Diana (Didi) Bojanova
E-mail: bojanova@usc.edu
Address: University of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences
825 Bloom Walk, ACB 302
Los Angeles, California 90089-0740




RESEARCH POSITIONS
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Graduate Research Assistant, University of Southern California, Geomicrobiology (2017-)
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Microbiologist, IODP Expedition 385: Guaymas Basin (2019)
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Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland, Geochemistry (2016-2017)
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Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University, Microbiome Microbiology (2015-2016)
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Research Assistant, University of Chicago, Microbial Biogeochemistry (2014-2015)
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Research Intern, USDA - Agricultural Research Service, Pesticide and Bee Virus Research (2013)
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Research Intern, Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Physics (2010)
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, NOW
University of Chicago (2015)
B.S. in Geophysical Sciences,
B.A. in Biological Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers
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Merino, N, Aronson, H.S., Bojanova, D.P, Feyhl-Buska, J., Zhang, S, Giovannelli, D. (2019) Living at the extremes: extremophiles and the limits of life in a planetary context. Frontiers in Microbiology (LINK)
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Bojanova, D.P, Bordenstein S.R. (2016) Fecal Transplants: What Is Being Transferred? PLOS biology (LINK)
Presentations
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Eitel, E.M., Marroquin, S., Betts, M., Speth, D., Smith, B.P., Bojanova, D.P., Cabrera-Cortez, A., Magyar, J.S., Miller, L, Fischer, W.W., Orphan, V.J., Sessions, A.L. (2022) The impact of anthropogenic forcing on the high-resolution biogeochemistry of laminated sediment in a hypersaline, alkaline environment within a 350-year time period. Poster presented at Ocean Sciences 2022 by Eryn Eitel.
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Morono, Y., Teske, A., Galerne, C.Y., Bojanova, D.P., Edgcomb, V.P., Meyer, N.R., Schubert, F., Toffin, L., and IODP Expedition 385 Scientists (2022) Microbial cell distribution in the Guaymas Basin subseafloor biosphere, a young marginal rift basin with rich organics and steep temperature gradient. Poster presented at EGU 2022 by Yuki Morono.
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Bojanova, D. P., Cabrera-Cortez, A., Eitel, E.M., Smith, B.P., Magyar, J.S., Miller, L.,
Orphan, V.J., Fischer, W.W., Geobiology Course 2021, Sessions, A.L. (2021) The Curious Case of the Mono Lake Laminae. Poster presented at AGU 2021. -
Bojanova, D. P., LaRowe, D.E., Amend, J.P. (2021) The Search for Well Hideen Methanogens in Guaymas Basin's Sediments. Lightening Talk at C-DEBI Annual Meeting.
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Bojanova, D. P., LaRowe, D.E., Amend, J.P. (2018) The Energetic Basis of Metabolic Compeition. Poster presented at C-DEBI Annual Meeting.
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Bojanova, D. P., Amend, J.P. (2018) Deep Subsurface Microbiology and the Carbon Cycle. Poster presented at USC’s Earth Science poster session.
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Farquhar, J., Leavitt, W., Guo, W., Eldridge, D., Bojanova, D. (2017) The Role of Reversibility and Sulfur Intermediates in the Sulrfur Metabolism. Talk given at Goldschmidt by James Farquhar.
TEACHING POSITIONS
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Marine and Environmental Biology, University of Southern California
Geobiology (BISC 483) (Spring 2020)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Oceanography (GEOL107) (Fall 2017)
2010 - present
2010 - present
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Workshops
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2020 Demystifying the IODP Proposal Process for Early Career Scientists: Pacific Ocean New York City, NY
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2018 Diversity and Inclusion Workshop, STC Directors Meeting, University of California – Berkeley, CA
Committees
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2020 - NOW Racial Equity Task Force Member, Earth Sciences Dept., University of Southern California
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2020 - 2020 Paleoenvironmental Seminar Coordinator, Earth Sciences Dept., University of Southern California
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2019 - 2021 Geobiology Symposium 2020/2021 Committee Member, Earth Sciences Dept., University of
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2018 - 2019 Graduate Student Government Senator, Earth Sciences Dept., University of Southern California
Courses
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2021 ECORD Summer School - Downhole Logging and Petrophysics
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2021 International Geobiology Course
FIELDWORK
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2021 RV Pelican - Microbial Dead Zone Respiration
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2019 IODP 385 - Guaymas Basin Biosphere and Tectonics