DNA damage]] and repair in the laboratory setting and on algae, work that has taken her to field sites in such locations as the thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, New Zealand, Australia, Kenya's Rift Valley, [[hypersaline]] environments in the San Francisco Bay, Baja California and the Bolivian Andes. Her current lab members are actively pursuing topics ranging from a protein-first model to algae and synthetic biology. She has taken to the air in conjunction with the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at [[Stanford]] and [[Mavericks Civilian Rocket Foundation]], flying experiments up to {{convert|106000|ft|km}} on high altitude balloons. Courtesy of the [[Galathea 3]], she has also had experiments on a Danish oceanographic cruise from South America to Copenhagen. |
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==Astrobiologist== |
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Rothschild has been instrumental in developing the field of [[astrobiology]]. She founded and ran the first three Astrobiology Science Conferences (AbSciCon), was the founding co-editor of the ''[[International Journal of Astrobiology]]'', and is the former director of the [[Astrobiology Strategic Analysis and Support Office]] for [[NASA]]. She has been a member of the [[Astrobiology Institute]] since its inception. |
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==Synthetic biology== |
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Rothschild has served as the NASA representative to the OSTP Working Group on Synthetic Biology and has been the faculty advisor to the award-winning Brown-Stanford 2011 (“Mars BioTools: Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration”), and Stanford-Brown 2012 (“Synthetic Astrobiology”) and 2013 (“Synthetic BioCommunication”) iGEM teams, and the 2014 Stanford-Brown-Spelman team (“Towards a biodegradable UAV”). Current work ranges from producing one-atom thick wires to a biodegradable UAV, as well as biomining, and a synthetic biology approach to the origin of life. |
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== Filmography == |
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Rothschild appeared on the 5th episode of the [[List of YouTube Originals|Youtube Original]] "The Age of A.I." in the episode called "How A.I. is searching for Aliens", released on January 15, 2020. She is credited as "Evolutionary and Synthetic Biology, NASA".<ref>{{Citation|title=How A.I. is searching for Aliens {{!}} The Age of A.I.| date=15 January 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwtC_4t2g5M&list=PLjq6DwYksrzz_fsWIpPcf6V7p2RNAneKc&index=9|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> |
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Rothschild lectures frequently worldwide, including at the Vatican and Windsor Castle, Mystic Seaport and the Royal Society of London. Rothschild's lecture at the annual Molecular Frontiers Symposium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, May 2013, "Life in Extreme Environments and the Search for Life in the Universe" can be viewed online.<ref>Life in Extreme Environments and the Search for Life in the Universe, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1ErqC-jf4</ref> She appears frequently on radio and television programs, including the BBC, NPR, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ABC World News Tonight, and the History Channel and most recently on Morgan Freeman’s "Through the Wormhole" on the Science Channel. Rothschild is a Fellow of the [[Linnean Society]] of London, and also a Fellow of the [[California Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Explorers Club]]. |
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== References == |
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*[http://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/horace-mann-medal Horace Mann Medal, Brown University] |
*[http://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/horace-mann-medal Horace Mann Medal, Brown University] |
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*[http://conference.americanhumanist.org/awardees2015/ Isaac Asimov Award, American Humanist Association] |
*[http://conference.americanhumanist.org/awardees2015/ Isaac Asimov Award, American Humanist Association] |
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*[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/profile.cfm? |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616090823/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/profile.cfm?Code=RothschildL Profile for Solar System Exploration] |
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*[https://archive.today/20121210132358/http://astrobiology.stanford.edu/ Astrobiology and Space Exploration] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100802054255/https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/Lynn/Rothschild/ astrobiology.nasa.gov] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100802054255/https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/profile/845/Lynn/Rothschild/ astrobiology.nasa.gov] |
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*[http://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1238526666 Profile at Brown] |
*[http://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=1238526666 Profile at Brown] |
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Lynn Justine Rothschild
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Born | (1957-05-11) May 11, 1957 (age 67) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Yale University, Indiana University, Brown University |
Known for | Extremophiles at NASA, and founding the synthetic biology program for NASA |
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Fields | Biology |
Institutions | NASA’s Ames Research Center, Brown, Stanford, UC Santa Cruz |
Lynn Justine Rothschild FLS (born May 11, 1957) is an evolutionary biologist and astrobiologist at NASA's Ames Research Center,[2][3] and was a consulting Professor at Stanford University, where she taught Astrobiology and Space Exploration. She is an adjunct professoratBrown University. At Ames, her research has focused on how life, particularly microbes, has evolved in the context of the physical environment, both on Earth and potentially beyond our planet's boundaries. Since 2007 she has studied the effect of UV radiation on DNA synthesis, carbon metabolism and mutation/DNA repair in the Rift Valley of Kenya and the Bolivian Andes, and also in high altitude experiments atop Mount Everest, in balloon payloads with BioLaunch. She was the principal investigator of the first free-flyer synthetic biology payload which flew on the DLR EuCROPIS mission.
Rothschild appeared on the 5th episode of the Youtube Original "The Age of A.I." in the episode called "How A.I. is searching for Aliens", released on January 15, 2020. She is credited as "Evolutionary and Synthetic Biology, NASA".[4]