Click here to download in PDF format (pdf is most current).
Felisa L. Wolfe-Simon
Curriculum Vitae
| U.S. Geological Survey | mobile: (732) 718-8855 |
| MS 480 | office: (650) 329-4426 |
| 345 Middlefield Rd | felisawolfesimon [at] gmail [dot] com |
| Menlo Park, CA 94025 | www.felisawolfesimon.com |
Education
| Ph.D. | 2006 | Rutgers University | Oceanography |
| Dissertation title: The Role and Evolution of Superoxide Dismutases in Algae | |||
| B.A. | 2000 | Oberlin College | Biology (Chemistry) |
| B.M. | 2000 | Oberlin Conservatory of Music | Oboe Performance (Ethnomusicology) |
Professional Experience
| 2010-present | NASA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NASA Astrobiology Institute (ASU team) and U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA |
| 2009 | Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University |
| 2006-2009 | NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Biological Sciences: Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University and Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University |
| 2003-2006 | Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, Rutgers University |
| 2003-2006 | Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, Rutgers University |
| 2001-2003 | Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, Rutgers University |
| 2000-2001 | Graduate Fellow, Dept. of Oceanography, Rutgers University |
Publications
D. Chauhan, I.M. Folea, C. Jolley, R. Kouril, C. Lubner, S. Lin, D. Kolber, , J. Golbeck, E. J. Boekema & P. Fromme (2010). A novel photosynthetic strategy for adaptation to low iron aquatic environments. Biochemistry. in revision.
* Authors contributed equally
Publications in Preparation
, S.E. Hoeft, and R.S. Oremland. Facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis by Cyanobacteria driven arsenite. In prep. for Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
and A.D. Anbar. Metalloproteomic evolutionary advantages of eukaryotic photoautotrophs. In prep. for Metallomics.
Honors, Awards and Funding
2010-2013 NASA Astrobiology Institute Fellowship
2010 National Academy of Sciences' Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium
2009-2010 NASA NAI DDF award
2006-2009 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Biological Sciences
2007 International Symposium on Metallomics Young Scientist Award
2001 Honorable mention NSF Graduate Student Fellowship
2000 Excellence Graduate Fellowship (Rutgers University)
2000 Sigma Xi, Associate Member
1999 National Science Foundation- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
1999 Hope Hibbard Scholarship in Biology (Oberlin College)
1998 Leo S. Millar Prize in Biological Scholarship (Oberlin College)
Invited Seminars
| 2010 | Arsenic and other thoughts on alternative lifeThe Royal Society. London, UNITED KINGDOM |
| 2010 | Geomicrobiology and alternative life on Earth. The chemistry of early life. International Geobiology Summer Course.Colorado School of Mines. Golden, CO |
| 2010 | They eat what!? Biogeochemical cycles and life on Earth. NASA AbSciCon. League City, TX |
| 2010 | Geobiochemistry: The Biochemical Consequences of Earth History for the Evolution of Life (or: how I learned to stop worrying and love arsenic and astrobiology...).U.S. Geologilca Survey. Menlo Park, CA |
| 2009 | Geomicrobiology and alternative life on Earth. Pomona College. Claremont, CA |
| 2009 | The origins of life and alternative biochemistries: What we can learn from what we know (and how to look for what we don't know). 2nd Iberoamerican School of Astrobiology. Montevideo, URUGUAY |
| 2009 | The origins of life, geobiochemistry and evolutionary metallomics. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) and University of Zurich. Zurich, SWITZERLAND. |
| 2009 | Geobiochemical Evolution of the Metalloproteome: Physiological Proxies and Biochemical Inertia. University of Washington. Seattle, WA. |
| 2009 | Geobiochemistry and Metallomic Evolution: the Differential Responses of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes to Fe-stress and Possible Evolutionary Implications. Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA. |
| 2009 | Geobiochemistry: The Evolution of Life and the Biochemical Consequences of Earth History. Dept. of Geology. Amherst College. Amherst, MA. |
| 2009 | Geobiochemistry: The Evolution of Life and the Biochemical Consequences of Earth History. Dept. of Geology. Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr, PA. |
| 2008 | Geobiochemistry and Evolutionary Metallomics. Symposium on Marine Geochemistry. Institute for the Chemistry and Biology of Marine Environment. Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg & The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen). GERMANY. |
| 2008 | Biogeochemical Evolution of the Metalloproteome: From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes and beyond. ICREA Conference on the Origin and Early Evolution of Metazoans. Barcelona, SPAIN. |
| 2008 | Geobiochemical evolution of the Photosynthetic metalloproteome. Photosynthesis Gordon Research Conference. South Hadley, MA. |
| 2008 | Oxygen, Metals, and the Evolutionary Drive Towards Eukaryotic Life. Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference. Waterville Valley, NH. |
| 2008 | Geobiochemical Evolution of the Metalloproteome: Physiological Proxies and Biochemical Inertia. Geophysical Laboratory. The Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C. |
| 2008 | The Bioinorganic Bridge Between Life and Environment. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA (note: given by Ariel Anbar as invited speaker) |
| 2008 | Biogeochemical evolution of life. Dept. of Geological and Planetary Sciences. California Institute of Technology. Pasadena, CA. |
| 2008 | Oxygen, Metals, and the Evolutionary Drive Towards Eukaryotic Life. Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA. |
| 2008 | Arsenic and Phosphorus. Origins of Life Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA. |
| 2007 | Geobiochemical evolution of the metalloproteome. IFREE. JAMSTEC. Yokosuka, JAPAN. |
| 2007 | Geo-evolutionary Significant Aspects of the Metalloproteome. International Symposium on Metallomics. Nagoya Congress Center. Nagoya, JAPAN. |
| 2006 | Biogeochemical Evolution of the Metalloproteome. Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. |
| 2006 | Tree or Forest? Searching for Alternative Forms of Life on Earth. Environmental Signatures of Alternative Biochemistry. BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ |
| 2003 | The Molecular Evolution and Selection of Superoxide Dismutase in Marine Phytoplankton. CEBIC Summer Conference. Center for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry. Princeton University. Princeton, NJ. |
| 2003 | Tutorial: Hickory Dickory Dock- Understanding the Molecular Clock. Biocomplexity Seminar. Dept. of Geological Sciences. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ. |
Contributed Posters and Presentations
, S.E. Hoeft, and R.S. Oremland (2010). Facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria driven by arsenite. ACS National Meeting. San Francisco, CA
, D.T. Johnston, P.R. Girguis, A. Pearson, A.H. Knoll (2009). Iron, Sulfur, Arsenic, and Water: Geochemical implications of facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and the slow rise of Oxygen. Boston Bacteria Meeting. Cambridge, MA
, D.T. Johnston, P.R. Girguis, A. Pearson, A.H. Knoll (2008). Iron, Sulfur, Arsenic, and Water: Geochemical implications of facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and the slow rise of Oxygen. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA
, P.C.W. Davies and A.D. Anbar (2008). Did nature also choose Arsenic? NASA AbSciCon. Santa Clara, CA.
, P. Fromme, W.F.J. Vermaas, J.J. Elser, and A. D. Anbar (2007). Evolutionary Geobiochemistry: Fe-deficient photosynthetic eukaryotes’ Cu demand suggests ecological success stalled until widespread oxic conditions. CEBIC Summer Conference. Princeton University. Princeton, NJ
, J. Morgan, J.J. Elser, and A. D. Anbar (2007). Evolutionarily significant differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic responses to Fe stress. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
, J. Morgan, J.J. Elser, and A. D. Anbar (2006). Metallomic plasticity of cyanobacteria induced by iron availability. Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry. Andover, NH.
, V. Starovoytov, J.R. Reinfelder, O. Schofield, and P. G. Falkowski (2006). Localization and role of manganese superoxide dismutase in a marine diatom. NASA AbSciCon. Washington, D.C.
, O. Schofield, and P. G. Falkowski (2006) The Metalloenzyme SOD and Its Role in Photoautotroph Evolution and Regulation. Symposium on The Evolution of Aquatic Photoautotrophs. New Brunswick, NJ
, V. Starovoytov, O. Schofield and P. Falkowski. (2005). Diatoms express a novel MnSOD in the chloroplast that responds to light stress. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
, O. Schofield, and P. Falkowski. (2004). The Metalloenzyme SOD and its role in photoautotroph evolution and regulation. Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry. Lewiston, ME
, O. Schofield and P. Falkowski. (2004). The comparative molecular evolution of iron and manganese superoxide dismutase in oxygenic photoautotrophs. ASLO Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI
, I. Berman-Frank, L. Haramaty, and P. Falkowski. (2003). The metallic shield of Trichodesmium: Fighting oxidative damage. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
, I. Berman-Frank, L. Haramaty, and P. Falkowski. (2002). The metallic shield of Trichodesmium: Fighting oxidative damage. Gordon Research Conference: Environmental Chemistry. Andover, NH
, K. Kroeger and I. Valiela (2000). Increased lability of estuarine dissolved organic nitrogen from urbanized watersheds. ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX
, K. Kroeger and I. Valiela (1999). Increased lability of estuarine dissolved organic nitrogen from urbanized watersheds. General Scientific Meeting, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
and D. Coats (1997). Host specificity of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii. 7th Annual East Coast Protist Meeting, Narragansett, RI
Professional Service
Acting Reviewer. Aquatic Microbial Ecology; Astrobiology; Australian Journal of Botany; Environmental Microbiology; Eukaryotic Cell; Geobiology; International Journal of Astrobiology; Israeli Science Foundation; Journal of Phycology; Limnology and Oceanography; U.S. National Science Foundation; Plant Physiology; Water Research.
Session Co-Convener. Elements and Evolution. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. December 2008
Session Convener and Co-Chair. Trace metals, microbial processes, and biogeochemical cycles through space and time. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, NM. February 2007
President. Oceanography Graduate Student Association. 2003-2004
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Society of Plant Biologists
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Society of Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Teaching Experience
| Spring 2009 | Teaching Fellow for LS110: Microbial World (Harvard) |
| Spring 2008 | Guest Moderator: EPS137 Biogeochemistry (Harvard) |
| Fall 2006 | Guest Lecturer: PHY598 Topics in Biophysics: An Overview of Modern Biology for Physicists (ASU) |
| Spring 2005 | Lead Instructor and Coordinator: MS 303 Oceanographic Scientific Inquiry: From biogeochemistry to genomes: Explorations at aquatic interfaces. (Rutgers Univ.) |
| Fall 2001, 2002 | Teaching Assistant: OCN 540 Chemical Oceanography. (Rutgers Univ. graduate course; problem solving section) |
© Felisa Wolfe-Simon 2010 - All Rights Reserved
Last modified: 02 Sept 2010
