Lynn J. Rothschild received degrees in Biology, Zoology, and Molecular and Cell Biology from Yale, Indiana, and Brown Universities. She has combined a broad background in evolutionary biology and protistology to answer questions of microbial evolution including the use of molecular phylogenetic markers and the origin of chloroplasts. The objective of her work at NASA-Ames is to model Precambrian ecosystems and to predict the effect of global change variables, particularly pCO₂ and UV radiation, on ecosystem functioning using field and molecular techniques. Other current projects include studies of phytoplankton blooms, endoevaporitic microbes, and analyses of analogs for life on Mars.

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