California Institute of Technology

Woodward Fischer
Assistant Professor of Geobiology
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Phone: 626-395-6790
Office: 107 NORTH MUDD
Mailing Address:
MC 100-23
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.A., Colorado College, 2000; Ph.D., Harvard University, 2007. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2009-.

Research Interests

Historical geobiology; evolution of the oxygenic photosynthesis and rise of atmospheric oxygen; origin of Archean and Proterozoic iron formation; distribution and evolution of lipid biomarker synthesis; coupled behavior of redox and acid based processes at critical transitions in Earth history.

For more information regarding my research please visit my website.

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