Beth Orcutt
Senior Research Scientist
Geomicrobiology
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
United States of America
Biography
Senior Research Scientist: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine, USA (since April 2012) Research Scientist: Colby College, Maine, USA, (since May 2012) Adjunct Assistant Professor: Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California (since Dec. 2009) Postdoctoral Research Associate: Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; lab of Prof. Dr. Bo Barker Jørgensen (Sept. 2009-March 2012) Postdoctoral Research Associate: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; lab of Dr. Katrina Edwards (April 2007-Sept. 2009) Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; lab of Dr. Samantha Joye (May 2002-April 2007) Guest Scientist: Habitat Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; lab of Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (recurring visits from Sept. 2002-May 2006) Guest Scientist: Organic Geochemistry Group, Research Center Ocean Margins, Bremen, Germany; lab of Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (recurring visits from May 2004-May 2006) Teaching Assistant: Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (Spring, 2005) Research Experience for Undergraduates: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (June 2000-May 2002)
Research Interest
I am a marine microbial biogeochemist - I explore life below the seafloor in sediments and the oceanic crust. I want to understand how microbes thrive in these deep sea environments, and how their life impacts the cycling of elements on Earth.
Publications
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Früh-Green, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., Morgan, S., Akizawa, N., Bayrakci, G., Behrmann, J.-H., Boschi, C., Brazelton, W.J., Cannat, M., Dunkel, K.G., Escartin, J., Harris, M., Herrero-Bervera, E., Hesse, K., John, B.E., Lang, S.Q., Lilley, M.D., Liu, H.-Q., Mayhew, L.E., McCaig, A.M., Menez, B., Morono, Y., Quéméneur, M., Rouméjon, S., Sandaruwan Ratnayake, A., Schrenk, M.O., Schwarzenbach, E.M., Twing, K.I., Weis, D., Whattam, S.A., Williams, M., and Zhao, R., 2017. Western sites. In FrühGreen, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., and the Expedition 357 Scientists, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 357: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.357.105.2017
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Früh-Green, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., Morgan, S., Akizawa, N., Bayrakci, G., Behrmann, J.-H., Boschi, C., Brazelton, W.J., Cannat, M., Dunkel, K.G., Escartin, J., Harris, M., Herrero-Bervera, E., Hesse, K., John, B.E., Lang, S.Q., Lilley, M.D., Liu, H.-Q., Mayhew, L.E., McCaig, A.M., Menez, B., Morono, Y., Quéméneur, M., Rouméjon, S., Sandaruwan Ratnayake, A., Schrenk, M.O., Schwarzenbach, E.M., Twing, K.I., Weis, D., Whattam, S.A., Williams, M., and Zhao, R., 2017. Northern sites. In FrühGreen, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., and the Expedition 357 Scientists, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 357: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.357.106.2017
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Früh-Green, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., and the Expedition 357 Scientists, 2017. Supplementary material, http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.357supp.2017. Supplement to Früh-Green, G.L., Orcutt, B.N., Green, S.L., Cotterill, C., and the Expedition 357 Scientists, Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 357: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.proc.357.2017
