California Institute of Technology

Dianne K. Newman
Professor of Biology and Geobiology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Phone: 626-395-3543
Mailing Address:
MC 147-75
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.A., Stanford University, 1993; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. Clare Booth Luce Assistant Professor of Geobiology and Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech, 2000-05; Associate Professor of Geobiology and Environmental Science and Engineering, 2005; Associate Professor of Geobiology, 2005-06; Professor of Geobiology, 2006-; Professor of Biology, 2006-. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2005-07; 2010-.

Research Interests

Understanding the physiological functions of redox-active antibiotics and hopanoids in bacteria; Identifying meaningful biomarkers of metabolic evolution.

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