LYNN ROTHSCHILD - NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

MS 239-20, Moffett Field, CA  94035-1000
Phone:  650-604-6525     Fax:  650-604-6165     Email:  Lynn.J.Rothschild@nasa.gov

Title and Role

Co-Investigator - Responsible for the overall management of Investigation 6 - Planetary Pioneers, and participate in efforts to identify new model organisms, do the initial tests for UV and desiccation resistance, and mechanisms of resistance. Will also be involved in various EPO activities and co-organizing the Stanford Astrobiology and Space Exploration course.

Related Experience Summary

Effect of UV radiation on DNA synthesis, carbon metabolism and mutation/DNA repair.  Evolution and ecology of carbon cycling and DNA synthesis in microbial communities.

Employment History

Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, 1997 – present
Research Scientist, Johnson Control World Services, 1990-1997

Education

Yale University, B.S., Biology, 1978
U. Maryland (College Park), visiting, Zoology, 1979
Indiana U., Bloomington, M.A., Zoology, 1981
Brown University, Ph.D., Molecular & Cell Biology, 1985
Brown University, Postdoc, Molecular & Cell Biology, 1987
NASA Ames Research Center, NRC Postdoc, Exobiology, 1988-90

Professional Societies

American Society for Photobiology
Society of Protozoologists
Phycological Society of America
Sigma Xi.

Awards and Honors

Invited Keynote Speaker at the Vatican (July 2002), and Windsor Castle (September 2002)
Elected President, Society of Protozoologists (2002-2003)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Astrobiology Team (2000)
Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, May 24, 1999

Selected Relevant Publications

Rothschild, L.J. and Giver, L.J. Photosynthesis below the surface in a cryptic microbial mat. Intl. J. Astrobiology.  In press.

Rothschild, L.J. The Sun: The Engine of Life in Evolution on Planet Earth: The Impact of the Physical Environment, L. Rothschild and A. Lister, eds.  Academic Press, London.  In press.

Rettberg, P. and 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.

Rothschild, L.J. & R.L. Mancinelli (2001) Life in extreme environments.  Nature (London) 409: 1092-1101.

Rothschild, L.J. (1999) The Influence of UV Radiation on Protistan Evolution. J. Euk. Microbiol. 46: 548-555.

Rothschild, L.J. and C.S. Cockell (1999) Radiation, Microbial Evolution and Ecology, and its relevance to Mars missions.  Mutation Research/fundamental And Molecular Mechanisms Mutagenesis (430)2: 281-291.

Rothschild, L.J. Microbes and radiation (1999) Origin, Evolution and Versatility of Microorganisms, J. Seckbach, ed. Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.  Pp. 551-562.

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